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Hi, I do not remember my masterpassword. How can I reset it?

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I do not remember when, but I must have set a Master password on Firefox. I've tried all the possible passwords that I might have used, but nothing worked. Did reinstall the browser and still has all the data plus the Master password stored and asking for. I do not care if I loose the data stored, but I need to install a certificate and - no way - it wants a Master password for Firefox. I work on Mac OS X and I Do know the master pass of it and the one for that particular certificate. But not the one for Firefox - it turn out a big problem for me!!! Is there a way to disable it ?

I do not remember when, but I must have set a Master password on Firefox. I've tried all the possible passwords that I might have used, but nothing worked. Did reinstall the browser and still has all the data plus the Master password stored and asking for. I do not care if I loose the data stored, but I need to install a certificate and - no way - it wants a Master password for Firefox. I work on Mac OS X and I Do know the master pass of it and the one for that particular certificate. But not the one for Firefox - it turn out a big problem for me!!! Is there a way to disable it ?

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hi vilevi, please refer to Reset your Primary Password if you've forgotten it in this case.

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hi vilevi, please refer to Reset your Primary Password if you've forgotten it in this case.

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Thanks a lot, Philip! That helped. Have a best one!