Replacing/recovering the password to the password list

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Description of the issue:

I have forgotten the password that allows me access to my saved passwords/logins. Therefore I am unable to utilize the same passwords on my Iphone’s browser. Can the password securing the list of passwords be altered/changed to get past this “roablock”?
How can this issue be reproduced?

Expected result:

Brave Version( check About Brave):

Version 1.69.168 Chromium: 128.0.6613.138 (Official Build) (x86_64)

Additional Information:

Please edit your Original Post (OP) above, to include:

  • Brave Browser version numbers
  • Computing device Operating System (and numbers)

From your description (so far):

You have forgotten the [effectively master] password that allows [you] access to [your] saved passwords/logins.

So, you are unable to gain access to, nor export, your passwords collection . . . that is within the Brave Browser Password Manager of your (desktop / laptop) computer.

And, you want to know if there is some way to still, somehow, recover that passwords collection?



UPDATED 01/08/2025 Wednesday

I was not accurate enough:

Unfortunately, there is no such method, without using the [master] password - when using Brave Browser.

Accurate:

Replacing/recovering the password to the password list - #3 by Mattches



There was a member of the Brave Community, @CerealLover , who knew how to recover passwords.

IIRC, one method was to install Microsoft Edge, and during installation, choose to import the websites’ login information, from Brave Browser data.

A list of CerealLover’s activity:

https://community.brave.com/search?q=passwords%20csv%20%40CerealLover%20'%20order%3Alatest


The password that allows you to view your passwords is the same password you use to login to your macOS system.

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