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Recovering Firefox Master Password

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I just bought a new HP laptop and want to transfer my Firefox account from my old computer. I don't remember my FF password (on my old computer it automatically has it but I can't see it). On the new computer I'm up to the point where FF is wanting to sync but I need the password. I don't see anywhere to Retrieve my password, only to replace it, which will lose all prior info on my FF account. Is there a (hopefully) simple way to retrieve my current (old) password on the old computer so that I can continue the sync process to new computer? Thanks. In case you haven't figured it out, I'm pretty computer unsavvy, so simple is good.

I just bought a new HP laptop and want to transfer my Firefox account from my old computer. I don't remember my FF password (on my old computer it automatically has it but I can't see it). On the new computer I'm up to the point where FF is wanting to sync but I need the password. I don't see anywhere to Retrieve my password, only to replace it, which will lose all prior info on my FF account. Is there a (hopefully) simple way to retrieve my current (old) password on the old computer so that I can continue the sync process to new computer? Thanks. In case you haven't figured it out, I'm pretty computer unsavvy, so simple is good.

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cor-el
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You can copy logins.json and key4.db from the profile folder on the old computer to the Firefox profile folder on the new computer.

You can copy files like these with Firefox closed to the current profile folder to transfer your personal data.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • favicons: favicons.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • cookies.sqlite for the Cookies
  • formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data
  • logins.json (passwords) and key4.db (58+) or key3.db (57 and older) (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
    if you only have key3.db then make sure to remove an existing key4.db
  • cert9.db (58+) or cert8.db (57 and older) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
    if you only have cert8.db then make sure to remove an existing cert9.db
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences)
  • sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)

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