How to Reset Your Mozilla Firefox Master Password

Your Firefox master password protects all of your saved usernames and passwords.

In the Mozilla Firefox Internet browser, you can store your usernames and passwords for websites you visit frequently. To keep this information secure, the browser has a master password that must be entered before you can see the other login information. If you forget this password, you can remove and reset it. However, this will delete all the stored usernames and passwords as well.

Instructions

1. Open your Mozilla Firefox web browser.

2. Type "chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul" without quotation marks into the address bar. Press the "Enter" key.

3. Click "Reset" to confirm your decision to reset your master password and clear your web and email passwords, form data, personal certificates and private keys.

4. Click the "Firefox" or "Tools" button.

5. Click "Options." Select "Security."

6. Check the box next to "Use a Master Password."

7. Enter a new, case-sensitive master password. Re-enter the password and click "OK" to save a new master password.

References

• Firefox Help: Forgot My Master Password
• Firefox Help: Protecting Stored Passwords Using a Master Password