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I have saved certain passwords in my browser. There is need to format my machine. Now I need to take backup of those saved passwords ? how to save passwords

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I have saved passwords. There is need to format my PC. I want to store those saved password in another text file (back up). How can I take back up of those saved passwords ?

I have saved passwords. There is need to format my PC. I want to store those saved password in another text file (back up). How can I take back up of those saved passwords ?

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

hello, you can use the password exporter extension.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/password-exporter

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Yes ! Thank you very much.

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This would be a very useful tool for me as well.

However, this add-on is created by a 3rd person party, not Mozilla itself.

No offense to the creator, but is this trustworthy? Such a tool would give someone access to all my usernames and passwords.

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You can backup the data in your current Firefox Profile Folder.

For the passwords you need the key3.db file (encryption key) and signons.sqlite file.

See also:

You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder
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Excellent — thank you!