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[Solved] I'd like to switch from chrome, but all of my auto fill, and payment info. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Is there a simple app that can transfer everything easily? Like my favorites, browsing history and everything, including autofill setting and whatnot? I really just don't want to redo everything and essentially start fresh.

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Thank you everyone! I've used chrome for so long and the last time I tried fire fox over 13 years ago it didn't auto transfer anything, so I had no idea. And I will look into a 3rd party for password storage.

I'm not super savy with some things, so I don't really know what you mean by "self hosting" but I guess I'll look into that too.

Again thanks! Looks like I will make the switch!

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[–] sio2@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

C:/users/user/appdata/local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default - Web Data file. Copy and paste it to the same directory of your new browser and the autofill data will get transferred. please use a password manager for passwords. I suggest Bitwarden.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, all that valuable data is easily accessible from there!?

[–] TheWildTangler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes use Bitwarden for sure. Its open source and only $10 per year if you don't want to self-host it. If you're a really light user, you might even get away with the free account.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A free account is enough for almost everyone not only really light users.

[–] TheWildTangler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone not using TOTP is a pretty light user security-wise.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are other apps you can use for that which are free.

[–] AuroraBorealis@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Keepass-xc is good

[–] zerosignal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The free version of BW is sufficient for most users. The big draw for the paid version is TOTP

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

And organizations. My wife and I share passwords.