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This article deals with Firefox or Mozilla Suite not remembering user names and passwords you enter. If Firefox remembers the password '''after you enter a user name''', see [[Password only filled after entering user name]]. | This article deals with Firefox or Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey not remembering user names and passwords you enter. If Firefox remembers the password '''after you enter a user name''', see [[Password only filled after entering user name]]. | ||
Note: If previously saved passwords are not automatically entered when logging into websites and new passwords can't be saved, this is a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454708 known bug] in Firefox 3.0.2 | Note: If previously saved passwords are not automatically entered when logging into websites and new passwords can't be saved, this is a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454708 known bug] in Firefox 3.0.2 that affects some users (fixed in Firefox 3.0.3). | ||
==Password Manager settings== | ==Password Manager settings== | ||
You must have the "Remember passwords" feature enabled for the browser to remember them. In Firefox 2, make sure [[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Security / Passwords -> "Remember passwords for sites" is checked. | You must have the "Remember passwords" feature enabled for the browser to remember them. In Firefox 2.0 and above, make sure [[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Security / Passwords -> "Remember passwords for sites" is checked. | ||
Additionally, you may have once told the browser to never save the passwords for the site. In Firefox 2, check the list under [[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Security / Passwords -> Exceptions. | Additionally, you may have once told the browser to never save the passwords for the site. In Firefox 2.0 and above, check the list under [[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Security / Passwords -> Exceptions. | ||
==Passwords cleared with Clear Private Data== | ==Passwords cleared with Clear Private Data== | ||
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==Sites prohibit password saving== | ==Sites prohibit password saving== | ||
Some websites, for example Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and some banks, specify that your username and password should not be saved. You can override this | Some websites, for example Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and some banks, specify that your username and password should not be saved. You can override this behavior. | ||
===Using a bookmarklet=== | ===Using a bookmarklet=== | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 24 September 2008
This article deals with Firefox or Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey not remembering user names and passwords you enter. If Firefox remembers the password after you enter a user name, see Password only filled after entering user name.
Note: If previously saved passwords are not automatically entered when logging into websites and new passwords can't be saved, this is a known bug in Firefox 3.0.2 that affects some users (fixed in Firefox 3.0.3).
Password Manager settings
You must have the "Remember passwords" feature enabled for the browser to remember them. In Firefox 2.0 and above, make sure Tools -> Options -> Security / Passwords -> "Remember passwords for sites" is checked.
Additionally, you may have once told the browser to never save the passwords for the site. In Firefox 2.0 and above, check the list under Tools -> Options -> Security / Passwords -> Exceptions.
Passwords cleared with Clear Private Data
Firefox's Clear Private Data feature may be set to clear your passwords when you close Firefox. Make sure that Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> "Always clear my private data when I close Firefox" is unchecked, or that under Settings, "Saved Passwords" is not checked.
Sites prohibit password saving
Some websites, for example Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and some banks, specify that your username and password should not be saved. You can override this behavior.
Using a bookmarklet
- Bookmark the "remember passwords" link on this page.
- Go to the log in page of the site you want to save your details.
- Enter your login and password, but do not submit.
- Open the bookmark you just made. (Nothing will appear to happen).
- Submit.
On subsequent visits, your user name and password should be filled in.
Using an extension
- Always remember password 0.6 extension.
- Greasemonkey extension with related scripts:
