“Remember Me” checkboxes are provided in most login features so that you do not have to type your password every time. Because of this, we may not type the password for a long time and eventually forget it. Unless you use a password manager to store all your passwords, retrieving passwords which are stored with the “Remember me” option is difficult.
How to retrieve passwords stored with “Remember Me option
We can use a Javascript bookmark to retrieve passwords. The Javascript can either be entered to the address bar, or saved as a bookmark. Once you enter it, a popup window will come up with the stored password.
This trick only work on Firefox browser. On any page or login forms with asterisks passwords, copy paste the following Javascript into the url bar and hit enter. Your password should display on a popup window.
The code below can be entered to the address bar.
javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = ""; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j<F.length; j) { f = F[j]; for (i=0; i<f.length; i) { if (f[i].type.toLowerCase() == "password") s = f[i].value "\n"; } } if (s) alert("Passwords in forms on this page:\n\n" s); else alert("There are no passwords in forms on this page.");})();
Alternatively, you can drag the link View Password to your bookmarks and use it when when you want to view a saved password.
Related reading
- How to view passwords saved by Google Chrome?
- IE PassView: Reveal passwords saved by Internet Explorer
- How to view hidden (asterix) passwords on Windows
- Remember the Milk gadget coming to GMail