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Microsoft

Jun 24, 2020

Use Password Monitor to help protect your passwords online

Note: We are in the process of deploying this feature, so it may be a little while before you see it in your respective channel and build. Each year, hundreds of millions of usernames and passw...

Bamatami

Copper Contributor

Sep 19, 2020

I keep getting alerts that my passwords have leaked online to the same websites over and over again, after I have changed my password(s). When I check the password, it still shows the old one that I have already changed. This is so frustrating!! I had 25 passwords leaked on a scan last night and on probably 90% of them, I had already changed the password. Is this a glitch in the system? I want to continue to have my passwords monitored, but not if this redundancy doesn't stop! Thanks!Suhrid_Palsule

Suhrid_Palsule

Microsoft

Oct 02, 2020

Hi Bamatami,

Sorry you faced this! Password Monitor checks all username-password combinations stored in Microsoft Edge, regardless of whether they are valid or stale credentials.

In order to avoid getting alerts for older passwords (which are no longer valid), you can delete those specific entries from the browser by going to Settings > Profiles > Passwords.

Let me know if this answers your question! 🙂

Bamatami
Copper Contributor
Oct 02, 2020
Thanks Suhrid!!