how to delete saved passwords

[PS56k]

A friend recently was told he has to turn in his corp laptop,
as he was moving to a different area....

He had set his browser to remember his passwords,
so he didn't have to type them each time.

How can he get this type of info deleted ?

In general - what's a good way to cleanse your laptop of data,
without also destroying the OS -

[Keith Nuttle]

First I would go into Firefox, Options, Security, Saved Logins and in
that screen click Remove All.

The process for Thunderbird is identical

While there may be better ways, I would use a Shredder utility and shred
the Mozilla profile folders.

C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox


C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird


As for other data folders I would use the same tool and shred those
folders also.

I use McAfee Total protection but I think the Shredder tool is available
in other McAfee packages, and as freeware. I did use a piece of
freeware to scrub a disk on my last computer, but I forget what it was.
I found it be review the software in a search from "Shedder tools". and
"Clean old disk"

As far as cleaning the registry you some one else will need to help you.

[Paul in Houston, TX]

Assuming some form of Windows: Uninstall the programs then go in and
manually delete all the program remains.
Regedit and scan for remains there then delete.
Or just wipe the hdd and o/s using a Linux disk.
The company is going to wipe it and reinstall an o/s anyways.
I always turn mine in totally wiped and non functional.

IMO, setting a laptop to remember p/w's is a really, really bad idea.
Lose the company laptop and some one can wipe all the accounts
and bankrupt the company.
Exactly like that guy in California did about a year ago.

[Good Guy]

something like this:

Tools >> Options Privacy

Now look for something like this:



When you click on the boxed item, you get another screen.  In this screen mark everything as shown in this picture:



Now you need to clear all passwords:  See this picture:




Make sure you click on "Remove All" button so that everything is deleted.

That's it.

Restart your browser and check again to make sure everything is gone.

Good luck.

[Luis]

In Firefox > Options > Security > Saved Logins...

Select and Remove.

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[Luis]

On 28-May-16 06:55 PM, PS56k wrote:

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 29/05/2016 7:55 AM, PS56k wrote:
> A friend recently was told he has to turn in his corp laptop,
> as he was moving to a different area....
>
> He had set his browser to remember his passwords,
> so he didn't have to type them each time.

You should first ask what data his corporation is after!

Does that corp. have the right to do that?

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[Micky]

On Sat, 28 May 2016 18:55:03 -0500, PS56k
<psch...@no-spam.interserv.com> wrote:

>A friend recently was told he has to turn in his corp laptop,
>as he was moving to a different area....
>
>He had set his browser to remember his passwords,
>so he didn't have to type them each time.
>
>How can he get this type of info deleted ?

I had to look on that list today, and it was interesting that I had 5
lines t hat were duplicates, or a pair with both an old and new
password. It hadn't caused problems but I deleted the extra ones.