# Command to forget password

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-to-forget-password/348152>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-to-forget-password/348152 "2006-03-13T13:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-to-forget-password/348152/1 "2006-03-13T13:11:57Z")

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Either I don’t know how to search very well or there’s no answer to this already on the board. So here goes:

What’s the keyboard command for MS Explorer to forget a password so that it no longer automatically enters the password to a website?

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-to-forget-password/348152/2 "2006-03-13T13:23:36Z")

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**Tools|Internet Options|Content|AutoComplete|Clear Passwords**. Uncheck **User names and passwords on forms** if desired.

There isn’t a keyboard command per sé, but Alt-t, O, Shift-Tab, right-arrow x3, Alt-u, L will get to the same place.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-to-forget-password/348152/3 "2006-03-13T13:47:16Z")

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> [@Number](#):
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> **Tools|Internet Options|Content|AutoComplete|Clear Passwords**. Uncheck **User names and passwords on forms** if desired.
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> There isn’t a keyboard command per sé, but Alt-t, O, Shift-Tab, right-arrow x3, Alt-u, L will get to the same place.

Yeah, I thought about that. But it seems like the OP is asking for a feature with fine control enough to clear a single password (for the current page) without affecting the others in the IE store.

Anybody know if this is possible??

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-to-forget-password/348152/4 "2006-03-13T13:50:28Z")

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I’m thrilled with the first response! At the moment, I’m using a computer at an Internet Cafe (PC Bang) in Korea. I hit the enter key by mistake at the wrong time when I was logging into my e-mail. Clearing the current store is done by the PC Bang staff once a day, but I decided not to wait.

Appreciate the help!