I back up my ffx profile so I can easily restore my setup. Does sync do away with the need for that - specifically the look / layout when I open the browser

I set this up years ago (before sync) and direct my profile to "My Documents" folder so it can easily be backed up with everything else. (I use profiles.ini in the default Firefox folder to do this).
However as well as storing useful stuff the cache and loads of junk files are here and it's eating space on my external back-up option.
I know sync will backup my bookmarks, addons etc. but does it back up everything that is in my profile? My underlying question is what will I loose if I have to do a re-install and don't have my profile backed up anymore.

Sync is a feature that lets you synchronize your data across multiple devices. Although it can synchronize just about every aspect of Firefox, you shouldn't rely on it as a backup solution.
* [[How do I choose what types of information to sync on Firefox?]]
''Fiona_C wrote:''
it's eating space on my external back-up option.
Be sure to store your backed up profiles in compressed form. A [http://www.7-zip.org/download.html 7-Zip] archive created with the Ultra compression level could end up <20% of the original size. Also delete old backups that you don't need. If you still need to keep them around somewhere, you can upload them to an online storage service.
* https://www.dropbox.com
* https://onedrive.com
* https://drive.google.com

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