Almost all popular browsers save login/password combinations that the user enters on certain sites. This is done for convenience - you don’t need to enter the same data every time, and you can always view the password if you suddenly forgot it.
Like other web browsers, Yandex.Browser stores only those passwords that the user has authorized. That is, if, when you first entered a particular site, you agreed to save your login and password, then in the future the browser remembers this data and automatically authorizes you on the sites. Accordingly, if this function is not used on any website, you will not be able to view the information of interest.
In addition, if you previously cleared the browser, namely the saved passwords, then it will no longer be possible to restore them. The only exception is cloud synchronization - you can recover locally lost passwords from the cloud storage.
The third reason why you cannot view passwords is account restrictions. When it itself contains a password that is entered to log into the system, the browser will prompt you to enter it to view passwords. Therefore, if you do not know this security code, you cannot find out any passwords. But if this function is disabled, then anyone can view the data.
If you would like to view locally stored passwords by going to the user folder "User Data", which every web browser has, it is impossible to do this in Yandex.Browser - there they are in encrypted form. In addition, third-party programs such as WebBrowserPassView will also not be able to view them.
Based on all this, you can view passwords in Y. Browser only if you have access to the account where this program is installed, the ability to launch a web browser or log in to your Yandex account.
Method 1: “Passwords and cards” section
So, to view passwords in Yandex Browser, you need to perform a few simple manipulations.
- Press the menu button and select "Passwords and cards".
- If enabled "Master password" Just click on the corresponding icon located to the right of the address bar.
- Here you will see a list of all the sites you are authorized on and the logins for them.
- If "Master password" activated, you must first enter the password for it, and only then you will be able to view the site passwords saved in the web browser.
- Double-click with the left mouse button on the site for which you want to view the password. In the window that opens, it will be closed with asterisks, the number of which is equal to the number of characters in the password. Click on the eye icon to view it.
- Provided that there is no security code on your Windows account or you have already unlocked the master password, the site password will be immediately available for viewing.
- If you have a password, enter it first, and only then can you look at the passwords saved in Y. Browser.
Method 2: Account Sync
To view passwords saved in the browser on different devices and not lose them after reinstalling the program, just enable synchronization and use it. This method is more suitable “for the future”, but will be relevant and useful if you plan to frequently use password viewing. Read about how to create and enable synchronization on your PC and mobile device in our other article.
You will then be able to sign in to your account on any other computer and view your synced passwords.
- To do this, go through the menu to "Settings".
- Click on the link "Sync Settings".
- Click on "Turn on".
- You will be redirected to the login page where you will need to enter your account information. All that remains is to go to Method 1 to view site passwords.
- In mobile Yandex.Browser you will need to go to the menu with the corresponding button.
- Tap on the inscription "Login to Yandex".
- Enter your account information and proceed to the next method.
Method 3: Mobile device
If you use a smartphone with Yandex Browser installed, you can also view passwords there.
Now you know where passwords are stored in Yandex Browser and how to view them. As you can see, this is very easy to do. In many cases, this saves the situation with forgotten passwords and frees you from the need to recover them. But if you are not using your computer alone, we recommend that you put protection on your Windows account or activate "Master password" in the Yandex settings so that no one but you can view all your personal data.
Users who spend a lot of time on the Internet often register on various sites, but after some time they forget the entered logins and passwords. For such cases, browsers have added the ability to save entered passwords, and if you suddenly forgot, there is an opportunity to view the saved passwords.
Yandex browser is perhaps the most popular browser in Russia. It is constantly updated, and the user does not understand where the settings he was used to went to, and many were not familiar with them at all. In this article I will tell you how to view, delete and save passwords in the Yandex browser.
How to view passwords in Yandex browser
Many users are interested in where the passwords are in the Yandex browser. With the latest changes, access to them has become easier. In the upper right corner click Menu, select Password manager.
Here are all saved passwords in the Yandex browser. For ease of searching, the list of sites is in alphabetical order, first domains starting with numbers, then Latin, and lastly Russian-language ones. Find the required site with your login. Click on it once.
To view the password, you need to click on the peephole, as indicated below. If a window appears asking you to enter the Windows account password, you will have to confirm the user rights, the same ones that you enter when starting Windows.
How to remove passwords in Yandex browser
Sometimes, for certain reasons, it is necessary to delete the saved password in the Yandex browser. To do this, point to the favicon (icon) and check the box that appears. You can mark the required number of saved accounts and click Delete. If you want to delete everything, you can check the empty box at the very top next to the Website inscription.
How to save a password in the Yandex browser
In order for entered logins and passwords to be saved automatically, in the settings Password manager There should be checkmarks in the lines:
- Allow sites to save passwords in the browser for automatic login.
