Join the Mozilla’s Test Days event from Dec 2–8 to test the new Firefox address bar on Firefox Beta 134 and get a chance to win Mozilla swag vouchers! 🎁

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Where are Firefox passwords saved?

  • 5 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 12 views
  • Last reply by FredMcD

more options

Using Firefox Quantum 58.0.1 Accidentally hit save password for a banking web site and now I cannot find it to remove it. I went to Tools > Options > Privacy & Security and it is not listed with the other passwords there. Is there any other place where passwords are stored? I really need to remove this password a.s.a.p.! Thanks!

Using Firefox Quantum 58.0.1 Accidentally hit save password for a banking web site and now I cannot find it to remove it. I went to Tools > Options > Privacy & Security and it is not listed with the other passwords there. Is there any other place where passwords are stored? I really need to remove this password a.s.a.p.! Thanks!

Chosen solution

Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.

The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.

Turn off Always Use Private Browsing Mode Turn on Remember My Browsing And Download History At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on Cache and Form And Search History.

Read this answer in context 👍 0

All Replies (5)

more options

No other places that Firefox stores user passwords.

But some security applications do work thru Firefox to save user passwords, but I have never heard of any where "some" got save to that application, with others were stored in Firefox; usually it an "either / or" situation - "one or the other", but never alternatively.

more options

You can use these steps to remove saved items from an autocomplete drop-down list.

  1. click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop-down list
  2. highlight an entry in the drop-down list with cursor Down key
    do not click the mouse or press the Enter key
  3. press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to delete the highlighted entry

Note that hovering with the mouse no longer works.

more options

Thanks. I think you are on to something... this must be caused by the auto-fill feature. I deleted all the entries but as soon as I typed in the account number again, the password was still there. What I need to do is to delete the auto-fill info for this banking web site. Ideas???

more options

I give up! Everything I try deletes the password but then it comes back again. Something is hidden somewhere and I just can't seem to find it. Oh well, thanks to all for trying to help. Cheers!

more options

Chosen Solution

Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.

The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.

Turn off Always Use Private Browsing Mode Turn on Remember My Browsing And Download History At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on Cache and Form And Search History.