Mozilla Firefox - Manage Passwords

Need help accessing, editing, or deleting your save passwords in Firefox? Visit this article to learn more.

Summary

Firefox includes a built-in password manager that securely stores your usernames and passwords, fills them in automatically, and lets you manage them in one place. You can view, edit, remove, or export saved logins.

Note: On macOS and Windows, OS authentication may be required when accessing stored passwords using Edit, Copy or . This is not your Mozilla account credentials.

 

Navigation

• Save usernames and passwords
• Add or manage multiple accounts for a site
• View, edit, or delete saved passwords
• Export or import passwords
• Firefox passwords vs. Google passwords

 

Step-by-Step

Save usernames and passwords

When you log in to a website, Firefox will ask if you want to save your username and password.

In the prompt:

• To have Firefox remember your username and password, click on Save. The next time you visit the website, Firefox will automatically enter your username and password for you.
  • If you've stored the wrong username or password, just type the right one into the website and Firefox will prompt you to save it. To save the new username and password, click Update.
     
• To tell Firefox to never remember usernames and passwords for the current website, click the drop-down menu and select Never Save. In the future, when you log in to the website, you won't be prompted to save the username and password.
  • If you later change your mind and would like Firefox to ask you to save usernames and passwords for this site, you'll need to go into your Firefox Settings and remove the site's entry from the Privacy & Security panel Exceptions list.
     
• To skip saving your username and password this time, click Don't Save. You'll be prompted to save your username and password the next time you visit the site.

Note: Some websites offer to keep you logged in by clicking a checkbox on the site. This is a feature of the website and will work whether or not you have saved your username  and password in Firefox.

 

Add or manage multiple accounts for a site

Firefox can store more than one login for the same website.

To view passwords for a specific site, click the username field for that site, then click View Saved Logins.

1. To save an additional login for a site, enter the login credentials and click Save when prompted.
2. Use the drop-down arrow to see a list of saved usernames for that site.
3. You can also start typing to narrow the results. If more than one login is stored for a website, the list of usernames will appear when you click the login field.
4. Select the username you want to log in with.

 

View, edit, or delete saved passwords

From the Menu panel

1. Click the menu button  to open the menu panel.
2. Click Passwords. The Firefox about:logins page will open in a new tab.
3. From here, you can view, copy, edit, or remove your saved logins.

Note: You can enter a site, username, or password in the Search Passwords text box, to filter the logins listed on the left.

To add manually add a new password from the Menu Panel:

1. Click the + next to the Search Passwords box at the top left.
2. Add a website address, username, and password.
3. Click Save.

After you select an entry from the list of logins, you can perform these actions:

• Click Copy to copy a username or password.
• Click to reveal the password.
• Click Edit to change the username or password.
• Click Remove to remove the login from Firefox.

From the Firefox sidebar

1. Click the Customize sidebar gear icon at the bottom of the sidebar.
2. Under the Firefox tools menu, enable Passwords in the sidebar.

Once enabled, a key icon appears in the sidebar. Click the icon to open the password manager inside the sidebar.

You can now:

• View and search saved passwords
• Add new login credentials
• Import passwords from another browser or a file
• Export saved passwords
• Remove all saved passwords

 

Export or import passwords

1. Export logins: Save your usernames and passwords as a .csv file to back them up or move them to another app.
2. Import password: Bring passwords into Firefox from another app or file. 

 

Firefox passwords vs. Google passwords

Firefox Password Manager is separate from Google’s password manager.

1. Passwords saved in Firefox are available only inside Firefox on your computer (and inside Firefox on your other devices, if you use Sync).
2. Passwords saved in your Google Account are available when you sign in to Chrome or use Google services.
3. If you switched from Chrome to Firefox, import your Google passwords into Firefox for convenience.

 

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