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Recovered Login.json file but Cannot Open Passwords in firefox

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Hello there folks. So I was looking for a way to remove saved "logins", basically like when you go to a site and then you click in the email box and a bunch of emails show up.. I wanted to remove this, someone mentioned removing logins SO i ended deleting all my logins!! I was able to restore an old "logins.json" file which has all my passwords (thankfully) however when I go back to opening firefox, there are no passwords/ I can see that firefox automatically creates a new "logins" and "logins backup" file but will not read from the restored one. I have tried deleting the new "logins" file and renaming the old one, nothing works. Any help would be much appreciated!!

Hello there folks. So I was looking for a way to remove saved "logins", basically like when you go to a site and then you click in the email box and a bunch of emails show up.. I wanted to remove this, someone mentioned removing logins SO i ended deleting all my logins!! I was able to restore an old "logins.json" file which has all my passwords (thankfully) however when I go back to opening firefox, there are no passwords/ I can see that firefox automatically creates a new "logins" and "logins backup" file but will not read from the restored one. I have tried deleting the new "logins" file and renaming the old one, nothing works. Any help would be much appreciated!!

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You would probably restore the matching key4.db file (encryption key) for the logins.json file you copies, so check whether you have this key4.db file.

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Will give this a shot! thank you