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Firefox's password management feature securely stores your usernames and passwords. Learn how to save, view, manage and protect your logins.

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, [[How do I set up Sync on my computer?|turn on sync]]. *If you use the Firefox Lockwise app on your Android or iOS mobile device: Mozilla's support for this app ended on December 13, 2021. See [[End of support for Firefox Lockwise]] for details. <!-- Template:lockwiseauth hidden since authentication feature has been disabled since May 2020 (Bug 1636511) [[Template:lockwiseauth]] --> __TOC__ = 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. [[Image:FF70 Password|width=300]] {note}'''Tip:''' Clicking outside of the Save prompt will hide it. To bring it back, just click the key icon on the left side of the address bar. If Firefox does not prompt you to save passwords, see the article [[Usernames and passwords are not saved]].{/note} In the prompt: * '''To have Firefox remember your username and password''', click on {button Save}. 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 on {button Update}. * '''To tell Firefox to never remember usernames and passwords for the current website''', click the drop-down menu and select {menu Never Save}. 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 [[T:optionsorpreferences]] and remove the site's entry from the {menu Privacy & Security} panel ''Exceptions'' list. * '''To skip saving your username and password this time''', click {button Don't Save}. You'll be prompted to save your username and password the next time you visit the site. {note}'''Note:''' Some websites offer to keep you logged in by clicking a check box on the site. This is a feature of the website and will work whether or not you have saved your username and password in Firefox.{/note} You can also manually add website logins. Click the menu [[Image:Fx89menuButton]] button and select {menu Passwords}. Select the {button Create New Login} button at the bottom left side of the about:logins page to manually add a website address, login, and password. = 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.<br>[[Image:Fx81AddLogins|width=300]] 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. ;[[Image:SavedLoginsFx81]] {note}'''To view passwords for a specific site''', click the username field for that site, then click {button View Saved Logins} (see above).{/note} = Managing usernames and passwords = <!-- based on content from the "Manage logins on Firefox Lockwise on desktop" article - see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-edit-logins/discuss/8201 --> #[[T:fx29menu]] #[[Template:openlockwise70]] The Firefox ''about:logins'' page will open in a new tab. #;[[Image:fx96aboutlogins |width=600]] From here, you can view, copy, edit or remove your saved logins. {note}'''Note:''' You can enter a site, username, or password in the ''Search logins'' text box, to filter the logins listed on the left.{/note} After you select an entry from the list of logins, you can perform these actions: *Click {button Copy} to copy a username or password. *Click [[Image:FF70 Unhide Password]] to see the password. *Click '''Edit''' to change the username or password. *Click '''Remove''' to remove the login from Firefox. See [[Edit or delete a login with the Firefox Password Manager]] for more information. ==Remove all saved logins== #[[T:fx29menu]] #[[Template:openlockwise70]] #Click the 3-dot menu on the top right corner. #Choose {menu Remove All Logins}. #;[[Image:RemoveLogins|width=300]] = Exporting login 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 <code>.csv</code> (comma separated values) file. See [[Export login data from Firefox]] for more information. <!--{for fx80} = Importing login data = You can also import login data from a <code>.csv</code> (comma separated values) file. See [[Import login data from a file]] for more information. {/for}--> = Protecting your passwords = If you use the same simple password for everything, you will be more susceptible to [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_theft identity theft]. The [[Create secure passwords to keep your identity safe]] 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 [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypted 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: # [[T:optionspreferences]] # Select the {menu Privacy & Security} panel and go to the ''Logins and Passwords'' section. #;{for not fx111}{for mac,linux,win7,win8}[[Image:Fx102settings-LoginsAndPasswords]]{/for}{for win10,win11}[[Image:Fx91settings-LoginsAndPasswordsWin]]{/for}{/for}{for fx111}{for mac,linux,win7,win8}[[Image:Fx111settings-LoginsAndPasswords]]{/for}{for win10,win11}[[Image:Fx111settings-LoginsAndPasswordsWin10]]{/for}{/for} #* To prevent Firefox from saving logins and passwords for a certain website, click the {button Exceptions…} 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'''. # [[T:closeOptionsPreferences]] {note}'''Note''': If the '''Ask to save logins and passwords for websites''' setting is greyed out, Firefox may be set to never remember history or to always use [[Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history|private browsing mode]]. To restore normal browsing, go to your {menu Privacy & Security} settings under ''History'' and remove the check mark next to '''Always use private browsing mode''', or select '''Remember history''' from the drop-down menu, and then restart Firefox. {/note} = Related articles = *[[Autofill logins on Firefox]] *[[Reset your Primary Password if you've forgotten it]] *[[Firefox Password Manager - Alerts for breached websites]] *[[How to generate a secure password in Firefox]] {for fx111} *[[Add Firefox Relay to the Firefox password manager]] {/for} {for win10,win11} *[[How to enable Windows SSO login in Firefox]] {/for}