how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome

By | June 21, 2016

how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome – Have you saved login details and forget the password? don’t worry you can easily retrieve password from saved password

Many times while logging in again and again we saved the password against any username at once so that it didn’t disturb you in future by asking passwords again and again. I know it is a good feature but what you will do if you forget the password and delete all password cache by chance? OMG! its gonna make me sad whole day :( .

But don’t worry, you will not going to sad :) . Because here i will teach you how to check saved passwords of any Login in Firefox or chrome browser. No need to get surprised it is very easy and didn’t require any application.

Once upon a time i login into my facebook account and save its password at my home PC. My password is too much strong that’s why it is very hard to remember.

once i went out of city and have to attempt login from other PC. But i was out of the password. So, it is a best practice to see your already saved password before getting them delete. you may also like to read how to speed up Mozilla Firefox Immensely.

how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome [howpk.com]

how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome [howpk.com]

See your Saved Passwords in Chrome and Firefox :

It is very simple and easy to retrieve password from saved password cache history. Follow these few steps.

  1. Open the login page whom which password you want to see. (facebook, Gmail, website login etc).
  2. Now select the whole saved password by double clicking on the password field.
  3. Now right click on the selecting area and go for inspect element as show in picture bellow :
    how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome [howpk.com]

    how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome [howpk.com]

  4. in the area of inspect element check the “type” attribute in selected line.
  5. It looks like this :
    how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome [howpk.com]

    how to check saved passwords in Firefox and chrome [howpk.com]

  6. What you all need is to replace the value of type attribute with “show” (i.e replace password with show). you can change value by double clicking on it and after change hit enter.
  7. Now close the inspect element tab, that’s all
  8. now you will see the exact password in the password filed instead of hidden dots. Enjoy.

Let’s talk :

So this is my easiest way to check and see the saved passwords from the chrome and Firefox. i hope you all like and enjoy this trick. feel free to ask any question if you have. if you have any good trick or tips please share it with us. you may also like to read Change password of any window without knowing the original.

Author: Tanvir Zafar

Tanvir Zafar is a internet Entrepreneur and owner of this site and many others as well. He is student in GCUF doing BS Software Engineering. :)