How to hide a password on your computer. How to see the password under asterisks (dots) in the browser

Some users, when registering on sites, do not remember the passwords saved in the browser, so when visiting the site again, the password is hidden with asterisks or dots for security purposes. This often happens: the browser offers to remember the password, the user agrees to this, but does not save the site password in another place, for example, by writing it down on a piece of paper.

At some point in time, the user needed a saved password to log into the site, for example, from another device: a laptop, tablet or smartphone. When entering the site, the “password” field is covered with dots or asterisks. How can I find out the password under the asterisks so I can copy it?

In some cases, synchronization (read more) used in browsers will help, provided that this function is used. But to log into your browser profile, you still need a password from your profile or account.

When using passwords, pay attention to the following points:

Optimal security solution: use special program- a password manager on your computer, for example, free program. In this case, the user only needs to remember one password for the program; the remaining passwords will be saved in the password manager. If the browser does not remember passwords, then, if the browser is hacked, attackers will not be able to access the user’s personal data.
For greater security, the password should be complex. To create a strong password, use the services.

Most users do not use password managers, so for some of them, there is a problem of forgotten passwords. Therefore, sometimes it is necessary to look through the stars or dots to copy the desired password.

In this article, we will look at ways to view hidden passwords in the browser. To display passwords in other programs, use third-party applications. For example, from the article, you will learn how to find out the key operating system Windows.

There are ways to see the password under the asterisks in the browser, without using third party applications, directly in the browser itself, and using third-party programs. In this article, we will look at two methods that will help display the password under asterisks using browser tools, and one method when using a specialized program.

Viewing the password under asterisks in the browser (method 1)

Now let's see how to see the password instead of dots using the console (developer tools) in the browser. IN in this example, I will use Google browser Chrome. In other browsers, all actions occur in a similar way.

On one of the sites, when you enter the main page, fields for entering your login (I erased the login name) and password are displayed. Dots (or asterisks) appear in the password entry field.

We need to look at and copy the password hidden by the dots. Follow these steps:

Right-click on the password field that displays asterisks or dots. In the context menu, select “View Code”, or press the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “I”.
In the console window that opens, in the “Elements” tab, the code for this site element will open, in which the line related to this element will be highlighted.
We will need to change the following code element in the open line:

type=”password”

Double-click on the “password” value with the left mouse button.
Instead of "password", enter the word "text" (without quotes), and then press the "Enter" key. As a result, you will get a modified code element:

type=”text”

After this, the password will be displayed in the input field, hidden by dots or asterisks.

Close the console window, we won't need it anymore.

Now the open password can be copied for further use on another computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet.

After reloading the page in the browser, the password will again be hidden behind asterisks or dots.

In other browsers based on Chrome and Firefox, you can see hidden passwords in a similar way. Please note that the names of the context menu items that launch the developer tools (console) differ in different browsers.

To start viewing the element code in browsers, follow these steps:

In Yandex Browser, after clicking on the password entry field, select the context menu item “Explore element” (Ctrl + Shift + I), then everything is done in the same way as in Chrome.
IN Mozilla Firefox Select the context menu item “Examine Element” (Ctrl + Shift + I).
In the Opera browser, select “View element code” (Ctrl + Shift + C) from the context menu.
IN Internet browser Explorer in the context menu you need to select “Check element”.
In the Microsoft Edge browser, you need to select the “Inspect element” context menu item, and then independently find the required piece of code. This is puzzling, since in Internet Explorer everything works correctly, like in other browsers. For some reason, this functionality is not fully developed in the new browser.

How to open a password under asterisks in a browser (method 2)

Another way to view saved passwords in your browser is in the settings of a specific browser.

In the browser Google Chrome:

Click on the “Customize and manage Google Chrome” button (the button is located in the upper right corner of the program window). Select "Settings", then click on "Advanced".
In the “Passwords and Forms” section, in the “Password Settings” option, click on the arrow button. Sites with saved passwords are displayed here.
Opposite the name of the desired site, click on the “Show password” button, and then copy the password.

In the Mozilla Firefox browser:

Click on the “Open menu” button, select “Settings” in the context menu.
Open the "Security and Privacy" tab.
In the “Forms and Passwords” section, click on the “Saved logins...” button.
Click on the “Display Passwords” button and copy the desired password.

