When you visit a website whose login information is stored in your browser, the browser automatically fills in the username and password fields. You may have noticed this behavior when visiting a website for which you have an account. Although the username is clearly visible, the password is hidden behind asterisks.
Usually browsers don’t reveal your passwords, otherwise the person sitting next to you will know what the password is. However, if you’ve made sure that no one is around you and want to see your password behind the asterisks, here are some ways to do it in your browser.
Uncover passwords behind asterisks with Inspect Element
Whether you are a newbie to HTML coding, an expert in web development, or familiar with HTML zip, you can still use the element validation tool to crack your passwords.
The tool helps you open the source code of the selected items in your browser so you can make changes to the code. Any changes made to the code will be reflected on the site in real time.
With this real-time change feature, you can use the checker to find out what’s behind the asterisks. This is how you do it.
- Run the website where you want to show passwords behind asterisks.
- Right-click in the password field where you see the asterisks and select Verify. It will launch the item validation tool.
- The password field code will be highlighted in the console. Double-click the password in the tag, rename it to text, and press Enter.
- The asterisks in the password field will quickly turn into your real password. You can copy it like any other text if you like.
This should work in all popular browsers including Chrome and Firefox.
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Use JavaScript to view passwords behind asterisks
Use JavaScript to display passwords behind asterisks
If you don’t want to make changes to the code every time you want to reveal the password, you can use JavaScript, which does all the work for you with one click.
While the password cracking JavaScript can be run manually from the address bar, you can add it to the bookmarks bar for one-click execution.
- Click the star icon next to the address bar in your browser to add a bookmark.
- Click Advanced on the next screen, as you need to edit the bookmark before saving it.
- On the next screen, enter any name in the Name field. In the URL field, copy and paste the following JavaScript code:
- Now go to any website where you see asterisks instead of a password. Click on the bookmark you just added and your screen will display the password behind the asterisks.
- Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and select Preferences to open Chrome settings menu.
- Click Passwords on the next screen, and then click the eye icon next to the password you want to view.
- You will be prompted for your computer password, after which you can view all your saved passwords.
- Click the three horizontal lines in the upper right corner and select Preferences.
- Select “Privacy & Security” in the left sidebar and click “Saved Logins” in the right pane.
- Click Show Passwords to open all passwords in the list.
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Since this is JavaScript, it should work in all browsers that support Java.
Use browser extensions to view passwords
Use browser extensions to view passwords
There are also extensions that allow you to view passwords behind asterisks in browsers. They are easier to use than any other method and all you have to do is install them in your browser.
Chrome users can use the Show Password extension to reveal passwords. The Show Password extension is available for Opera users. Mozilla Firefox has a Show / Hide Passwords extension to quickly show and hide your passwords.
View saved passwords in Chrome and Firefox
View passwords saved in Chrome and Firefox
As you may already know, behind the asterisks are the passwords stored in your browsers. If you could open these passwords in the browser itself, you wouldn’t need to use any method to turn asterisks into passwords.
Here’s how you view your saved passwords in Chrome and Firefox:
Accessing saved passwords in Chrome
View saved passwords in Firefox
You can also remove individual or all passwords from your browser using this panel.
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