Microsoft Remote Desktop password

Olen Matronov 26 Reputation points
2020-11-11T20:05:20.813+00:00

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.

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Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
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  1. Eleven Yu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 10,756 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-11-12T02:34:06.913+00:00

    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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  1. Deepak Rao 31 Reputation points
    2021-12-15T13:51:58.873+00:00

    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.

    6 people found this answer helpful.

  2. Luke Hamburg 26 Reputation points
    2024-04-28T13:26:57.11+00:00

    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:

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

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