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I accidentally selected remove all passwords. Can I get them back?

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don29485
don29485
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I thought that I was removing one password and accidentally removed them all.

I read all of the material about passwords and using them on separate profiles or computers. I can not find an answer to my question.

Can I recover the passwords or do I have to re-save them all.

Also, along the way I have gotten my "remember" button disabled for saving new passwords. How can I restore that?

I thought that I was removing one password and accidentally removed them all. I read all of the material about passwords and using them on separate profiles or computers. I can not find an answer to my question. Can I recover the passwords or do I have to re-save them all. Also, along the way I have gotten my "remember" button disabled for saving new passwords. How can I restore that?

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TonyE
TonyE
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The only way to restore them would be if you backed up the files that contain the passwords. If you do create backups, you need to restore 2 files, key3.db and signons.sqlite into your current profile folder.

For the second question, see the username and password not remembered article.

cor-el
cor-el
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Also make sure that you not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode

  • You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
  • To see all History settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
  • Uncheck: [ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"