How To Backup your saved passwords in Firefox

[coldabhishek]

Firefox does a great job of of saving your usernames and passwords so you don't need to remember them next time you visit a Web site. While this feature is great, Firefox does not include a good backup method to save passwords and accounts in the event you need to restore or copy to a safe location.

You can backup your entire Firefox profile directory, but if you just want to keep a backup copy, or have a need to sync them with another Computer, the Firefox extension Password Exporter is all you need.

Password Exporter allows you to export and import your saved usernames and passwords between Computers or keep as a backup copy. Your passwords will be exported to an XML or CSF file and can be encrypted.

To install Password Exporter addon for Firefox, visit this link :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2848

Restart Firefox after the installation has completed. When Firefox has restarted, you can access Password Exporter from Tools \ Options and select the Security Tab.

Look for the Import/Export Passwords button in the Passwords section:



To export, click on Import/Export Passwords button. In the Import/Export Passwords window, select Encrypt Usernames/Passwords check box (recommended as a safe guard) then click on Export Passwords.



To save the file, give it a name and select to either save it as a CSV or XML file.



Once saved, you can back it up or import it to another Computer running Firefox with Password Exporter installed.

NOTE: The "encryption" feature is mainly to prevent casual users from stumbling upon your passwords. It will not stop someone who actually wants to see them, as they could just import your file anyway. Use good judgement when exporting your passwords.

coldabhishek Reviewed by coldabhishek on 23rd Mar 2010. How To Backup your saved passwords in Firefox Firefox does a great job of of saving your usernames and passwords so you don't need to remember them next time you visit a Web site. While this feature is great, Firefox does not include a good backup method to save passwords and accounts in the event you need to restore or copy to a safe location. You can backup your entire Firefox profile directory, but if you just want to keep a backup copy, or have a need to sync them with another Computer, the Firefox extension Password Exporter is all Rating: 5

[EsotorisK]

thanx man was searching for this one from many days...

EDIT : unfortunately FF 3.5.8 didnt accpeted that addon

[coldabhishek]

Works for 3.6.2 , maybe you should upgrade to this version

[EsotorisK]

Alrite will do it soon... thanx again...

[Daniel]

Just want to say that you shouldn't save your firefox password because there are to many firefox stealers out there injected in many applications or whatever you might download, be careful!

And thanks for sharing.

[Mr.LeGeNd]

Great, I've saved my 324 passwords, Thanks buddy
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[snowmanrene]

.......or just use MozBackup.

[RT]

^ just what I use, saves everything.

[Royal King]

Thanks for this. But I wont need it. I don't save passes on my pc/laptop/mac.

If you save passwords and even by mistake you download a stealer, then you're gone. You might loose many stuffs better not save them

[RT]

Where do you save them? a piece of paper?