How To Look Up Email Password On Iphone

How to Show Email Password on iPhone

If you forgot an email password like a Gmail password, you can refer to this guide, which will introduce how to see and recover email passwords on iPhone with ease. Besides, there are some extra tips to edit, add and delete email accounts.

iPhone Network & Password Issues

Hello, I use the mail app for a personal email address on iPhone and another email address for work on laptop. Recently, I tried logging into my personal email address on my laptop but realized I forgot my password. I went through Gmail account recovery, but it tells me that "account information does not match." Is there a way to extract the saved password in my mail app? Thank you.

Most people rely on email in their daily life and work. If you forget or lose your email password, like Yahoo, or Gmail account and password, you might be driven crazy like the user above. In fact, you still have the chance to see the saved passwords, like one for emailon your iPhone, as long as you have logged in your email on the web or in apps on iPhone.

Here in this guide, we will give you the tips to show the email account and password on iPhone. Also, you can get an iPhone/iPad password unlocker to recovervarious kinds of passwords saved on your iOS device, like WiFi, Safari, etc. In addition, we will give you some extra tips to teach you to manage your email accounts and passwords on iPhone.

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Part 1. How to Show Email Passwords on iPhone

Open Settings on iPhone.
Scroll down to find Password & Accounts.
Tap Website & App Passwords.
Authenticate using Touch ID or Face ID.
You will see a list of accounts.
Tap any of them will bring you to its username and password.

Show Email Passwords on iPhone

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Part 2. How to Recover Email Passwords on iPhone

Except that you can go to where are passwords stored on iPhone like the method above, you can still scan passwords stored on the iOS devices for free, and even recover and extract them when you need to. To do these, all you need is a third-party application.

This application mentioned is AnyUnlock – iPhone Password Unlocker. As one of the most popular iOS passwords managers in 2021, AnyUnlock allows you to find passwords for all the passwords stored on your iPhone before, including passwords of an email account, SNS, Wi-Fi accounts, and browsers, etc. Besides, when the passwords are scanned and listed out, you don't have to worry about information leaking because it needs a click on it to reveal the content of the password.

AnyUnlock – iOS Passwords Manager

Allow users tofind passwords for an email account, SNS, Wi-Fi, etc.
Quickly scan your iPhone and list out all the passwords saved.
All passwords can be viewed and extracted as you need.
100% safe, no data will be lost during the process.

Now, let's recover email passwords with the following steps:

Get AnyUnlock installed on the computer > Launch the tool and connect your iPhone > Tap on iOS Password Manager.

Click on iOS Password Manager
Click Scan Now button, AnyUnlock will scan your iPhone to find all the passwords saved on your iPhone safely.

Scan iPhone to Find All the Passwords Saved on your Device
Then you can view the passwords on your iPhone. Also, you can click the Export button to recover it.

Get the Passwords

Part 3. How to Find Saved Passwords with Siri

Except for the first two methods, you can also search passwords using the intelligent voice assistant on your iPhone – Siri. This method is quite simple, you don't have to find the entrance, all you need to do is to press the "Home" button and tell Siri what you need.

To list all the passwords you have, simply wake Siri up and say something like "Hey Siri, show me all my passwords";
To find the password to a specific application, say something like "Hey Siri, show me my FaceBook account password".

Part 4. How to Edit Email Passwords on iPhone

If you want to change or edit your email passwords to protect your emails from information leakage, you can refer to this part to do it. The different iOS system has different ways to change the email passwords, you can choose the steps according to the type of your iPhone.

On iOS 9 and earlier:

Go to the Settings.
Choose Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Your Mail Account, and tap on Account.
Tap the Password field.
Delete the old password and then enter your new password.
Tap Done to finish.

On iOS 10 and later:

Go to the Settings.
Tap on Accounts & Passwords.
Choose Your Mail Account, and then tap on Account.
You can tap on the Password.
Then change the old password to a new one.

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Part 5. How to Add or Delete Accounts and Passwords on iPhone

To Add an Account on iPhone

If you want to add email accounts like iCloud, Google, or Yahoo Mail and its password to iPhone, then, you can follow us to make it.

Go to Settings > Password & Account, then tap Add Account.
Tap your email provider.
Enter your email address and password.
Then, waiting for Mail to verify your accounts.
Select information from your email accounts, such as Contacts or Calendars, which will be shown on your iPhone.
Finally, tap Save.

How to Add Accounts and Passwords on iPhone

To Delete an Email Account on iPhone

This part is mainly talking about how to delete an email account and password on iPhone. If you want to delete an Email account, just follow us to make it.

Open the Settings on iPhone, then tap Password & Accounts.
From the Accounts section, choose an email account.
Tap Delete Account at the bottom of the screen.
Tap Delete from My iPhone to confirm.

How to Delete An Email Accounts and Passwords on iPhone

How to Delete Email Accounts and Passwords on iPhone

The Bottom Line

Through the above method, we hope you have seen an email password on your iPhone. Also, if you want to manage your email accounts and password, this guide also provides you the ways using AnyUnlock. If this guide is helpful to you, just share it with your friends!

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