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Recovering the password for an account opened with a Hide My Email address.

If I create a new account somewhere with a Hide My Email address, how can I recover the account password? Apparently these passwords are not saved anywhere.

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022 10:16 AM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022 10:52 AM

You don’t. When using Hide My Email Address with supported websites, there is no password created for it. It uses an identifier to log you in directly instead which is not a password and cannot be used as such.


Some Websites, will let you update the account to use a regular email address and add a password for it from inside the account settings on the website.

On others would may need to create a new account.

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Jun 11, 2022 10:52 AM in response to CSE

You don’t. When using Hide My Email Address with supported websites, there is no password created for it. It uses an identifier to log you in directly instead which is not a password and cannot be used as such.


Some Websites, will let you update the account to use a regular email address and add a password for it from inside the account settings on the website.

On others would may need to create a new account.

Link-> How do I turn off the hide my e-mail feat… - Apple Community


Recovering the password for an account opened with a Hide My Email address.

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