Is there any way to recover old passwords in Firefox?

Question

I use both an external password manager and Firefox's built in password manager. The built in manager doesn't seem to keep a history of old passwords like the external one does.
Recently I tried to sign in at a website, entering the password through the external manager and clicked on the update password button that Firefox threw at me before the site told me that I used the wrong password. So now I'm thinking that the right password was in Firefox, and I just overlaid it.
Is there any way to get Firefox to cough up the old password?

Answer 1

If you set master password but you forgot and want to recover yet, See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/reset-your-master-password-if-you-forgot-it
If you saved a password on Firefox password Manager and want to view it.
At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then click Options
Click the Security panel.
Click Saved Passwords... and the Password Manager will open.5
To see the passwords you have saved, click Show Passwords. When you close the window, your passwords will be automatically hidden.
Use the search box to find a particular website or username. Click the X in the search bar to clear your search and see the full list again. See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-change-passwords#w_viewing-and-deleting-password