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{{profile-file|filename=signons3.txt}}
signons3.txt stores saved user names and passwords.  It also stores a list of sites for which passwords are never saved. The [[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Options/Preferences]] dialog contains a UI to view and remove the passwords. 

This file is encrypted to help prevent others with access to your computer from seeing your passwords.  If you do not use a Master Password then having access to both [[key3.db]] and signons3.txt will give access to the passwords, so use a Master Password to prevent that.

Signons3.txt is used  in Firefox 3.0 instead of the older [[signons.txt]] or [[signons2.txt]] file (the older file is left in the profile folder  for backward compatibility).  Starting in Firefox 3.5, signons3.txt is converted to [[signons.sqlite]].   [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288040] 

==Editing==
Manually editing signons3.txt is not recommended because its contents are encrypted and there is a UI to do common tasks.
It is possible though to copy a full name and password section from the file in one profile to another profile provided that you have the same [[key3.db]] in both profiles.

The file's contents are as follows:

 #2e
 (list of domains for which passwords are never saved)
 .
 (site with a saved password)
 (name of HTML user name field or blank for HTTP authentication)
 (encrypted user name)
 *(name of HTML password field or blank for HTTP authentication)
 (encrypted password)
 (the domain of the log in form)
 (a filler line for future expansion, currently: '---')
 .
 (more entries like the one above)

==Moving==
This file can be moved to a different profile as long as it is moved with [[key3.db]], which is the encryption key.

==Deleting==
Deleting signons3.txt will delete your saved user names, passwords, and "never save" password (exceptions) settings. If your profile folder contains a [[signons.txt]] or [[signons2.txt]] file, it will be migrated into a new signons.3.txt file; otherwise, a new signons3.txt file will be created when needed.

==Related files and folders==
* [[key3.db]]

==See also==
* [[User name and password not remembered]]
* [[Signon.SignonFileName3]]

[[Category:Profile contents (Firefox)]]