We don’t remember passwords until we remember them. Luckily, the mobile remembers our passwords for us. But where are the saved passwords on an Android mobile?
The answer, like most things on Android, isn’t easy. Different types of passwords They are stored in different places. and they also vary depending on the browser you are using or if you are using a mobile password manager. All the answers below.
Wi-Fi Passwords
We connect to WiFi once and forget the password, especially if it’s a jumble of unintelligible numbers and letters. It is also one of the passwords that we most need to consult later, when we want pass the WiFi key to a visitor.
There are many ways to see WiFi passwords saved on an Android mobile, but since Android 10 there is a (more or less) universal way that does not need root:
To check the WiFi keys saved on the mobile, you must go to the system settings and enter the WiFi section. then press kept nets and on the network whose password you want to verify.
Some layers will allow you to see the saved password, but in others you will need to use the button to share WiFi connection with QR code. In some cases, the QR code includes the password in the text below. If this is not the case, you will have to scan it with another mobile (or with the same by taking a screenshot beforehand) to see the key.
app passwords
Android phones also record passwords for applications and web pagesso that we don’t have to enter them manually each time we reinstall an app.
The person in charge of doing this is the application that was configured as a password management service or fill out forms on mobile. Most often, this app is the Google app, which includes a full-featured password manager.
If you use Google’s password manager, it takes care of both remembering passwords for web pages you visit in the browser and native apps you open on your mobile. Google’s password managerand also integrates into Google Chrome and Gboard.
To access the password manager, you must open the mobile settings and enter the Google > Autocomplete > Autocomplete with Google there Passwords It’s a bit long and that’s why Google allows us to create a shortcut to include on our home screen.
In the manager you can see all saved passwords, both websites and applications, with the convenience of having a search engine to find the one you are looking for. By touching one of the items, you will see the various associated accounts that have been backed up and you can reveal the saved password by pressing the eye button in the password field.
browser passwords
On the other hand, we have browser passwords, which do not need to be included in the mobile password manager. In the case of Google Chrome, it is like that, because this browser use the same Google password managerbut it is not the same with other browsers.
That is, in Google Chrome we can consult the saved passwords for the web pages that you have visited since its configuration, in password managerbut what opens is google password manager. Until relatively recently, it had its own built-in manager, but this is no longer the case.
If we use other web browsers, things change. It depends on each browser. whether or not it includes a password manager, how and where. As a rule, they include it in one way or another.
For example, in the Firefox browser, saved passwords can be found in its settings, in the section Login and passwordsIn Saved Connections. In other browsers it may be in completely different places.
This, or in the password manager
Of course, all of the above has a clear exception. If you use a password manager on Android, it will be in charge of managing and saving passwords. In this case, you will be able to see your passwords in the password manager app you have installed.
As we mentioned earlier, Android allows us to choose an application for our passwords, which will be used throughout the operating system, both to log in to applications and web pages. You are free to configure any other password manager other than Google. If so, your passwords will be in there.
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