Disclaimer: Please this tip is only for education purpose. I will not be held responsible for any illegal action done with this.
As we all know almost all browsers offer us the option to save passwords for some particular sites. Most of the time we just forget our password, but still it is save in your browser. As browsers automatically convert the password into stars or asterisks we simply can’t see the password.
Fews years ago, I learnt this tip from a very good friend and am making a quick tip out of it today; below is a method which allows us to reveal the password hidden behind the starts, dots or asterisks.
As you might already know, webpages are coded in html, so by changing some values in the html code, we can easily see the password hidden behind the dots or stars.
So to do this we are going to use the web developer option which is present in almost all web browsers.
Steps to See Password Behind the Stars
- Navigate to the website which contains your saved password.
- Right click the password box where your password is saved and select Inspect element.
Now you could see a bunch of code under the element tab. Just look for type=”Password” in the highlighted area.
After you found it, double click password and change it to text as shown below.
Now hit enter and the text behind the stars, dots or asterisks will be revealed.
The above method works for all web browsers. But if you are a Mozilla Firefox user then you can directly use an add-on which easily reveals the password hidden behind the dots in single click.
Conclusion: As I have to maintain a lot of websites for my clients, I usually forget some of them and sometimes I find it difficult to open my password saver and start searching for password, so this tip helps me a lot to be able to view the password I used in a particular site. And again, don't use this tip for illegal purposes.
- Navigate to the website which contains your saved password.
- Right click the password box where your password is saved and select Inspect element.
Now you could see a bunch of code under the element tab. Just look for type=”Password” in the highlighted area.
After you found it, double click password and change it to text as shown below.
Now hit enter and the text behind the stars, dots or asterisks will be revealed.
The above method works for all web browsers. But if you are a Mozilla Firefox user then you can directly use an add-on which easily reveals the password hidden behind the dots in single click.
Conclusion: As I have to maintain a lot of websites for my clients, I usually forget some of them and sometimes I find it difficult to open my password saver and start searching for password, so this tip helps me a lot to be able to view the password I used in a particular site. And again, don't use this tip for illegal purposes.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Tutorial Credit - Joshua Oris
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