Password Manager - Remember, delete and edit logins and passwords in Firefox
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Firefox securely stores your usernames and passwords for accessing websites, automatically fills them in for you the next time you visit a website, and lets you manage your stored logins with its built-in password management feature. This article will show you how to remember, view, edit, manage, remove and protect your logins in Firefox and also how to disable this feature.
- To get your passwords everywhere you use Firefox, turn on Sync.
Edit, or (the reveal button, represented by an eye icon). This is not your Mozilla account credentials. See Secure Firefox passwords with device sign-in for more information.Table of Contents
Make Firefox remember usernames and passwords
When you enter a username and password that you haven't already saved for a website, Firefox will ask if you want to save it.
In the prompt:
- To have Firefox remember your username and password, click . 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 .
- To tell Firefox to never remember usernames and passwords for the current website, click the drop-down menu and select . 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 panel Exceptions list.
- To skip saving your username and password this time, click . You'll be prompted to save your username and password the next time you visit the site.
Manually add login information
You can also manually add website logins.
From the Firefox Password manager
- Click the menu button and select . The Password Manager will open.
- In the upper-left corner of the window, click the button located to the right of the Search LoginsSearch Passwords field.
- In the displayed text fields, enter the website address, username, and password.
- Click the button.
From the Firefox sidebar
- At the bottom of the sidebar menu, click the gear icon . The Customize sidebar menu will appear.
- In the Firefox tools section, check the box . A key icon will appear in the sidebar menu.
- In the Sidebar menu click the key icon . The Passwords panel will appear, displaying the saved login information.
- At the top of the panel, click the button located to the right of the Search passwords field and select .
- In the window that appears, enter the website address, username, and password.
- Click the button.
If the sidebar is not visible, add it by following the instructions in this article.
Managing multiple accounts for a site
If you have more than one account for a site, Firefox can save all your logins. Each time you log in to a site, you can choose the login information you would like Firefox to use.
Add another login account
To save an additional login for a site, enter the login credentials and click Save when prompted. Use the drop-down arrow to see a list of saved usernames for that site. 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. Select the username you want to log in with.
Managing usernames and passwords
From the Firefox menu
- Click the menu button to open the menu panel.
- Click .
The Firefox about:logins page will open in a new tab.
From here, you can view, copy, edit or remove your saved logins.
After you select an entry from the list of logins, you can perform these actions:
- Click to copy a username or password.
- Click to see the password.
- Click to change the username or password.
- Click to remove the login from Firefox.
See Edit or delete a login with the Firefox Password Manager for more information.
From the Firefox sidebar
- At the bottom of the sidebar menu, click the gear icon . The Customize sidebar menu will appear.
- In the Firefox tools section, check the box . A key icon will appear in the sidebar menu.
- In the Firefox sidebar menu, click the key icon . The Passwords panel will appear, displaying the saved login information. From the panel, you can:
- View and search saved passwords
- Edit login information
- Copy the username and password
- From the menu displayed after clicking the button at the top of the panel, you can:
- View and search saved passwords
- Import passwords from another browser or a file
- Export saved passwords
- Remove all saved passwords
If the sidebar is not visible, add it by following the instructions in this article.
Remove all saved logins
- Click the menu button to open the menu panel.
- Click .
- Click the 3-dot menu in the top right corner.
- Choose .
Remove all saved passwords
- Click the menu button to open the menu panel.
- Click .
- Click 3-dot menu in the top right corner.
- Choose .
Exporting login and password data
If you want to back up your saved usernames and passwords or move them to a different application, you can export this data to a .csv (comma separated values) file. See Export login data from Firefox for more information.
Importing login and password data
You can also import login data from a .csv (comma separated values) file. See Import login and password data from a file for more information.
Protecting your passwords
If you use the same simple password for everything, you will be more susceptible to identity theft. The Choose a strong password article shows you an easy method for creating secure passwords and managing your passwords, as described above, to help you remember them all.
Even though Firefox stores your usernames and passwords on your computer in an encrypted format, someone with access to your computer user profile can still see or use them. The Use a Primary Password to protect stored logins and passwords article shows you how to prevent this and keep you protected in the event your computer is lost or stolen.
Disable the Firefox password management feature
Firefox offers to remember usernames and passwords by default. To change your settings:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and select (or , in some cases).Click the menu button and select .
- Select the panel and go to the Logins and Passwords section.
- To prevent Firefox from saving logins and passwords for a certain website, click the button to the right of Ask to save logins and passwords for websites and add the website URL.
- To prevent Firefox from saving logins and passwords for all websites, remove the check mark next to Ask to save logins and passwords for websites.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and select (or , in some cases).Click the menu button and select .
- Select the panel and go to the Passwords section.
- To prevent Firefox from saving logins and passwords for a certain website, click the button to the right of Ask to save passwords and add the website URL.
- To prevent Firefox from saving logins and passwords for all websites, remove the check mark next to Ask to save passwords.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.