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Firefox is not recognizing my safe password and I can't delete or change it!

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what more can I say? How do I get rid of the so called safe and completely useless password?

what more can I say? How do I get rid of the so called safe and completely useless password?

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  • Click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop down list
  • Highlight an entry in the drop down list
  • Press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to remove it.

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Click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop down list

What is an empty input field? Nothing on the webpage has anything like that...

This information was not helpful in the least.

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"safe password" ??

Are you talking about the "Master Password"?
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Protecting%20stored%20passwords%20using%20a%20master%20password

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Yes the "MASTER Password" - Firefox is not recognizing the one I chose. And I can't delete or change it until it does... that is the problem!

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