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FF keeps resetting the saved passwords

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Hello,

I synchronized my FF with another computer and made the mistake to remove all passwords before logging off sync so I lost all my passwords but a few.

However I still have the logins-backup.json on my main computer with everything inside. However when I replace the 'logins.json' by the content of logins-backup.json it's always reverted.

How can I replace all my passwords with the logins-backup.json content ?

Hello, I synchronized my FF with another computer and made the mistake to remove all passwords before logging off sync so I lost all my passwords but a few. However I still have the logins-backup.json on my main computer with everything inside. However when I replace the 'logins.json' by the content of logins-backup.json it's always reverted. How can I replace all my passwords with the logins-backup.json content ?

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Did you make sure to disconnect Sync ? You did made sure that Firefox is closed when you placed the logins-backup.json as logins.json in the main profile folder ?

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Thanks ! I disabled sync and removed the logins.json along with the key4.db (not sure if it was needed tho) and it worked ! Re-sync afterwards went fine !

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Hello !

In the end that solution only worked for a few days until I tried to add another password.

I still got the logins.json file but I cannot manage to get it to work, the firefox-sync does not have any password in it anymore as well.

I tried to reinstall entirely firefox (cleaned all profiles etc), signed-in and out of sync, I still have logins.json and logins-backup.json but none will apply, every time I oppen the passwords manager its empty...

I would love to add manually all the passwords but they're all encrypted (I still know by hearth both the master password and the ff-sync one).

(also, beside the key4.db which I don't have a backup for I still have the a backup of the old profile folder)

Have an excellent day and thanks for any help you could provide.

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logins.json will only work if you have the correct matching key file (key4.db) as only that file has the correct encryption key.

If you have logins.json and key4.db in a backup then at least you can place those files in a profile to see whether that allows to access the logins.

You can look a utility to browse System Restore points to see if you can locate useful logins and key files.

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Thanks ! I did not know that, I will look into the bin and I think I have another computer that might still have it !