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How to Find & View Saved Passwords on Windows 10
The Windows passwords are stored in the Credentials Manager
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Published onAugust 7, 2024
published onAugust 7, 2024
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If you can’t remind your login credentials for a website or apps, you will have to regain access through all the multi-factor authentication verification steps and reset them. However, Windows already stores the passwords in the Credential Manager, a database for all your Windows-related accounts. The website passwords are stored in your browser.
How do I find my stored passwords on Windows 10?
1. By using the Control Panel
2. By using the Command Prompt
3. By using the Registry Editor
Remember tocreate a restore pointin case you accidentally make changes to the Registry to prevent irrevocable consequences.
How do I manage the passwords on Windows 10?
So, now you know a few ways you can view your passwords in Windows 10. If you want toview the stored passwords on Windows 11, the highlighted guide will help you.
Given how easy it is, if you’re using a shared PC, someone else might also check them out. Therefore, you should take the necessary precautions to keep them safe. Sign out of your accounts after using the PC orenable password expiry, because that will help you secure them.
We also have a guide on how toview your saved Wi-Fi password on Windows 11, so don’t miss it for more information.
If theCredential Manager is not working, or yourEdge browser cannot find your saved passwordsclick the highlighted links to fix the problems.
If you have any specific questions, the comments section below is available for your convenience.
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
