Recovering saved password in Filezilla

Question

Unfortunately I can not remember the password of FTP server, but it is saved in FileZilla Site Manager (Ubuntu).

How can I view the saved password?

`find . -iname "filezilla"` gives `/home/[username]/.config/filezilla` in my case. Then take the `sitemanager.xml` and look for the `Pass` element. It might be base64 encoded; [base64 decoders](https://www.base64decode.org/) are available en masse. — Martin Thoma, May 17 '16 at 14:11
all incorrect answers; if you use master pass all that steps not work. — user1005462, Mar 08 '23 at 15:45

score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '12 at 08:00

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Export your Site Manager information and you'll find them in plain text:

File > Export > Export Site Manager entries

It exports everything in XML like this:

<Server>
 <Host>ftp.example.com</Host>
 <Port>21</Port>
 <Protocol>0</Protocol>
 <Type>0</Type>
 <User>root</User>
 <Pass>mypass</Pass>
 [etc]
</Server>

answered Apr 13 '12 at 08:00

Dovydas Navickas

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This file had no entries for me, but werner's answer below worked. – Tor Klingberg Sep 17 '14 at 09:05
But in my case password is saved under base64 encoding. Respective "pass" entry is as like as below :- some text What should I do now ? – Vivek Bansal Mar 31 '15 at 20:40
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You can decode it using a tool like this: https://ostermiller.org/calc/encode.html but be aware that it's safer to write your own script for knowing 100% that nobody stores the decoded result. – Dovydas Navickas Apr 01 '15 at 06:57

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 11 '19 at 18:01

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All passwords are stored in plain text in this file:

/home/username/.filezilla/recentservers.xml

And for newer versions of filezilla and ubuntu, /home/username/.config/filezilla/recentservers.xml If the passwords are base64 encoded, https://www.base64decode.org/ can be used to get the original password.

edited Jan 11 '19 at 18:01

Allan Dereal

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answered Oct 25 '13 at 22:03

Saad Bouteraa

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '13 at 08:48

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Ubuntu Linux FileZilla SiteManager file:

/home/username/.filezilla/sitemanager.xml

answered Sep 17 '13 at 08:48

maestro

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Ubuntu Linux FileZilla SiteManager file: /home/username/.filezilla/sitemanager.xml – zero Nov 30 '14 at 13:08

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '13 at 20:55

If you didn't store your passwords in the Site Manager, but only used 'Quick connect', you can still retrieve them from the history: they are stored in filezilla.xml in the following directory :

Windows XP/2K: “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\FileZilla”

Windows Vista: “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\”

Linux: “/home/username/.filezilla/”

Recovering saved password in Filezilla

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