# Any way to access a saved password (Win-10) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 5, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031 "2019-11-05T15:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/1 "2019-11-05T15:24:05Z")
My wife can access her email (the server is Outlook 365) from her computer. But when I tried to sign on to her account from my computer, it rejects the password she thought she was using. And she cannot change the password except by typing in the old one, which she apparently doesn’t know. So I ask is there any way to see the cookie that contains her saved password? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/2 "2019-11-05T15:36:05Z")
Presuming she is accessing through a web browser, there are various instructions here. > **[How to View & Delete Saved Passwords in Chrome, Edge, Firefox & Safari](https://blog.dashlane.com/view-delete-saved-passwords/)** > > Are you realizing that saving passwords in your browser isn't super secure? In this post, we'll show you how to view and delete saved passwords in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/3 "2019-11-05T15:47:24Z")
She might reset the password: > **[How do i Reset Microsoft Account Password - Account.Live.Com Password Recovery](https://windows10passwordesupport.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/36000035549--password-reset-account-live-com-password-reset)** > > How to Reset Microsoft Password | Change Account live Password If you're having trouble signing in to your Microsoft account, there could be a few different reasons for that – like you can't remember your password, have two-step verification ... ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/4 "2019-11-05T17:26:12Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > She might reset the password: > [How do i Reset Microsoft Account Password - Account.Live.Com Password Recovery : Microsoft.com- Windows 10 Password Reset Tips and Solution (Latest)](https://windows10passwordesupport.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/36000035549--password-reset-account-live-com-password-reset) That is not a Microsoft site and I would not trust it. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/5 "2019-11-05T17:37:39Z")
[office.com](http://office.com) is the Microsoft 365 login site. There must be a password reset feature without having to call anyone. You may have had to provide a secondary email address when you signed up, or possibly a mobile phone for an SMS message. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/6 "2019-11-05T18:22:02Z")
Wikihow has [instructions for reading the cookies from whatever major browser one may be using](https://www.wikihow.com/View-Cookies); look for cookies on “[office.com](http://office.com)” and/or “[live.com](http://live.com)”. P.S. – best to Dors. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-access-a-saved-password-win-10/843031/7 "2019-11-06T00:49:32Z")
> [@mjmlabs](#): > > Wikihow has [instructions for reading the cookies from whatever major browser one may be using](https://www.wikihow.com/View-Cookies); look for cookies on “[office.com](http://office.com)” and/or “[live.com](http://live.com)”. > > P.S. – best to Dors. 😉 Dors returns your greetings. The quoted site does not work; at one point, the screen is different. But the dashline site in the first post does give explicit instructions and I have now got her correct password. You would think a robot would never forget. The Dope is great!