Firefox 🦊 Reveal Password Asterisk ✱
Revealing the password that is underneath the asterisks on a web page containing a login form in the Firefox web browser is much easier than you might imagine. Here is how:
- Go to the web page where you wish to reveal the password behind the asterisks (or dots) in the Firefox web browser.
- Left click the password text box to make sure that it's the current item that is selected on the web page.
- Right click on the password text box to reveal the Firefox pop-up context menu.
- Click the
Inspect Element
menu item. This will open up the Mozilla Firefox element inspection window towards the bottom of the Firefox browser window. - The password text box will be highlighted and selected in the inspection window.
- Look for the text that reads
type="password"
. - Double click on the word
password
. The word password will now be selected. - Type with the keyboard to replace the word
password
with the wordtext
so it now readstype="text"
. - Click on the web page away from the inspection window so the textbox updates as a text box instead of a password box.
Firefox R Click Password Box, Click
Firefox R Click Password Box, Click
Inspect Element
Menu ItemFirefox R Click Password Box, Click
Inspect Element
Change
Change
type="password"
to type="text"
Change
type="password"
to type="text"
You will now be able to see the password that was hidden behind the asterisks in the Firefox web browser.