When you need to back up your saved logins or transfer them from Firefox to another web browser, you can make use of the built-in passwords management feature. It allows users to easily export saved usernames and passwords to a .csv file. If you have exported website logins from other web browsers as csv file, you can also import them to Firefox. Check out details below.
Export passwords from Firefox browser to CSV
Open Firefox web browser on your computer. Click on the menu button from the top right corner to open the drop-down menu and choose Passwords from the menu list. The Firefox Logins & Passwords page will open in a new tab. Click the logins menu icon (three dots) from the top right corner, then click Export Logins….
A dialog box will appear to remind you that passwords are saved as readable text. The logins and passwords will not be encrypted so do not upload the export csv file online, email or share it. Click the Export… button to continue. Finally choose the file name and location to save it.
Import passwords to Firefox browser from CSV
The password management tool in Firefox allows us to export all saved logins and passwords. However there is no import option visible by default. You can find the option to import passwords from another browser, but not from a CSV file. Before you can directly add passwords and logins from CSV file, you have to turn on a built-in but hidden feature in Firefox browser.
Launch Firefox browser on your PC. Type or copy & paste about:config in the address bar, press Enter on your keyboard to open its Advanced preferences page. A dialog box will appear to remind you that changing advanced configuration preferences may impact the performance or security. Confirm to accept the risk and continue.
You’ll see a search box at the top of this Advanced Preferences page. Copy & paste signon.management.page.fileImport.enabled to the search box to quickly find this option. Its status is set to false by default. Click the toggle to enable it and make its status true. After that, you should also find the Import from a File option below the Import from Another Browser item in Firefox Logins and Passwords page. Now you can select a CSV file which saves all the usernames and passwords and add them to Firefox browser.
