Written instructions:
If you would like to view your FileZilla user passwords in plain text, but they are protected by a master password, you’ve come to the right place.
Let’s begin by going to Edit, Settings, Passwords, in FileZilla. Here, choose “Save passwords” and click OK. You will be prompted for your master password, which you need to enter. Next, export your sites by going to File, Export, and select the option to export the Site Manager entries.
You can now save them as an XML file and then open that file in any plain text editor.
The passwords will appear between the Pass tags, but you still need to Base64-decode them. You can do this quickly online by searching for a Base64-decoder. If you prefer to keep things offline, you can do it in PowerShell by pasting in the following command and placing your password string between the double quotes:
[System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String(“yourPasswordString”))
Then simply press Enter to see your password revealed.
Finally, it’s a good idea to go back to your FileZilla settings and re-enable the master password protection.
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