How to Recover Download Site Passwords from Free Download Manager (FDM)

In this article, you’ll learn where Free Download Manager (FDM) stores all your download site passwords, how they are protected, and how you can easily recover them.

Free Download Manager Password Secrets

Latest version of FDM saves all download site passwords in “fdm.sqlite” file at following location,

[Windows Vista/7/8/10]
C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Free Download Manager\fdm.sqlite

[Windows XP/2003]
C:\Documents and Settings\[user_name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Free Download Manager\fdm.sqlite

This “fdm.sqlite” file is stored in SQLite database format. It contains database tables called “auth_credentials” & “auth_credentials_downloads” where each download site logins are stored.

Here are some of the interesting fields stored in these tables,

host - download site link 
username - login for download site
password - password in encoded format

FDM encodes the above password using Base64 algorithm.

Old version of FDM stores download site details in a file called “sites.sav” at following location

[Windows Vista/7/8/10]
C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Free Download Manager\sites.sav

[Windows XP/2003]
C:\Documents and Settings\[user_name]\Application Data\Free Download Manager\sites.sav

FDM stores series of records in this “sites.sav” file using its own proprietary format. Each such record contains site link, username & password in Unicode format.

How to Recover Free Download Manager (FDM) Passwords Automatically

Now you can easily & instantly recover all your lost passwords from “Free Download Manager” without any technical knowledge.

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