Firefox helps users save a lot of time by optionally saving usernames and passwords for accounts created online.
If you need to copy all your username/password pairs saved on one computer (home) to another computer (job), there is a way.
Here you can read how to get your Firefox portable, but if you don't want that and only want to copy your passwords, just follow the steps below.
Open Firefox on the source computer and click on the top-right symbol indicated below.
A menu will open, click Passwords.
You'll see a page with your logins, where you can edit or remove your logins. In the top right corner you'll see 3 dots. Click on them and select Export logins. Click Export on the warning window that will open. You'll be prompted to enter your computer password and to select a destination for your logins file. The file will be a *.CSV file. DO NOT edit the file.
Copy the CSV file to the target computer. Open Firefox - must be the same version like the one on the source computer!! - to avoid data corruption.
By default, for security reasons importing passwords from a file is deactivated and thus invisible. Here is how to activate this option. In a new blank tab write this in the address field: about:config. There will be a warning. Click "Accept the risk and continue" to proceed.
In the new field copy and paste this: signon.management.page.fileImport.enabled and double-click the string to change its status to true. Close the preferences tab and take the steps from the beginning. When you get to Passwords you will see that the option "Import from a file|" appeared. click on it, select your CSV file and validate.You'll get a message when the import is ready.
That's it. You have all your username/password pairs on your target computer and saved a lot of time.
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