- Save passwords by default
To autofill forms so as not to enter them manually, the following must be checked:
- Automatically fill in authorization forms
For security, I recommend creating a master password. It will encrypt all other passwords so only you can use and manage them. If you do not need the password saving feature, you can disable it by clicking Turn off password manager.
How to save Yandex browser bookmarks and passwords
To do this, click on Menu Yandex browser, choose Settings.
In the first line we enable synchronization. You will be redirected to the authorization page, enter your login and password for your Yandex mail.
By default, bookmarks, passwords, history, autofill forms, scoreboards, extensions, applications, browser settings, open tabs will be synchronized. If any of this is not needed, you can uncheck the boxes in the synchronization settings at any time. Now you don’t have to worry about losing this data even if the Windows operating system fails. After reinstalling Windows, you need to install the Yandex browser and log in again by entering your Yandex mail username and password. In this way, you can also synchronize on any other computer and give yourself access to your passwords and bookmarks.
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In what cases is it impossible to view the password?
First, let's eliminate problem areas. No amount of tricks will help you find out logins and passwords if:
- the user does not save them, or entrusts this function to a third-party application;
- the user’s profile is unlocked, but the passphrase from him is unknown – and you shouldn’t “reveal” other people’s secrets;
- Windows user profile is blocked: Protect technology will not allow you to open the file where Yandex browser passwords are stored.
Where are passwords stored?
Just 5-7 years ago, passphrases in popular applications were stored in a file in the form of unencrypted text. Since then, technologies for protecting personal data have increased exponentially. The file where passwords are stored in Yandex Browser on a computer is encrypted. Data is written as hashes rather than text characters. If you try to decrypt such a file, then even a powerful PC will not cope with this task during continuous operation for the next hundred years: the algorithms are extremely resistant to hacking.
Contents of the file with personal data. What you are looking for is in the fourth line, but is encrypted as a hash. There's no chance of decoding it.
Knowing where saved passwords are stored in Yandex Browser is only useful for backup purposes. It is convenient to keep such important data at hand in case of problems with the OS or hard drive. The Ya Login Data file is located deep in the depths of the user profile: C:\Users\user_name should be here\AppData\Local\Yandex\YandexBrowser\User Data\Default
How to see passwords using internal tools
So, you won't be able to decrypt the file. But you can look at it using the application itself. By the way, the instructions on how to look at letters and numbers under asterisks in the browser also apply to other Chromium-based programs: the algorithm will work in Vivaldi, Opera, and Chrome. Only the names of menu items and tabs may differ.
So, let's look at an example of how to view saved passwords:
- Main menu (icon with three bars at the top right) – Password Manager.
- The entire list of saved accounts is shown, addresses are placed in alphabetical order. When you select a specific site, the following window opens.
List of all saved accounts
- A mini-window with the site address, account name and asterisks. How can I view my saved passwords? Click on the "eye" icon on the right. The security system will prompt you to enter Windows user profile information.
Let us remind you that information about where Yandex browser passwords are physically stored is unnecessary. This file cannot be decrypted.
Why are there no passwords in the list?
Most likely, the authentication data simply was not saved. Another option is that the saved password was lost in a long list. First, use the automatic search for the site you are interested in: just enter a few letters of its address.
Did not work out? Try to find the required line manually. The sites are arranged in alphabetical order; Domains in Cyrillic are located under addresses in Latin. If the site name begins with a number, then this site will be at the very beginning of the list.
How to view saved passwords in Yandex Browser on a smartphone
Now about how to view passwords in Yandex Browser on Android. In the Main menu of the application, you need to click on the menu button (3 bars) and select Password Manager. The interface of this section repeats the same section of the desktop browser. A list of sites with saved passwords is visible.
Just click on the one you want and a window with stars will appear. The same “eye” icon will help you replace them with real letters and numbers.
Password Manager in the mobile version repeats the interface of its desktop counterpart
Unfortunately (or fortunately!) Protect technology does not allow you to take a screenshot of the Manager on your phone. Yandex is rightly wary of intruders and malware that may have access to applications and send screenshots to third parties so that they can view the password on someone else’s smartphone.
Finally
It’s easy to view the password saved in your browser. The problem is different: an attacker who has access to a computer can find out confidential information just as easily as the owner himself. To reduce the risk of data leakage, you should not leave your computer unlocked even for a minute of absence. Instant blocking of the PC is carried out using the combination Windows + L: now an outsider will not be able to delve into the depths of Yandex.Browser.
Before writing step-by-step steps, how can you find out and view your saved passwords in popular browsers such as Yandex browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. I would still like to remind those who do not yet know that saving passwords in browsers is not recommended, it is not safe.
Remember your passwords in your head or use password managers, now there are quite a lot of them for every taste and color, but I recommend KeePass (free, there is a Portable version, which allows you to store all the data on a flash drive without fear that the computer will break and the data will be lost).
