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If I manually save the bookmarks, and place them on a different computer, are my login passwords for those bookmarks also going to be transfered?

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VictorA
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Hi guys! Hope you're doing great!

I want to give some very important bookmarks to a colleague of mine, but for most of them I have passwords saved in Firefox 34.0 (Linux 14.0.4 LTS).

I am worried that giving her the bookmarks that I have downloaded on my PC from the Import/Export Bookmarks option, will also give her the login passwords for them.

Is this going to happen or it's ok to send her the needed bookmarks? I do not have another PC on which I can test that at the moment.

I searched through these recommended articles: - Can I restore my bookmarks if they were saved to the same profile on a different computer? - why does firefox corrupt my bookmarks every time I load it on a different computer? - How can I move all my bookmarks from different Firefox profiles into one area to organize them and then place them into the different Firefox profiles? - Where are my logins stored? - Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer

Thank you very much!

Hi guys! Hope you're doing great! I want to give some very important bookmarks to a colleague of mine, but for most of them I have passwords saved in Firefox 34.0 (Linux 14.0.4 LTS). I am worried that giving her the bookmarks that I have downloaded on my PC from the Import/Export Bookmarks option, will also give her the login passwords for them. Is this going to happen or it's ok to send her the needed bookmarks? I do not have another PC on which I can test that at the moment. I searched through these recommended articles: - Can I restore my bookmarks if they were saved to the same profile on a different computer? - why does firefox corrupt my bookmarks every time I load it on a different computer? - How can I move all my bookmarks from different Firefox profiles into one area to organize them and then place them into the different Firefox profiles? - Where are my logins stored? - Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer Thank you very much!

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FredMcD
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Passwords are stored in the password files (encrypted). Bookmarks are stored in the bookmarks file.

These can't get your data back, but will help in the future.

These add-ons can be a great help by backing up and restoring Firefox

FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) {web link} FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions, history, passwords, and more. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild your saved files individually into installable .xpi files. It will also make backup of files that you choose.

OPIE {web link} Import/Export extension preferences

VictorA
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Thank you very much for the answer!

I wishyou an awesome day ahead!