When you use a Firefox primary password, you help keep any saved login info safe.
Youll also see when the feature steps in when someone tries to access your information.
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What is a Firefox Primary Password?
Important: Firefox will not stash your primary password.
You will lose access to your login information if you forget the password.
The feature formally known as Master Password is now called Primary Password.
This feature gives your saved logins an extra layer of protection.
Youll need to remember this primary password to access your login information.
Firefox will not save it for you.
Remember not to make your primary password easy to guess.
Use a phrase and not only one word.
Its also best to use numbers, Upper and lower case letters.
The longer the password, the better.
Here is how you could fire up the primary password feature on Firefox.
Once you pop launch the net online gate, click thethree linesat the top right.
Go toSettings, followed byPrivacy and Security.
Scroll until you come across theLogin and Passwordssection.
Youll also see a password meter where the passwords strength will be measured.
Youll know you have a strong password when the blue line takes up who whole meter.
When youre done, poke the blue OK button to back up your changes.
Firefox will show you a message letting you know the password was successfully added.
Youll only need to enter the primary password once per session.
What if the OK Button is Greyed Out?
Unless all the information is correct, you wont be able to punch the OK button.
If unsure where you made a mistake, erase everything and start from scratch.
The Ok button will only be blue when the correct information is entered.
Go to:
type your current Primary Password, followed by the new one.
Click OK, and only then will the feature be disabled.
How to Does the Primary Password Option Spring Into Action?
Its no secret how someone can try and access your logins on the surfing app.
Since they wont be able to, your login info is safe.
For Microsoft Edge users, here is how tofind and erase saved passwords on the surfing app.
