How to Find Hidden & Saved Passwords in Windows
If you’ve forgotten a password but you know it was saved somewhere on your computer, you can access your Windows saved passwords and see if it’s there. Windows actually keeps a list of all of your saved passwords and lets you access them when you want.
These saved passwords are from your web browsers, WiFi networks, and other services that you use on your computer. Revealing these passwords is fairly easy as there’s a built-in tool on your computer that lets you do it.
View Windows Saved Passwords Using The Credentials Manager
The feature that saves your login details on your Windows 10 computer is called Windows Credentials Manager. It keeps a track of all of your web as well as other Windows passwords, and lets you access and use them when needed.
The web passwords that it saves are usually from Internet Explorer and Edge. Your Chrome, Firefox, and other web browsers’ passwords won’t appear in the tool. For those browsers, you can check out their settings menu to find and access the option that shows your passwords.
View Saved WiFi Passwords On Windows 10
The Credentials Manager, unfortunately, doesn’t let youview your saved WiFi passwords. However, there are two other ways you can use to access the Windows saved passwords for your wireless networks.
These methods should let you access passwords for all the WiFi networks you’ve ever connected to.
The Command Prompt utility lets you perform a number of tasks on your computer, and one of these is to let you view your saved WiFi passwords. It can be used to retrieve a list of all of your networks, and then you can choose the network you want to view the password for.
You’re basically going to just copy and paste the commands, so even if you haven’t used the tool before, you should still be fine.
If you need to access your saved WiFi passwords too frequently, the command line method isn’t ideal for you as it requires you to type in a command each time you want to view a password. A better option would be to use a third-party app that lets you easily and quickly reveal your Windows saved passwords.
One of these apps isWiFi Password Revealerby Magical Jelly Bean. It’s a free app you can use on your Windows 10 computer to view your WiFi passwords.
View Windows Vault Passwords Using An App
Some of the Windows saved passwords are stored in Windows Vault on a Windows 10 computer. If the password you’re looking for is located there, then you can use a free app to find and reveal it on your machine.
There’s an app calledVaultPasswordViewthat lets you access all the passwords saved in the Windows Vault on your machine.
Delete Saved Passwords On Windows 10
Since your computer saves most passwords that you use on your computer, it may even have the passwords that you don’t actually use. If you want, you can delete these saved passwords on your Windows 10 computer.
These can be deleted from the Windows Credentials Manager on your PC.
It’seasy to forget passwordsespecially if you have a lot of those to remember. Are you someone who needs to look at the saved passwords to log in somewhere or do you remember all of your passwords? Chime in in the comments below.
Mahesh has been obsessed with technology since he got his first gadget a decade or so ago. Over the last few years, he’s written a number of tech articles on various online publications including but not limited to MakeTechEasier and Android AppStorm.Read Mahesh’s Full Bio
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