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user80729
user80729

Reputation: 41

Where in the filesystem does Firefox store saved passwords?

You probably think this is a duplicate of this question. It's not, because that question has never been sufficiently answered.

Where does Firefox store passwords? It must be in a directory somewhere, right?

My best guess would be (on Linux) somewhere in /home/user/.mozilla/someprofile.default/...

I would greatly appreciate it, if someone could finally answer this question.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 11420

Answers (2)

user27175646
user27175646

Reputation: 1

You can find your firefox data in: /home/user/.mozilla/firefox/default-esr

Upvotes: 0

Phiter
Phiter

Reputation: 14992

Not a programming related question. But the steps are as follow:

  1. Open your profile folder:

    Click the menu button (three horizontal bars), click help and select Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open.

  2. Under the Application Basics section, click on Show Folder. A window with your profile files will open.

Passwords

Your passwords are stored in two different files, both of which are required:

key3.db - This file stores your key database for your passwords. To transfer saved passwords, you must copy this file along with the following file.

logins.json - Saved passwords.

For more information see Password Manager - Remember, delete, change and import saved passwords in Firefox.

Got them from this Mozilla support post:

Recovering important data from an old profile

Upvotes: 6

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