Show Hidden Password

Show Hidden Password

Reveal the password hidden behind asterisks on login pages

What is Show Hidden Password?
Show Hidden Password is a Chrome extension that allows you to reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks on login pages. It provides a convenient way to save passwords for quick login access to your favorite websites.
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-12
Users: 9,000+
Rating: 2.55 (115)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2022-03-23)
Creation date: 2017-01-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 14.26K
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Not available on Firefox
Show Hidden Password
Show Hidden Password (v3.4.22)
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Summary

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.

User reviews
love it but having trouble remembering to double click slowly when using
by Robert Bazzetti, 2019-12-20

Does nothing

Does not works as advertised.
by Asad Zafar Asad Zafar, 2017-11-29
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Safety
Risk impact

Show Hidden Password is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Show Hidden Password may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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