How to enable or disable the Reveal Password button on Windows 10/8



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Windows introduces a new feature called Reveal Password. On Windows 10/8.1/8, when you enter your password in the password field of a Windows website or application, or in the login screen, a button Password display or icon appears at the end of the password field.

When you click this button, your password is briefly displayed in the stars. Although this is a very useful feature, especially if you are not sure what you entered in the password field and need to confirm before clicking the Login or Login button, security-conscious users can disable this feature.

Disable the button to reveal the password in Windows



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If you wish, you can disable the Disable password button in Windows 10/8. To do this, type gpedit.msc in the search box and press Enter to open the group policy editor.

Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Accreditation User Interface. On the right side of the window you will now see The button to reveal the password is not displayed . Double-click to open the Policy Settings field.

This policy setting allows you to configure the display of the’Reveal Password’ button when entering a password.

Select On and click Apply/OK.

  • When you Enable this policy setting, the Reveal Password button does not appear after a user enters a password in the password entry text box.
  • If you disable or do not configure this policy setting , the Reveal Password button appears after a user enters a password in the password entry text box. By default, the button to reveal the password is displayed.

If your version does not have a group policy editor, you may need to modify your registry

To do this, open the registry editor and navigate to the next key :

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindows

Create a new key and name it CredUI.

Right-click and create a new password and name it DisablePasswordReveal.

  • If you give DisablePasswordReveal a value 1, the Reveal Password button is hidden.
  • If you give it a value 0 or delete this D-WORD, it will be reset to the default setting, i.e. the Reveal Password button will be displayed.

This policy applies to all Windows components and applications that use the Windows Control Panel, including Internet Explorer. If you are a Windows 10/8 application developer, you may want to see this message on MSDN telling you how to display the Reveal Password button in your applications.



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