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Yes you can. And in fact anybody with access to your computer can do it too. That's why you should **NEVER** [[security_credentials#storing_password|store your password]] to WinSCP session without using [[master_password|master password]]. Read more about [[security_credentials|security of stored credentials]]. Yes you can. And in fact anybody with access to your computer can do it too. That's why you should **NEVER** [[security_credentials#storing_password|store your password]] to WinSCP session without using [[master_password|master password]]. Read more about [[security_credentials|security of stored credentials]].
-One way is to recover your password is enabling a password logging in preferences. See //[[ui_pref_logging|Log passwords and other sensitive information]]// preference option. Then inspect the session log file to find the stored password.+One way is to recover your password is enabling a password logging in preferences. See //[[ui_pref_logging|Log passwords and other sensitive information]]// preference option. Then inspect the session log file to find the stored password:
<code> <code>
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 WinSCP Version 5.9.5 (Build 7441) (OS 10.0.15063 - Windows 10) +. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 WinSCP Version 5.15.3 (Build 9730) (OS 10.0.18362 - Windows 10 Enterprise
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Configuration: HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\ +. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Configuration: HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\ 
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Log level: Normal, Logging passwords+. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Log level: Normal, Logging passwords
... ...
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Session name: My server (Site) +. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Session name: My server (Site) 
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Host name: example.com (Port: 22) +. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Host name: example.com (Port: 22) 
-. 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 User name: martin (Password: mypassword, Key file: No)+. 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 User name: martin (Password: mypassword, Key file: No)
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