Facebook password

Retro6 · Monday at 13:47

Does anybody know how to view a facebook password?

I am automatically logged in into firefox but I can't find my facebook password in the browser and niether can I get the password to display in facebook. I need to write down my facebook password as I'm going to be wiping my SSD.

Thanks.

Begbie · Monday at 13:49

Use the password reset function?

Diddums · Monday at 13:49

Try this site, I've used it to great success.

Retro6 · Monday at 14:03

So there is no way to view it?

Retro6 · Monday at 14:12

In order to reset it I have to type the old password I don't know what this is?

Retro6 · Monday at 14:18

Anybody? Its getting really annoying that I can't view the password... I really NEED IT

Retro6 · Monday at 14:19

Oh well I will just have to format without it.

The_Arbiter · Monday at 14:20

Can't you just do "forgot/reset password"?

something daft already!! · Monday at 14:27

To view saved passwords in Firefox, you can do the following:

Click the hamburger menu in the top right corner
Select Settings
Click Privacy & security
Find the Logins and passwords section and click Saved logins
Click the Show passwords button
Click Confirm show passwords to see all Firefox passwords

You can also view saved passwords in Firefox on Android by doing the following:

Tap the menu button
Tap Settings
Select Passwords in the General section
Tap Saved passwords
Tap on any of the logins on the list to view or copy it

Google is your friend.

Blackjack Davy · Monday at 14:43

If you're automatically logged in its easy to recover it from Firefox

DJMK4 · Monday at 14:47

No, you cant view your password, this would be a potential security problem if you were able to do this

Reset it

Retro6 · Monday at 14:50

I've already done that but for some reason facebook login details aren't showing in firefox, all others are there like for my e-mail etc but no facebook login details. I will have to do a "forgot password" and reset it. I also noticed I had a facebook login from an unknown device in Cambridge last month so that looks a bit fishy. I'm probably better off resetting my password anyway.

Cheers everybody for you help.

darael · Monday at 14:59

I know you said that you're formatting, so you could copy the Mozilla folder from the %appdata% location to a temporary location while you format, such as a USB flash drive. This won't reveal your password though, so you'll still have to reset the password if you want to know it.

TrojanWhore · Monday at 21:21

@Retro6 - when I last re-installed windows I exported all my logins from Firefox to a CSV, which alowed me to see them (inc. FB)

Pawnless Endgame · Monday at 21:49

I'm a Firefox kid as well.

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This includes portable Firefox. It doesn't matter which system it's on or what the drive letter is. I can keep the portable apps on drive D:, format drive C: and it doesn't matter because Firefox and other programs are still there, don't need to be set up again and they still hold your preferences including saved passwords.

Firefox (and other browsers e.g. Chrome, Brave and Opera)
GIMP, Inkscape, Faststone Image Resizer
LibreOffice, OpenOffice
Foxit (Acrobat Reader is like 1GB in size nowadays!)
Notepad++
7-Zip
Media Player Classic, OpenShot, OBS, VLC

They're all there :-)

Then a new Win 10/11 install only takes about an hour, not all day

CooK1E · Monday at 22:21

Further to the above, probably worth considering using a password manager. Appreciate that it won't help in your current situation, but will help to avoid the issue in the future