[Windows]: Add, remove, edit, backup, restore Stored User Names and Passwords in Windows 10

Add, remove, edit, backup, restore Stored User Names and Passwords in Windows 10

Solution 1

The Stored User Names and Passwords in Windows lets you securely manage user names and passwords as a part of your profile. It lets you automatically enter saved user names and passwords for various network resources, servers, websites and applications, to authenticate yourself. In this post we will see how to add, remove, edit, backup, restore Stored User Names and Passwords & Credentials in Windows 10/8/7.

Stored User Names and Passwords

To directly access the Stored User Names and Passwords Control panel applet, via WinX menu, open Command Prompt (Admin), type the following rundll32 command and hit Enter.

rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr

The Stored User Names and Passwords box will open.

Here you will be able to see the saved passwords and user names.
To add a new credential, press the Add button and fill in the required details as follows:

To delete a saved password, select the credential and click on the Remove button.

To edit a password, click the Edit button. Here you will be edit the details.

It could be a Windows logon credential or a Website or Program password.
It is always a good idea to back up the stored user names and passwords. To do this, click on the Back up button to open the following wizard.

Select and browse to the back up location, click Next and follow the wizard to its completion.
Should the need arise, you can always restore the backup, by clicking on the Restore button and browsing to the backup file location and selecting it.

That’s it!



Solution 2 

Delete Login Credentials for a Network Share

Remove the cached username and password for a network share(s).

If your network has shares configured with varying read/write permissions, you might it necessary to login to shares with different usernames and passwords. Windows doesn’t make it easy to do this. However, you can delete the login credentials for shares you access, thus making Windows prompt you to login again. Then you can use a different username and password.
First, you should check the Stored User Names and Passwords or Credential Manger. Open the Run dialog or a Command Prompt, enter the following command, and then remove the computer or server if listed:

control keymgr.dll

You should also open a Command Prompt and use the following command:

net use \\fileservername /del

Be sure you replace fileservername with the actual computer or server name you’re trying to access. You can alternatively delete the credentials for all shares:

net use * /del