Microsoft Remote Desktop password

Question

I made mistake- deleted fresh created password on my RDP, but I saved it in the Microsoft Remote Desktop and can login in my RDP. How can I see password in the soft? If I go to the "Preferences"then "User account" I see only only bold points and can't see password.

I use mac os.

Answer 1

Hi,

Please check if you can find the pathword from below paths:

/Users/$USER/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.rdc.mac/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.rdc.mac.plist
Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access

For your reference: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/182209/where-does-microsoft-rdp-8-for-mac-store-its-configuration/182258

Hope the information helps.

Thanks,

Eleven

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Answer 2

This is what worked for me. I'm on MacOS Mojave (10.14)

Let's say the user account stored in Microsoft Remote Desktop is "sleepycat" and you want to know the password.

Open Keychain Access -> Click "Login" from Keychains (other options would be iCloud, System and System Roots). Under Category select "All Items" or "Passwords"
On the right pane, search for "sleepycat". Right click -> Copy Password to Clipboard (It may prompt you for your mac credentials)
Paste the copied password on to a text editor to see the password.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I have written a small program to retrieve the stored passwords for macOS RDP connections from Keychain. It may be helpful, link to the GitHub repo below:

https://github.com/luckman212/msrdp-credential-dumper