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disconnected firefox still showing passwords on lockwise

sudly
sudly
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I had to use another pc at work on a temporary basis. Connected my firefox account, which has Lockwise. After I disconnected my account, I noticed that firefox/lockwise still showing the passwords. It is probably attached to my profile, ie someone else can't see those details but I still feel uncomfortable about that. I could not uninstall Firefox, which requires admin as this is a work PC. Isn't Lockwise supposed to remove data when the account is disconnected?

I had to use another pc at work on a temporary basis. Connected my firefox account, which has Lockwise. After I disconnected my account, I noticed that firefox/lockwise still showing the passwords. It is probably attached to my profile, ie someone else can't see those details but I still feel uncomfortable about that. I could not uninstall Firefox, which requires admin as this is a work PC. Isn't Lockwise supposed to remove data when the account is disconnected?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi sudly, when you use Firefox Sync and synchronize your logins, they won't be removed from that Firefox automatically simply by disconnecting from your Firefox Account.

If it's a shared computer and you don't want the data on there any more, you can disconnect that Firefox from Sync (disconnect it from your Firefox Account) AND purge locally stored data from that Firefox. That's dangerous to use when you want to retain some data, but might be appropriate in this situation.

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Or you can clear data manually.

If you plan to use that profile again, consider setting a Master Password to secure the local saved logins (logins.json file). This article has the steps: Use a Primary Password to protect stored logins and passwords.