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How do I make Firefox generate a new secure password, when the one it's already generated contains an objectionable word?

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The password generator of Firefox is usually just adequate. However it sometimes generates a password I don't want to use. Maybe it contains a swear, or something gross.

I would have thought if I erased it from the input box, and then hit the option to suggest a strong password over again, it would give a different securely generated password. No go, same one again. I tried going into the password list and removing the password, then going back and hitting the generator again. Must make a new one, right? No, it stubbornly returns the same exact bad one.

What is going on, and how do I make Firefox actually re-do the password generation, instead of repeating the same one?

The password generator of Firefox is usually just adequate. However it sometimes generates a password I don't want to use. Maybe it contains a swear, or something gross. I would have thought if I erased it from the input box, and then hit the option to suggest a strong password over again, it would give a ''different'' securely generated password. No go, same one again. I tried going into the password list and removing the password, then going back and hitting the generator again. '''Must''' make a new one, right? No, it stubbornly returns the same exact bad one. What is going on, and how do I make Firefox actually re-do the password generation, instead of repeating the same one?

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You should be able to edit the suggested password before accepting/saving in cases where you aren't satisfied.

Helpful?

Uliza swali

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