gmail password

r2015

I've forgotten one of my infrequently used gmail passwords.


I only use that account twice a year as it is where I get insurance quotes sent to avoid clogging up my main email account.


I can still get into the account even after a year as I never signed out of it.


How can I actually view my password instead of a row of asterisks?

derrick

r2015 wrote: »

I've forgotten one of my infrequently used gmail passwords.


I only use that account twice a year as it is where I get insurance quotes sent to avoid clogging up my main email account.


I can still get into the account even after a year as I never signed out of it.


How can I actually view my password instead of a row of asterisks?

Not sure if this will work, delete the row of asterisks, then click on "forgot password", they should then send a reminder or request to reset.

Or delete email completely and set up a new one.


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droopsnoot

Almost no site that has any kind of decent security will allow you to view your password, even when you're logged in to the account. Consider the scenario - you log in, have to nip to the loo and forget to log out, someone else pops in and gets your password.


A reset link might work, as derrick said, as long as you can still retrieve your emails.

grumpycrab

https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery/

steviebabes

It is probably your browser that has remembered the password, just look for show saved passwords or similar in tools.

ballyblack

on Computer using CHROME browser


In the upper-right corner of your window, click the Chrome menu Chrome menu.
Choose Settings.
At the bottom of the page, click Show advanced settings.
Under "Passwords and forms", click Manage passwords. A dialogue will appear with a list of saved passwords.
In the dialogue that opens, the "Saved passwords" section shows all of your saved passwords.




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imho

You can set up a recovery email account. So your main email account can be your recovery account. It's in the settings of Gmail or u can put in your mobile number to recover your password and gmail will sms you

ballyblack

I've forgotten one of my infrequently used gmail passwords.
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You can set up a recovery email account. So your main email account can be your recovery account. It's in the settings of Gmail or u can put in your mobile number to recover your password and gmail will sms you

BUT you need ur password to SET IT UP!!!


:TPlease try to keep up



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S0litaire

What browser are you using?
If it's firefox install the "Password Exporter" add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/2848
https://github.com/fligtar/password-exporter/wiki


Using it you can view all stored logins for websites and their passwords.

tronator

S0litaire wrote: »

What browser are you using?
If it's firefox install the "Password Exporter" add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/2848
https://github.com/fligtar/password-exporter/wiki


Using it you can view all stored logins for websites and their passwords.

Why installing an add-on for one password? Just go into Settings -> Security -> Saved Passwords...

But the OP uses Chrome. It's under Advanced Settings there.

r2015

But the OP uses Chrome

No I don't.

I use different browsers.

This one is in Opera and has never been closed.
I normally click on a shortcut on my desktop to get this particular email.

I've just made a new email address. Probably forget this password in a year.