Reveal the password hidden behind asterisks on login pages

Latest Version

Version
2.0
Update
September 4, 2024
Size
14.53KiB
Developer
digitalinspiration.com
Category
Users
6,000+
Rating
2.54783 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Show Hidden Password Extension

Web browsers hide the passwords on login pages behind asterisks for security reason. Whether you are logging into Facebook, Gmail, PayPal or Twitter, all secure websites offer an option to save passwords in the browser but none would reveal the passwords in plain text.

Microsoft Edge browser adds an eye icon to the password field to let you quickly mask and unmask the characters. This Google Chrome extension uses a similar approach. It shows the passwords when you focus the password field and replaces the characters with dots as soon as you move the cursor out of the password field.

Some websites, for example PayPal, do not offer the option to save your password in the browser.

This Google Chrome extension overrides the default behaviour and lets you save the password so you can quickly login to your favourite websites without having to enter the password each time. It does so by adding the autocomplete=on property to the input password fields but, unfortunately, in the newer releases on Google Chrome, the property is ignored.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Show Hidden Password", "short_name": "ShowPassword", "description": "Reveal the password hidden behind asterisks on login pages", "author": "Amit Agarwal", "homepage_url": "https://www.labnol.org/internet/reveal-hidden-password/25600/", "version": "2.0", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["labnol.js"], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "manifest_version": 3}
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User reviews

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Robert Bazzetti (ID: 0000001c39e6f520) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/20/2019 love it but having trouble remembering to double click slowly when using

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Κωνσταντίνος Κορωνιός (ID: 0000006ed97b347f) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 03/13/2019 Does nothing

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Asad Zafar (ID: 000000db86c7846d) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/29/2017 Does not works as advertised.

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Sophie F (ID: 0000001e3c4a693b) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 01/15/2017 Works on many sites, but not all. Test it on a few sites you access frequently before declaring it broken. It really does work!

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Henrique Persechini (ID: 000000fe381d73ac) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 12/31/2016 Does not work