I am trying to reveal my Skype password. I can no longer reset through Skpe since I no longer have access to that original email address.
It is stored in Keychain access but when I click show password in the attributes pop up box I am unable to click the box, "show password"
on other logins this works?
Hi Kerry,
Depends what OSX version you have, but...
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Window Menu item.
Then See if this helps...
Mac OS X 10.4 Help, I forgot a password in my Keychain
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1960.html
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
Reset Password 10.7, 10.8, 10.9...
Then Reset your Keychain...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
Hi BDAqua,
Thanks for the info. I am using Keychain Access 4.1.1, OS 10.6.8. No problems found after running verification on Keychain Firstaid. I have already reset my Keychain Access password...... so that part is known
I have 2 Skype account applications in my login list.
Account Attribute .token.0
Account Attribute .token.1
still will not allow me to check the Show password box
Kerry
Oddly I can use the Skype account on this desktop but I want to use this account on my laptop and phone
oh my this gives me an idea
Sorry, no skype or iDevices here, but please let us know if your idea works.
Nope, Skype requires my password to reset my password and email. Even tried to call
Thanks
Oh, is Skype used from a Browser?
If so the PW is likely stored in it's files/prefs.
For Firefox it'd be...
Safari would have something similar.
To show passwords in cleartext, it requires your password. If you have changed passwords, you need to use the password when this was originally setup, not the current password.
I have the same issue and none of the above solutions working for me. I didn't change my system/keychain password at all and I can see all other passwords except skype account password. Somehow the show password wont be enabled at all for skype.
Are you able to log in to your Skype Account from the browser?
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No, that is why I need to fetch the password from keychain. I forgot my password and I am already logged in to Skype app.
If you forgot your password, reset your password. Why bother finding the 'old' password?
If that is the case then I don't understand the use of keychain access -> show password field. It was supposed to show the saved password. Not asking me to reset my password. This looks like a bug to me. Hope they fix it. I don't want to reset my password as I have logged into multiple devices with this account. I don't want to go and change in each of these devices.
Try right clicking (or ctrl+click) on the Skype item in the main list of keychain items. The option to 'copy password to clipboard' should appear. Use that & paste into TextEdit to see the password.
Sometimes mice can send double clicks to that checkbox, it causes it to appear & disappear quickly. Is the mouse working OK in other apps?
For some reason the Skype token seems to always fail to show for me too.
Thanks for response Drew. I tried that and every other password gets copied this way except Skype. It doesn't copy anything to clipboard if I do that. Clipboard always has the last word/sentence I copied onto it. It never gets updated with this one.
My touchpad seems to be working fine as the issue is only with Skype and not with any other items in my keychain. If that was the case, I shouldn't be able to see any of the other items too, right?
KeyChain Access will not reveal my password for Skype.
