Turned on my computer today and Brave doesn’t have a single password saved. Major pain. What happened? All my bookmarks are there and I don’t have any profiles to switch between. I’m a fairly advanced user so if there’s something I can do under the hood to get the passwords back let me know. Update…

@scotsscripts , The steps that I suggest, re be prepared (for the next occasion), are among two of my previous replies: [image] How to downgrade back to version 1.23.71 Desktop Support @candlemas , Downgrading an Internet browser Prior to that . . . Window…

So how do these two posts help me get Brave to read the saved password file? Sorry for being dense, those two posts seem to describe how to backup data, not restore. Also, I can see the file “Login Data” file and I if I view it I can see all the sites with the “lost” passwords, but for some reason …

Hi Did you delete your cookies? Go to …\User Data\Default folder, copy the files Bookmarks.htm and Bookmarks.bak, paste them in a folder and keep them safe in case you need them later. Go back to …\User Data\Default folder, delete Bookmarks.htm, Rename Bookmarks.bak to Bookmarks.htm. Open…

Thanks for the response. I did not delete cookies, although it appears that they have been deleted since I’m getting cookie notices on sites that I’ve already accepted cookies on. Before I do the bookmark thing, I wanted to ask how your bookmark steps will help with the issue of Brave not reading t…

Hi Because you didnt delete the cookies and you can actually see the passwords I suggest you check your default settings as in the pdf doc (my settings ) https://www.docdroid.net/LZjt1ux/brave-default-settings-pdf

Thanks for the effort with that pdf, above and beyond. My settings are basically the same, some unrelated settings different. This doesn’t really matter, I store all my login info anyway, it’s just a major pain because I’m logging into different client stores all day long. Hopefully it doesn’t ha…

All of my saved passwords are gone, what can I do?

CerealLover April 12, 2022, 4:00pm 4

Did you delete your cookies?

Go to …\User Data\Default folder, copy the files Bookmarks.htm and Bookmarks.bak, paste them in a folder and keep them safe in case you need them later.
Go back to …\User Data\Default folder, delete Bookmarks.htm, Rename Bookmarks.bak to Bookmarks.htm.
Open Brave.

I want to import my password file into brave

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All of my saved passwords are gone, what can I do?

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