I have saved certain passwords in my browser. There is need to format my machine. Now I need to take backup of those saved passwords ? how to save passwords
I have saved passwords. There is need to format my PC. I want to store those saved password in another text file (back up). How can I take back up of those saved passwords ?
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hello, you can use the password exporter extension.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/password-exporter
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hello, you can use the password exporter extension.
Yes ! Thank you very much.
This would be a very useful tool for me as well.
However, this add-on is created by a 3rd person party, not Mozilla itself.
No offense to the creator, but is this trustworthy? Such a tool would give someone access to all my usernames and passwords.
You can backup the data in your current Firefox Profile Folder.
For the passwords you need the key3.db file (encryption key) and signons.sqlite file.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
See also:
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder
Excellent — thank you!