Know you have stored a password in Firefox and now want to use it elsewhere? Find out here how to show saved passwords in Firefox (and copy, change or remove them to boot).
First, One Way to Fail on the Moon
One way to fail at something on the moon is to try to take a picture of the earth’s atmosphere in its totality.
Take one famous picture from 1972, for example, snapped through the first telescope on the moon. It shows the earth’s atmosphere—mostly hydrogen in its outer reaches—as a bright glow around the planet; it does not show all of that “geocorona,” though, because the picture was taken from within it.
The earth’s atmosphere extends beyond the moon, and to see it all we’ll have to travel further than that.
Now, to see saved passwords in Firefox, do you have to leave Firefox?
How to Show Saved Passwords in Firefox
Firefox on the Desktop (Windows, macOS and Linux)
Time needed: 3 minutes
To find, see and copy website passwords saved in Firefox:
- Click the Firefox hamburger menu.
- Select Settings from the menu that has appeared.
Options: In some versions of Firefox, the menu item is called Options… (on Windows, Linux) or Preferences… (on a Mac).
Passwords: Some versions of Firefox also offer a direct menu entry for Passwords; you can use it to skip the next two steps. - Go to the Privacy & Security category.
- Click Saved Logins… under Logins and Passwords.
Firefox shortcut: Visit
about:loginsdirectly to open your saved Firefox passwords. - Select the website or account in the list of accounts.
Find: Type a website’s name or a username over Search Logins to filter the list.
- To view the saved password in clear text:
1. Click Show password (
) under Password for the entry.
2. Now click Yes (without a Firefox master password set) or type your Firefox master password under Password Required and click OK. - To copy any password, click Copy under Password.
Copy unseen: You need not show the password first to copy it.
Maybe the password is in Chrome? How to View Saved Passwords in Google Chrome
Copy, Change or Remove Saved Firefox Passwords
Edit
To copy or edit a saved password in Firefox:
- Go to the account or password in Firefox Lockwise (the password manager); see above.
- Click Edit.
- Edit the user name and password as desired.
Here’s how: Click Show password () to edit the existing password, or type over the concealed password. - Click Save Changes.
Delete
To delete a password you have saved in Firefox:
- Highlight the password you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
Caution: The saved password will be deleted immediately without further confirmation, and you cannot undo removal. (You may be able to recover it from a different installation of Firefox; see below.)
To delete all passwords in one go:
- Click the three dots menu button in Firefox Lockwise.
- Select Remove All Logins… from the menu that has appeared.
- Check Yes, remove these logins.
- Now click Remove All.
View Saved Passwords in Firefox mobile (Android and iOS)
To find saved passwords in Firefox mobile for Android and iOS:
- Tap the Firefox hamburger menu button (
) in Firefox mobile. - Select Logins & Passwords from the menu that has appeared.
- If saved passwords are protected with a passcode, log in using your Firefox mobile code.
- Tap the desired account and password under SAVED LOGINS.
For viewing a saved password in plain text or copy it for use in another app or browser:
- Go to the desired password under SAVED LOGINS.
- Tap the Password field.
- Select Copy (to copy) or Reveal (to see the password as plain text).
To edit a saved password in Firefox mobile:
- Go to the desired password under SAVED LOGINS.
- Tap Edit.
- Edit the username and password as desired.
- Tap Done.
How to View Saved Passwords in Firefox: FAQ
Can I show a password on a website log-in form?
Yes.
To have Firefox on. desktop computer show you the password it has saved and automatically entered in a website’s log-in form:
- Click on the password in the password entry field with the right mouse button.
- Select Reveal Password from the menu that has appeared.
On mobile devices, Firefox cannot reveal passwords
I synchronize passwords across Firefox installs; will changes I make to saved passwords sync?
Yes.
If you edit or remove a password, the changes you make in one instance of Firefox will automatically show up in the other versions, too.
(Do take one installation off the net immediately after deleting a saved password, and you may be able to recover it there, though.)
Can I export all passwords saved in Firefox?
No.
Firefox currently offers no straightforward way to export the passwords you have saved.
(How to view saved passwords tested with Firefox 113–123 for desktop and Firefox 24 for iOS; updated April 2024)