How to View Passwords Hidden Behind Asterisks

Many internet browsers has the ability to store usernames and passwords. Many people use this feature to save their username and passwords for a specific websites, just to access the website more quickly. The internet browser hide the written password with dots (Asterisks). This is just for security reasons, which will not allow any third person to view your password.

But if you are not entering your password than there are many chances of forgetting your password. This may be happen with you within few weeks or months. So, if you are the one who has forgotten his/her password and want to view passwords which is hidden behind dots (Asterisks) then don’t worry because I have created this tutorial in which I will teach you that how you can view your passwords hidden behind dots (Asterisks). So, without wasting much of your time, let’s get started with our tutorial.

Learn-How To View Asterisks Password

Follow the below given steps to view passwords hidden behind Asterisks in Mozilla Firefox browser.

• First of all, go to that site in which you have saved your passwords for example Gmail.
• Now, you have to select your Asterisks password and then right-click on it and select Inspect Element option.
• Then, you will see a highlighted line of code, now find type=”password” in the highlighted line.
• Now, replace the “password” with “text”.
• That’s it! You are done! Now, you will see your original password which was hidden behind the Asterisks.

You can also use this same method to view your passwords hidden behind Asterisks in Google Chrome browser. And there is also another method that you can use to view the password behind Asterisks in Google Chrome. This method is pretty much simple and easy. So, follow the below given steps to get started.

• First of all, open up your Google Chrome browser and navigate to the site in which you have your saved username and password.
• Then, simply just paste this given code in the Address Bar of your browser:  alert(document.getElementById(‘Passwd’).value);
• Now, just press Enter key on your keyboard and you will see your hidden password.
• That’s it! You are done!

Conclusion

So, this was all about how to view passwords hidden behind Asterisks. I hope that by using this method you can easily view your passwords that were hidden behind Asterisks. If you have any type of queries regarding this tutorial then do let us know, we will try our best to resolve them. And plus, if you’d like this tutorial then do share this with your friends and circles too.

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Unknown is one of the Team Member of Programmer vs Hacker. He has written many articles on this website and is a patner of this website.