Disable password saving in Firefox

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If you’re using a shared device and don’t want Firefox to remember your passwords, you change your preferences in the settings:

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Click Privacy & Security in the panel to the left.
  3. Scroll down to the Logins and Passwords section.
  4. Uncheck the box next to Ask to save logins and passwords for websites.

Disable password saving for specific websites

You can also configure Firefox not to save passwords for specific websites. To add these exceptions:

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Click Privacy & Security in the panel to the left.
  3. Scroll down to the Logins and Passwords section.
  4. Click on Exceptions… next to Ask to save logins and passwords for websites.
  5. Add the websites you don't want Firefox to save passwords for in this panel.
  6. Click Save changes.

We recommend users to create a Firefox account for each member of the family and to sign out every time to prevent their logins from being exposed.