Instructions for viewing and managing passwords saved on Edge and Internet Explorer browsers

Like other browsers, Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 also supports password storage on the web page in the browser. Whenever you visit a website and sign in with your username and password, you will be notified to store your password information.

Although you can delete or edit the password and the information on the Edge browser is quite easy, the downside is that you cannot directly view the password saved in the Edge browser.

The password saved on the Edge browser is managed by Credential Manager. To view the saved password on the Edge browser, you will have to open the Credential Manager .

1. View the saved password on the Edge browser

Step 1 :

Enter Credential Manager into the Search box on the Start Menu or Search pane of the Taskbar and press Enter.

Alternatively, open the Control Panel , then click User Accounts then click on Credential Manager .

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Step 2 :

Now on the Credential Manager window, click the Web credentials to see all URLs with passwords saved in the Edge browser as well as Internet Explorer .

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Step 3 :

Click on the URL you want to see the saved password.

Step 4 :

By default, Credentials Manager does not display passwords.

Note that all passwords on the Credentials Manager window include the saved password on the Internet Explorer Edge browser.

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Step 5 :

To view the password, click on the link Show and then enter the account password if required.

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2. Use 3rd party applications

IE PassView is a password management utility that displays passwords stored on Internet Explorer , and also allows you to delete unnecessary passwords.

The utility supports all versions of Internet Explorer, from version 4.0 to version 11.0 and works on all Windows versions (including Windows 8 and Windows 10).

- On Windows 7, Vista and XP:

If you want to display the website password on Internet Explorer on Windows 7 , Vista, and XP computers, follow the steps below:

1. Download and install IE PassView (iepv.zip) to your computer.

Download IE PassView (iepv.zip) to your device and install it here.

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Note :

Some antivirus programs will detect this utility as a virus.

2. After the download process is complete, unzip the " iepv.zip " file.

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3. Run the iepv.exe application.

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4. Finally, at the Password column you will see the password of the website you want to find stored there.

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Good luck!