Turn off password display in Windows 8 when logging in

The article will guide you to turn off the password display button in the Windows 8 / 8.1 login screen by customizing the Registry or editing it in Local Group Policy.

When you enter the password to log in to Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 , at the end of the input box will appear a button with the icon is quite similar to the eye. When you click on, what you have entered will appear.

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The purpose of this is to help you check if the password you entered is correct before you can log in.

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Some of you will find the appearance of this button useful, others may think this is annoying and want to turn it off. The following is a shortcut, but to be safe you should make a backup of your current system. You can use the System Restore function that Microsoft has built into Windows.

Custom Registry method

To get started, press the Windows + R key combination to turn on the Run dialog box, then type "regedit" and select "OK" or move the mouse to the right of the screen to display the Charm Bar, you choose. "Search" and then enter " regedit" , select the first result.

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After the Registry Editor appears, visit the following link:

HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE Microsoft Windows Software Policies

Next, right-click on the "Windows" key , select "New" , select "Key" and name it "CredUI".

Now right-click on the "CredUI" key you just created, select "New" , then "DWORD" as shown in the picture, named "DisablePasswordReveal".

Then double-click the newly created key, enter the value as "1" , click "OK" and close the Registry Editor then restart the computer.

Custom method Local Group Policy

If you are using Windows 8 / 8.1 Pro version, you can disable the password display button by using Local Group Policy Editor. To start, press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run dialog box, enter " gpedit.msc" and select "OK" or enter "gpedit.msc" in the "Search" frame of the Charm Bar.

When the Local Group Policy Editor interface appears, you access the following link:

Computer Policy Administrative Configuration Templates Windows Components Credential User Interface

Select "Do not display the password reveal button".

Double-click "Do not display the password reveal button" , select "Enabled" . Then select "Apply" , "OK" then close the Local Group Policy Editor and restart the computer.

And this is the result after you use either method. The password display button is no longer available.

Windows 8 tips Windows 8.1 tips

Jessica Tanner

Update 26 May 2019

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