How to Try Out the Improved Password Manager in Firefox 67

While Mozilla is working on improving content blockers in Firefox browser, the next stable builds will also include new features and refined performance of the existing tools, including here improvements for the password manager.

As all the other browsers out there, Mozilla Firefox comes with a built-in password manager which allows you to store your usernames and passwords for the websites you load in the browser.

In other words, this password manager helps you sign in to websites much faster and easier, all because your credentials are stored within Firefox. But as GHacks notes, there’s one major difference between Firefox and the other browsers out there, like Google Chrome: Mozilla’s application doesn’t offer any option to disable automatic sign-ins.

This means that while Mozilla can use your credentials to automatically sign you in to websites, there’s no way to block this behavior.

But the upcoming Firefox 67 update will refine this experience and come with an option that will make it possible to further adjust this feature.

This tutorial is based on Firefox Nightly version 67.0a1 (2019-02-12), and the new features are already there, so if you’re running a build that’s newer than that, you should be able to try out this feature too.

First and foremost, is the Saved Logins screen which now comes with an option to enable and disable Autofill logins and passwords. You can find this feature by clicking the Firefox menu icon and then heading over to:

Mozilla Firefox allows you to launch private browsing instances of the application, which makes it possible to load websites without leaving any traces behind. This means no data is logged, and this includes login credentials to the pages you visit.

But beginning with Firefox 67, the browser can actually store your login credentials even when browsing the web privately, only that you are obviously allowed to choose if you want this to happen or not.

Needless to say, if you don’t want Firefox to prompt you for storing credentials in private mode, you can just disable this feature altogether. And as the cited source indicates, there’s no option in the settings screen, which is more or less unexpected at this point – however, note that we’re still in the Nightly development stage, so everything could change by the time this feature reaches a stable build and it becomes available for everyone.

Fortunately, if you’re running the Nightly version of Firefox, you can already enable and disable this feature from the advanced configuration screen. Keep in mind that Nightly shouldn’t be used as your primary browser.

To do this, click the Firefox address bar and type the following command:

It shouldn’t take too long before this feature becomes available for everyone, as Mozilla plans to include it in Firefox version 67. According to the company’s own release schedule, the debut of this version is projected to take place in May 2019, so Mozilla still has a few more months to refine the experience before everyone gets it.