Where in the filesystem does Firefox store saved passwords? [closed]

Question

You probably think this is a duplicate of this question. It's not, because that question has never been sufficiently answered.

Where does Firefox store passwords? It must be in a directory somewhere, right?

My best guess would be (on Linux) somewhere in /home/user/.mozilla/someprofile.default/...

I would greatly appreciate it, if someone could finally answer this question.

Answer 1

Not a programming related question. But the steps are as follow:

1. Open your profile folder:

   Click the menu button (three horizontal bars), click help and select Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open.

2. Under the Application Basics section, click on Show Folder. A window with your profile files will open.

Passwords

Your passwords are stored in two different files, both of which are required:

key3.db - This file stores your key database for your passwords. To transfer saved passwords, you must copy this file along with the following file.

logins.json - Saved passwords.

For more information see Password Manager - Remember, delete, change and import saved passwords in Firefox.

Got them from this Mozilla support post:

Recovering important data from an old profile