Enable or Disable Password Reveal Button in Windows 11/10

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Windows introduces a new feature called Password Reveal. While using Windows 11/10/8, whenever you enter your password in the countersign field of a website or any Windows app or the login screen, a Password Reveal Button or icon will appear at the finish of the countersign field.

When yous click on this button, your password gets momentarily displayed in places of the asterisks. While it is a pretty useful feature, especially in case you lot are non certain what you accept typed in the password field and need to confirm earlier clicking on the Sign in or Enter button, security-conscious users may want to disable this characteristic.

Disable Countersign Reveal Button in Windows 11/ten

If you wish, y'all can disable the Password Reveal Push button in Windows xi/10. To do so, type gpedit.msc in the search box and hitting Enter to open the Grouping Policy Editor.

Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Credential User Interface.

Now in the correct side pane, yous will see Practise not display the countersign reveal button. Double-click on it to open its Policy Settings box.

This policy setting allows you lot to configure the brandish of the countersign reveal button in password entry user experiences.

Select Enabled and click on Apply/OK.

If yous Enable this policy setting, the countersign reveal button will not be displayed after a user types a password in the countersign entry text box.
If you Disable or Do Not Configure this policy setting, the password reveal button will exist displayed after a user types a password in the countersign entry text box. By default, the password reveal button is displayed.

If your version doesn't accept a Grouping Policy Editor, you may be required to edit your registry.

To practise so, open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following primal:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

Create a new Key and name it CredUI.

Next, on the correct side, right-click and create a new DWORD and name it DisablePasswordReveal.

If you give DisablePasswordReveal a value 1, the Password Reveal Button will exist hidden.
If y'all give it a value 0 or delete this DWORD, it will revert to default ie. the Password Reveal Button will be shown.

The policy applies to all Windows components and applications that utilize the Windows system controls.

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a ten-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP. Please read the entire mail & the comments first, create a Organization Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful virtually any 3rd-political party offers while installing freeware.