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Struggling to find saved passwords in your browser or PC? Keep calm, we’ll find them pretty soon.
Do you know that your passwords are stored somewhere in your browser?
Even though this can be set differently, a lot of people, including me, don’t do it.
This makes our passwords open to virtually anyone who gets access to our device.
The thing is that, we kind of enjoy the ‘’remember me’’ feature since it allows us to log into sites without having to enter our passwords every other time.
However, there comes a time where clearing browser cache can clear your stored passwords. Again, formatting the device will equally make you lose your passwords and be required to re-enter them.
And there could be other reasons.
If you don’t want to go through the boring processes of recovering a lost password from your email client and other such programs, this post will serve you well.
Let’s say I’m introducing you to a few ethical hacking ????
This will, at least, help you to be extra conscious about web security and be able to find saved passwords without any hustle.
I know there’re apps that can help in this exercise but we’ll mainly be doing things the manual way in this post.
Don’t worry it’s damn easy.
Let’s dive in…
The processes are quite similar but we’ll look at the specific steps in the various browsers.
i. Find saved passwords in Google Chrome
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Steps:
1. Hit the Settings button
2. Click on Passwords under Autofill
3. Find Websites, Usernames and the associated passwords
4. Click on the eye icon to ‘Show password’ for the required site
Note: If your Windows is password-protected, you’ll be required to enter it to find the saved passwords in chrome.
ii. Find saved passwords in Firefox
Steps:
1. Click on the three horizontal lines at the top-right corner to open menu
2. Click on Options from the drop-down
3. Click on Privacy & Security
4. Scroll down to Logins & Passwords
5. Click on Saved Logins (A popup will show up containing a list of sites with saved passwords)
6. Click on Show Passwords and confirm to see the list of sites with their saved passwords
iii. Find saved passwords in Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click on Settings at the top-right corner
3. Click on Internet Options (This opens a popup menu)
4. Click on the Contents tab
5. Click on Settings next to Autocomplete... (Popup opens)
6. Click on Manage Passwords
7. Use the Credentials Manager to view saved passwords
iv. Find saved passwords in Safari
1. Click on ‘Preferences’ at top-right corner
2. Show Passwords for selected websites
3. Enter your account password to continue
This is one of my favourite tricks since it’s pretty fast to get things done. I’ll admit, if you’re not a web developer or unfamiliar with coding, it may appear a bit intimidating.
But, it’s pretty easy.
1. Step 1: Right-click inside the password field of the respective site in your browser and hit‘Inspect’ (or Ctrl+Shift+I in Chrome)
2. Step 2: Look for type=”password” (in Chrome) or <input type=”password”> (in Firefox)
3. Step 3: Change type=”password” to type=”text”. (Remember to double click on password and write the word ”text” and then hit Enter)
4. You should see your password now
Similar process can be done in Firefox.
These are not methods in its strictest sense but additional helpful tips.
I want to highlight some of the interesting places we normally keep our passwords.
In your workplace, sticky notes, computer screens and under desks are some of the places you’re likely to keep your passwords.
At home, you’re more likely to see your passwords tucked under your monitors and on piles of papers.
With Wifi, you’re most likely to find its password somewhere on your wireless router.
Your notepads, and calendars and other such places will contain your password.
As you can see, the list can be endless but one other important bit will be your individual behaviour. We tend to couch passwords out of things around us. This could be our partners or kids name, pets, coupled with important dates in our lives.
Let these give you a clue.
Conclusion
Hopefully, you’ve picked some ideas to help find saved passwords from various places. Also, you’ve gotten some useful reminders to help in the process.
Importantly, this should also help you be wary of how you keep your passwords, especially if you share your machine with others. You may also want to know about the coolest trick to type like a pro today.
