Unhide Passwords


Unhide Passwords is a Firefox Extension.

You can download it from the Firefox Add-Ons site.


This extension shows the contents of password fields in cleartext, instead of asterisks. This makes the process of entering passwords much simpler, but should only be used in situations where you’re not worrried about someone looking over your shoulder.

For example, let’s say you’re logging into a website. And we’ll use a hypothetical username (techie) and password (cybernet).

 

 

Normally, like the above example, the password will appear as asterisks.

To change this, go to Tools > Add-Ons:

 

 

Then find the Unhide Passwords extension and click the “Options” button:

 

 

Under “Show Password?” click the “Yes” radio button:

 

 

Now when you enter passwords into any website, you’ll be able to see them in cleartext: