It is important to store the key in a safe location such as a password manager, safe, or in an encrypted container as anyone with access to it may gain full access to the Firefox Account data. Users who don't want to generate these keys don't have to do anything those who like the idea of a safeguard can do so. The generation of a recovery key for a Firefox Account is completely optional. It expires automatically when it is used and it is necessary to generate a new recovery key if you want to use it as an account recovery option. You get a revoke button to delete the previously generated key.Ī recovery key can only be used once.

The enable button has been replaced with a change button.Note: You will notice some changes the next time you access the Account Recovery options: You can download it, print it, create a screen capture, memorize it, or copy and paste it. The recovery key is displayed on the screen.Without it, anyone with access to the browser could generate a recovery key. Type the account password to confirm ownership.Click on the Generate button to generate a new account recovery key.Note: if you don't see the Account recovery option on the page yet add &showAccountRecovery to the address to make it visible.Select 'Enable' next to Account Recovery on the page.

Select 'Manage Account' to open a new tab on the Firefox website that displays account related information.

Load about:preferences#sync in the Firefox web browser.

If you are signed out of all devices, however, there is no such option available anymore. While you can open the Firefox Account page without signing in again if you are signed in to the account in the browser, creation of a new recovery key requires that you re-enter the account password. Note that you can do so only if you can still access the Firefox Account website.

It takes only a couple of steps to create recovery keys for Firefox Accounts.

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