In Yandex.Browser:

Click on the “Yandex Browser Settings” button, select the “Settings” context menu item. Scroll down the page, click on the “Show” button additional settings».
In the “Passwords and Forms” section, in the “Offer to save passwords for sites” settings item, click on the “Manage Passwords” button.
Find the desired site in the list of sites with saved passwords, click on the dots in the field to display the password. The “Show” button will be highlighted.
Click on the “Show” button, after which the passwords under the dots will open. Copy the password for later use on another device.

In the Opera browser:

Enter the “Menu”, click on the “Settings” context menu item.
Select the "Security" section.
In the “Passwords” setting, click on the “Show all passwords” button.
Move the mouse cursor over the desired password and the “Show” button will appear. Click on the button, copy the password.

To display the saved password in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge browsers, for security purposes, you will need to enter the password for verification. Unfortunately, we don't remember him. Therefore, this method will not work for us in these browsers.

How to see the password instead of dots using SterJo Browser Passwords (3rd method)

You can see passwords instead of asterisks (dots) using third-party applications. I recommend using programs from SterJo Software, since this developer has created applications for displaying saved passwords for browsers: SterJo Chrome Passwords, SterJo Firefox Passwords, SterJo Opera Passwords, SterJo Edge Passwords, SterJo Internet Explorer Passwords.

The free SterJo Browser Passwords program supports major browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi and Yandex.

Download from the SterJo developer website a portable version of the application for major browsers, which does not need to be installed on your computer. The program works in Russian (you need to select it in the settings).

Once launched, SterJo Browser Passwords will display all available saved passwords.

Conclusions of the article

If necessary, the user can view the saved password in the browser, hidden by asterisks or dots. You can open a hidden password using the built-in browser tools or third-party software - the SterJo Browser Passwords program.

– the main means of protecting information. Passwords are used almost everywhere: to turn on the computer, to access files, to view Email or login Personal Area on sites. A typical computer user has to remember at least a dozen different passwords. Therefore, it is not surprising that sometimes these passwords are forgotten.

At first sight, forgotten password- this is a catastrophe. You will no longer be able to access anything protected by this password. However, sometimes it's not all that scary. For example, if your password is saved on your computer and appears as dots or asterisks, then the likelihood that you will be able to recover it is quite high.

As you may have guessed, this article will talk about how to see the password under the asterisks. We will look at three ways at once that will allow you to do this easily without much effort.

Passwords under asterisks in the browser are easy to get. It’s very easy to find out; you don’t even need any additional software.

If you are using Google Chrome browser, right-click on the text field with the password under the asterisks and select “View element code”.

After this, a window with the HTML code for this page will appear in front of you. The line with the password entry form will be highlighted.

Next, you need to change the type of this field from “type="password"" to "type="text"". To do this, right-click on the highlighted line (the line with the password field) and select “Edit as HTML” in the menu that appears.

You will then be able to edit this line.

In order to change the type of a text field, you need to replace type="password" with type="text". There is no need to change any other parameters for this time frame. After you have edited the line, press the F2 key to disable the mode HTML editing code.

After these manipulations, the password on the page will become visible.

In the same way, you can see the password under asterisks in the Mozilla Firefox browser. To do this, open the page with the saved password, right-click on the field with asterisks and select “Explore element”.

After this, the HTML code of the page will open in front of you, in which the line for entering the password will be highlighted.

As before, you need to change the type of the text field from type="password" to type="text". To do this, double-click on the type="password" parameter.

After this, you can edit this parameter. After changing the text field type, the password under the asterisks will become visible.

In the Internet Explorer browser everything is done exactly the same. Open the page with the password under the asterisks, right-click on the password field and select “Check element”.

After this, the HTML code of the page will open in front of you.

Double-click on the parameter that you want to edit.

In the text field that appears, change “password” to “text” and the password for the pages becomes visible.

How to see the password under the asterisks in the browser settings

In addition, there is another way to find out passwords under asterisks in your browser. To do this, just enter the program settings and view the saved passwords.

In the Google Chrome browser this is done as follows:. Open the main menu and go to “Settings”.

In Settings, scroll down the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. And then click on the “Manage saved passwords” link, which is located in the “Passwords and forms” section.

In order to see the password, just select the desired site from the list and click on the “Show” button.