How to view your saved passwords in Yandex browser
1. In the right corner of the browser, click on the “Yandex Browser Settings” tab.
When you click on it, a drop-down list will open, select “Settings”.
2. After clicking “Settings”, a tab opens with all browser settings. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the “Show advanced settings” button and click it.
3. Scroll the page to the “Passwords and Forms” item and see the “Password Management” button, click it and see the sites on which you saved the password. Select the site we need and click show.
To display the password, you may need to enter the password for your Computer account (do not confuse it, not for mail, profiles or social networks, but for the Computer).
View your saved passwords in the Google Chrome browser
Viewing saved passwords in Google Chrome is practically no different from the Yandex browser.
All the same actions:
1. In the right corner of the browser, click the “Settings” tab
3. In the additional settings that open, look for the “Passwords and forms” item.
On the line “Offer to save passwords for sites” there is a link “Customize”, click on it and a window with our sites and passwords will open.
Select the desired site and click show password.
To view, the browser may ask you to enter the password for your Computer user account. (don’t get confused, not from mail, profiles or social networks, but from the Computer).
Find out your saved passwords in the Mozilla Firefox browser
Viewing passwords in the Mozilla Firefox browser is not much different from the browsers above, except for the names of some buttons and paths :)
The actions are the same:
1. In the right corner of the browser, click “Open menu”.
In the drop-down list, click “Settings”.
2. On the right side of the menu, click the “Protection” item and see the “Saved Passwords” button, click it and see the sites and saved passwords for them.
If you set your password for the “Master Password”, then before displaying the password, you will need to enter the master password.
View your passwords in the Opera browser
The steps with the Opera browser are similar:
1. In the left corner of the browser, click “Menu” and in the drop-down list click “Settings”.
2. Click on the “Security” item.
3. On the settings page we see the “Passwords” item and the “Manage saved passwords” button, click on it and a window with our sites and passwords will open, select the desired site and click show password.
To view, you will need to enter the password for your Computer user account. (Don’t get confused, not from mail, profiles or social networks, but from the Computer)
It's simple.
Well, the last view of passwords will be in the Microsoft Edge browser, also known as Internet Explorer
In these browsers, the paths where our passwords are saved are slightly different.
1. In the right corner, click on the “Service” item, also known as Settings.
Select “Internet Options” from the drop-down list. A tab will open where we need to switch to the contents tab.
2. In the “Autofill” item there is a “Options” button, click on it and another window will appear where we need to click the treasured “Password Management” button.
3. After clicking on the button, the “Internet Credential Manager” will open, where our sites and passwords will be, next to the password there will be a link to show the password, we click on it to view.
To view the password, you will need to enter the password for your Computer account. (Do not confuse it not from mail, profiles or social networks, but from the Computer)
Is everything much easier than expected? 🙂
Every time you register on a website, your browser prompts you to remember your username and password. If you use the same web browser all the time, this feature is very convenient because you won't have to enter your data every time you log in. However, along with comfort, one cannot fail to note the resulting disadvantages. So, by storing all your data on the Internet, you risk being hacked by intruders. Therefore, additionally protect important documents and files on your computer, e.g.
In addition, not having to enter your password every time can lead to you simply forgetting it. And if you suddenly need to visit the desired site outside of home, from another browser, from a tablet, etc., then you will not be able to remember it. Therefore, we recommend that you write down passwords for the most frequently visited sites in your . But let's not talk about sad things, let's imagine that you want to change your password, but you have no idea where to look for it and how to do it. Therefore, in this article I propose to figure out together how to view saved passwords in the Yandex browser, if the need arises, and how to edit them.
Where to find saved passwords in Yandex browser
To view all the passwords you have saved in the Yandex browser, you need to do a number of manipulations. First, go to the settings; I remind you that to do this you need to click on the button, which is located on the right side of the address bar, in the form of three parallel stripes. So, go to “Settings”, go down to the very bottom, click “Show additional settings”. There you will see the “Passwords and AutoFill” column, which includes two buttons: “AutoFill Settings” and “Password Management”, click on the second one.
After this, a window opens in which passwords associated with a specific site are indicated. In total, three columns will be displayed in front of you: the site itself, logins and passwords. By the way, the latter are hidden by asterisks, but if you click on any of them, the “Show” button will appear next to it.
Changing settings
The password window allows you to make adjustments to them. So, you can change the password to any other one, you can delete it. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to do the same with your login: it cannot be edited.
As you can see, working with passwords couldn’t be easier, and at any time you can go to the settings and adjust the already saved passwords in your Yandex browser. Moreover, this will not require any special knowledge, skills or abilities from you, and the process itself will take no more than one minute, of course, if a new password has been created in advance.
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