IE: Show saved passwords
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You can also display your passwords in Internet Explorer (IE). As long as you have saved your password beforehand, it will appear in the menu of your browser. We show you two methods that lead to the goal.
IE: Show saved passwords in the control panel
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Image 1: Show saved passwords in Internet Explorer - Click on "User Accounts" in the Control Panel
Image 2: You can access your passwords via login information management
Image 3: Finally click on the "Web credentials" tab
You must have activated this function so that you can save your passwords in the browser. If you do not get any results from our instructions, it may be that you have not yet saved any passwords about the function.
- To do this, click on the Windows button and enter "Control Panel". Then open the hit.
- Navigate to "User Accounts" (see Illus. 1) and then click on "Credentials Management" (See Illus. 2). Under "Web login information" you will now see all saved passwords (see figure 3).
- Click on an entry to open it. You can see the password by clicking on "Show". To do this, you have to enter the administrator password of your computer once.
- Important: In order for the passwords to be displayed here, they must have been saved in Internet Explorer beforehand.
Alternative: Call up saved passwords directly in IE
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Figure 1: Calling up saved passwords directly in IE - Use the gear icon to select the "Internet Options" button.
Image 2: Select "Contents" and then open the auto-completion settings
Image 3: Then just click on "Manage passwords".
Alternatively, you can have the saved passwords displayed directly in IE.
- Click on the gear icon in the top right corner of IE and select "Internet Options" (see Figure 1).
- A new window opens, click here on the "Contents" tab (see image 2, step 3).
- Call up the settings under "AutoComplete" (see figure 2, step 4).
- In the new window, select the "Manage passwords" button (see Figure 3).
- Now the view of all passwords saved in Internet Explorer opens in the control panel.
This manual explains how you can delete the saved passwords in Internet Explorer.