Here are the exact steps required to extract and see your FTP passwords inside Filezilla. You can either watch the video or follow the simple steps!
Ever wanted to see #FileZilla site passwords? Here's a video on how to recover Filezilla #FTP passwords
Step 1: Export the Site Manager Entries
a) Just click on 'file' in the top menu on the left-hand side.
b) Select the 'export site manager entries' options and press Okay. (take not of which folder you are exporting it to)
Step 2: Open the 'Site Manager Entries' File with Notepad ++
a) If you don't have it – download Notepad ++ (the best notepad editor by far & it's free!)
b) Open the 'site manager entries' export .xml file with notepad ++
c) Press CTRL+F (or CMD+F on Mac) and search for the name of your site.
d) Then simply locate the password near the site name. If you see your password like this: <pass>xxxx</pass> then you are done! You have found your password.
e) But if you see your password like this: <Pass encoding="base64">xxxx</pass> – then go to the next step.
Step 3: How to Decode a Base64 Encoded FTP Password
a) Copy your base64 encoded FTP password: <Pass encoding="base64">xxxxxxxx</pass>
Visit https://www.base64decode.org/ and paste your password in the top field. Click on 'decode' and you're done!
Congrats – You've Retrieved Your FTP Password!
Now you can easily share FTP details without having to go back and log into the hosting account to create a new FTP account… It' so much faster this way, not to mention how handy this is when you don't have access to the hosting account anymore.
Yay! I just recovered my #FileZilla site password using this easy #FTP password recovery method!
Even if you want to restrict access after you've shared the password details, it's still easier just to reset your current FTP password, rather than create a whole new FTP account for someone just so they can have temporary FTP access.