The Mozilla Firefox browser also has this feature. To view it, you need to open “Settings”, go to the “Protection” tab and click on the “Saved Passwords” button.

After this, a window will open in front of you in which you need to click on the “Display passwords” button.

After this, you can view all passwords under asterisks in the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Viewing passwords in other programs

The browser is far from the only program that saves passwords. If you need to view the saved password in your FTP client or other program, then you need to resort to using third-party programs.

To view the password under asterisks in other programs, you can use the pwdcrack program. This program is completely free and can be downloaded from the website.

To use this program, you need to click on the “Enable” button and hover over the password field. After this, the pwdcrack program will display the password you need.

Users have more than once encountered situations where they need to see a password hidden under asterisks. Functions modern browsers allow you to save passwords for forms, that is, after logging into the resource again, you will see the entered data: login and password, and you no longer need to enter them again, you just need to click the Login button.

Of course, the password saving function is very useful, but not secure, since an attacker can easily find out the hidden password under the asterisks or capture data from the browser (cookies, passwords, histories, bookmarks, etc.). It’s not a fact that some hacker will be interested in you, but it’s better to play it safe and not save passwords, but write them down on a piece of paper or store them in a special software database.

We have moved a little away from the topic, because now we have to understand how to see the same password under the dots, stored in the Password field. Go!

How to see the password under asterisks in the browser without programs

There are countless sites on the Internet that allow users to log in using data such as login and password; these can be forums, online stores and regular blogs. The data entry format is the same in most cases. So, how can I see the password in this form in the browser if it is hidden?

Using the element code

Enter any password for the experiment in the field.
Right-click on the field and select "View code".
A window opens with the HTML code of the entire page, but a certain block must already be selected.
In the Input block we find the attribute "type", where the value is written "password".
Double-click on the word and delete it or change it to the value “text”.

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Done, now instead of dots or asterisks, the password will be visible in the form we wanted.

The example is considered in the Google Chrome browser. Same thing with other observers. For example, in Opera, right-click and select “View element code”. The Yandex browser and others have a similar principle.

In Microsoft Edge it's a little different:

Open the login form of any site in Microsoft Edge.
Press F12 to open Developer Tools.
Click on the “Select element” icon (Ctrl+B) and point the cursor at the password form.
Remove the password value from the type attribute.

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Hidden password through browser settings

Any browser has a function for saving passwords, and you can view them there (Read:). On Google Chrome latest version this is done as follows:

Click on the three dots at the top right.
Select an item "Settings".
Go to the “Passwords” section.
We see hidden saved passwords that need to be revealed.
To view the hidden password, click on the eye icon.
A window will open where you need to enter a password, PIN code or graphic key, which is configured when you turn on the computer. If a password is not set on the computer, the password will be displayed immediately. Reading...

Important! For security purposes, it is better to delete all saved passwords from the browser and store them in a more secure place, for example, the KeePass 2 program.

Script to view password under asterisks

There is a method that allows you to view all passwords available in forms. If the element code fails to reveal the password, this method will be used.

Here is the javascript code:

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javascript:(function())(var s,F,j,f,i; s = ""; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j

We go to the site where you need to enter a password. We write something in the field, and then paste this code into the address bar. Don't rush to press Enter, since at the very beginning of the code you need to write "javascript:". When inserted for the first time, this part of the code is cut off.

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Now press Enter and see the password, which is in the corresponding field.

To avoid inserting the script every time, let's do the following:

Right-click on the bookmarks bar and select “Add Page”.
The name can be anything.
Paste the code into the URL field.
Click “Save”.

Now, every time you need to see the hidden password under the dots, click on this tab and the script will be activated.

How to see the password instead of dots using an extension

Google Chrome

There is a ShowPassword extension for this browser. It is open source, which means you won’t find any viruses or other unclean heresies there. Install the extension and try it in action.

After activation, enter data on any site and simply hover the mouse cursor over the Password field. The password will be displayed immediately.

ShowPassword offers 4 options to view your masked browser password:

Mouse over – hover the mouse cursor;
Double Click – double click;
On Focus – one click on the field shows the password;
Press Ctrl Key – press the mouse while holding the Ctrl key.

Mozilla Firefox

From the extension store, install Show/hide passwords. Now the user can easily find out the hidden password in the browser. A “Show” and “Hide” button will appear next to the field.