[FIXED] How to retrieve a saved ftp password from phpStorm?

Issue

I know that technically, this question should be asked on phpStorm's forums, but being a popular IDE (I bet an eventual solution would also work for other popular IDEs from JetBrains), I'm thinking:

• someone on SO might know and share the answer (faster than I'd get it from vendor)
• the question answer might be useful and valuable to other coders (for that matter, even if I shall need to go on the vendor's forum I will get back with the answer here, when I find it)

If there is any need of context: I accidentally switched the connection type of a saved connection from ftp to local folder and when I switched back, the saved credentials were gone.

The question: Can I retrieve the saved password...

• Angle 1: ...from this computer?
• Angle 2: ...from another computer that has the same credentials saved, which I could access via TeamViewer, but has the password ●●●●●●(hidden)?

Solution

I know this is a 1 year old question, but for everyone else, you can try to copy the selected (hidden) password with CTRL+C, and paste it in a text document (tested with 2016.3 on Debian).

Answered By - Andrew Brown

Answer Checked By - Senaida (PHPFixing Volunteer)