How to Enable or Disable Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge Chromium
Microsoft has adopted the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility. This new Microsoft Edge runs on the same Chromium web engine as the Google Chrome browser, offering you best in class web compatibility and performance.
The new Chromium based Microsoft Edge is supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and above), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2), and macOS.
After you typed in the password field for a site, you will see a "Reveal password" (eye) button. Selecting the "eye" icon shows what you've typed in the password field. Some sites may override this functionality though.
You can turn on or off to the browser password reveal button for password input fields on websites. This only affects the browser password reveal button, it doesn't affect websites' custom reveal buttons.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Reveal password (eye) button when entering passwords in the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Edge Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge for All Users using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Reveal password (eye) button next to password fields in Microsoft Edge
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (Alt+F) 3 dots menu icon, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Profiles on the left side, and click/tap on Passwords on the right side. (see screenshot below)
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Turn On (default) or Off Show the "Reveal password" button in password fields for what you want. (see screenshots below)
5 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.
You must be sign in as an administrator to do this option.
This option uses the PasswordRevealEnabled policy to enable or disable displaying of the browser password reveal button for password input fields on websites. This policy only affects the browser password reveal button, it doesn't affect websites' custom reveal buttons.
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
PasswordRevealEnabled DWORD
(delete) = Default
0 = Always disabled
1 = Always enabled
1 Do step 2 (enable), step 3 (disable), or step 4 (default) below for what you would like to do.
This step will force the Show the "Reveal password" button in password fields setting in Option One to always be turned on without users being able to change this setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Force_enable_reveal_password_button_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg
Download
This step will force the Show the "Reveal password" button in password fields setting in Option One to always be turned off without users being able to change this setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Force_disable_reveal_password_button_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg
Download
This is the default setting.
This step will allow users to use Option One to turned on and off the Show the "Reveal password" button in password fields setting in Microsoft Edge.A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Default_user_choice_reveal_password_button_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg
Download
5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen Microsoft Edge to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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Enable or Disable Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge Chromium
Enable or Disable Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge Chromium
Published by Shawn BrinkCategory: Browsers & Email22 Dec 2020
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