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.
On macOS and Windows, OS authentication may be required when accessing stored passwords using
,
or
(the reveal button, represented by an eye icon). This is
notyour Mozilla account credentials. See
Secure Firefox passwords with device sign-infor more information.
Make Firefox remember usernames and passwordsWhen you enter a username and password that you haven't already saved for a website, Firefox will ask if you want to save it.
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
Usernames and passwords are not saved.
In the prompt:
Note: Some websites offer to keep you logged in by clicking a checkbox 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.
You can also manually add website logins. Click the menu button, select , click Create New Login at the bottom the + next to the Search Logins Search Passwords box at the top left, add a website address, username and password, and click Save.
Managing multiple accounts for a siteIf 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.
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.
To view passwords for a specific site, click the username field for that site, then click View Saved Logins (see above).
Managing usernames and passwordsFrom here, you can view, copy, edit or remove your saved logins.
Note: You can enter a site, username, or password in the Search LoginsSearch Passwords text box, to filter the logins listed on the left.
After you select an entry from the list of logins, you can perform these actions:
See Edit or delete a login with the Firefox Password Manager for more information.
Exporting login and password dataIf you want to back up your saved usernames and passwords or move them to a different application, you can export this data to a .csv
(comma separated values) file. See Export login data from Firefox for more information.
If you use the same simple password for everything, you will be more susceptible to 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 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 featureFirefox offers to remember usernames and passwords by default. To change your settings:
Note:If the
Ask to save logins and passwords for websitesAsk to save passwordssetting is greyed out, Firefox may be set to never remember history or to always use
private browsing mode. To restore normal browsing, go to your
settings under
Historyand remove the check mark next to
Always use private browsing mode, or select
Remember historyfrom the drop-down menu, and then restart Firefox.
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