Did you know that it is possible to see a password hidden by asterisks? Seeing a hidden password for many is impossible. Why do we tell you? There are many passwords that we use daily, on our social networks, bank accounts, and more. For many users, it is really difficult to remember them all and that’s why they choose to allow the browser to save them.
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Surely you’ve never forgotten a password, don’t worry because it was saved in the browser and you can access it without any problem. But suppose you want to change your password or access another device and you have absolutely no idea what the password is.
Well, don’t worry! You will be happy to know that there are several ways to find a password that you have forgotten, here we show you how.
How to see a password hidden by asterisks
Do not rush to send an e-mail to the service and to have to follow complicated steps to recover your password. There is no need to install special applications or programs to do this, as your web browser offers you all the tools to recover passwords quickly and easily.
With Google Password Manager
Google Chrome is one of the most used browsers in the world, since it offers us faster navigation than others, apart from its tools and its easy management thanks to its simple interface.
You will be surprised to know that Google Chrome has an option that allows you to view and manage the passwords you have entered. To do this, follow these steps:
- Once you open Google Chrome, press the three points that appear in the upper right corner, or can you type “chrome://settings/” in the search engine or go directly to https://passwords.google.com/?hl=en
- Once this is done, a small window will appear
- Click on configuration
- In that window click on the option that says Password
- Then a list of all the passwords you have entered so far will be displayed, all you have to do is click on the one you want to recover. Remember that for security reasons, Google will ask you to enter your PC password if you have one.
How to see a password hidden through the item inspector
This is a simple but very useful tool that is not only available in Google Chrome, but also in all other browsers. It’s a great option if we want to see a hidden password that has been saved in the browser but is hidden behind asterisks or dots. What you should do is the following:
- Enter the web page or service where you want to display the password, for example, Facebook.com. Let’s see how the password field remains hidden by a series of points
- Let’s go to the password field and press the right button, a small window will appear
- In the box that appears, we select the inspect item option.
- On the right side of our screen, we will see that a box appears on the left side of the page, but rest assured, this is the source code of the page, don’t worry.
- We will see a ticked box corresponding to our password. We see that the marked field says password, we will click there and write text
- After following these steps, we will see how the saved password is revealed without asterisks, dots or anything that obstructs it. So from there we can copy and save it, for example in a password manager.
It is important to stress that this is only a temporary change. You are not modifying the source code of the page or hacking the service. It is simply a procedure that changes again by simply reloading the page. Remember that it works on any page and with any browser.
Protect your passwords with a password manager
To avoid this type of inconvenience in the future it would be excellent to rely on a good password manager, above all reliable.
