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i made a mistake and delete a pass word that i saved with firefox how do i recover it.

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digital
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my pass word for a particular web site i made a mistake and delete it how do i recover it.

my pass word for a particular web site i made a mistake and delete it how do i recover it.

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cor-el
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You can't recover passwords and other data that is deleted unless you have a backup of files in the Firefox Profile Folder.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_Manager#Backing_up_and_restoring_passwords

silkphoenix
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Or, if that website has an option called "Forget My Password", you can click on that and ask the password (or Reset Password Link) to be emailed to you.