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Password Manager does not pop up

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I tried to change the password Firefox has saved for my Gmail accounts. Your website says to delete it and log into the account and the password manager will pop up. Well, the password manager doesn't pop up; there are no exceptions, I'm not in private browsing mode and I have the box checked to remember passwords. How do I fix this?

I tried to change the password Firefox has saved for my Gmail accounts. Your website says to delete it and log into the account and the password manager will pop up. Well, the password manager doesn't pop up; there are no exceptions, I'm not in private browsing mode and I have the box checked to remember passwords. How do I fix this?

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Tools -> options -> security -> remember passwords for sites [make sure it is ticked]

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

Use these steps to remove saved (form) data from a drop-down list:

  1. click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop-down list
  2. highlight an entry in the drop-down list with the mouse or cursor Down key
    do not click the mouse or press the Enter key
  3. press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to delete the highlighted entry