Password Location, Secrets & Recovery of Popular Android Apps
In today’s digital world, passwords protect our personal data, and Android apps store them in different ways. Knowing where they are helps keep your information safe.
In this research article, we explore where popular Android apps store your passwords and how you can recover them easily.
Password Locations of Popular Android Apps
Here is the list of popular Android apps and the password storage location
| Android App | Password File Location |
|---|---|
| 1DM: Browser & Video Download | /data/data/idm.internet.download.manager/databases/download.db |
| Amaze File Manager | /data/data/com.amaze.filemanager/shared_prefs/com.amaze.filemanager_preferences.xml /data/data/com.amaze.filemanager/databases/utilities.db |
| AndFTP | /data/data/lysesoft.andftp/shared_prefs/AndFTP.xml |
| AVG Secure Browser | /data/data/com.avg.android.secure.browser/app_xwalkcore/DefaultProfile/Login Data |
| Adblock Browser | /data/data/org.adblockplus.browser/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Aloha Browser | /data/data/com.aloha.browser/databases/Aloha.db |
| Avast Secure Browser | /data/data/com.avast.android.secure.browser/app_xwalkcore/DefaultProfile/Login Data |
| Aqua Mail | /data/data/org.kman.AquaMail/shared_prefs/MailAccounts.xml |
| Banana Browser | /data/data/org.triple.banana/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| BlueMail | /data/data/me.bluemail.mail/databases/preferences_storage |
| BlueMail Lite | /data/data/me.bluemail.lite/databases/preferences_storage |
| Brave Browser | /data/data/com.brave.browser/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Brave Beta Browser | /data/data/com.brave.browser_beta/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Brave Nightly Browser | /data/data/com.brave.browser_nightly/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Bromite Browser | /data/data/org.bromite.bromite/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| CX File Explorer | /data/data/com.cxinventor.file.explorer/shared_prefs/FTPPrefs.xml, ServerPrefs.xml |
| Carbon Browser | /data/data/com.browser.tssomas/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Chrome Browser | /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Chrome Beta Browser | /data/data/com.chrome.beta/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Chrome Canary Browser | /data/data/com.chrome.canary/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Chrome Dev Browser | /data/data/com.chrome.dev/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Chromium Browser | /data/data/org.bromite.chromium/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| CryptoTab Browser | /data/data/max.cryptotab.android/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Ecosia Browser | /data/data/com.ecosia.android/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| eM Client | /sdcard/android/data/com.emclient.mailclient/files/accounts.dat |
| eM Client | /sdcard/android/data/com.emclient.mailclient/files/accounts.dat |
| Edison Mail | /data/data/com.easilydo.mail/shared_prefs/EmailPref.xml, EdoKeyInfo.xml |
| Edge Beta Browser | /data/data/com.microsoft.emmx.beta/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Edge Canary Browser | /data/data/com.microsoft.emmx.canary/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Edge Dev Browser | /data/data/com.microsoft.emmx.dev/app_chrome/Default//Login Data |
| Email – Fast and Smart Mail | /data/data/com.fastsigninemail.securemail.bestemail/databases/email.db |
| Email for All Mail Accounts | /data/data/com.diavostar.email/databases/email.db |
| EX File Manager | /data/data/com.ace.ex.file.manager/shared_prefs/shared_prefs/ prefs_server_list_ftp***.xml |
| File Manager | /data/data/com.alphainventor.filemanager/shared_prefs/FTPPrefs.xml |
| File Commander Manager | /data/data/com.mobisystems.fileman/databases/servers.db |
| FTP Manager | /data/data/com.ftp_manager/files/App.db |
| FTP Cafe | /data/data/com.ftpcafe/shared_prefs/com.ftpcafe.preferences.xml |
| FTP Client | /data/data/com.litesapp.ftpclient/databases/ftpclient |
| FTP Client/Server | /data/data/com.apk_devops_ftp_client/databases/DBName |
| FTP Drive Pro | /data/data/com.ftpdrivepro2.technik/files/database.db |
| FTP Rush | /data/data/com.wftpserver.ftprush/files/.config/.isolated-storage/PropertyStore.forms |
| FTP Server | /data/data/net.xnano.android.ftpserver/databases/ftpusers.db |
| FTP TOOL | /data/data/com.litesapp.ftp/databases/FTPClient |
| Firefox Browser | /data/data/org.mozilla.firefox/databases/logins2.sqlite |
| FairEmail | /data/data/eu.faircode.email/databases/fairemail |
| File Manager by Lufick | /data/data/com.cvinfo.filemanager/databases/FILE_MANAGER |
| Herond Browser | /data/data/com.herond.android.browser/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Huawei Browser | /data/data/com.huawei.browser/app_hw_webview/Default/Login Data |
| Internet Browser | /data/data/com.heytap.browser/app_webview_tbl/Default/Login Data |
| JioSphere Browser | /data/data/com.jio.web/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| K-9 Mail | /data/data/com.fsck.k9/databases/preferences_storage |
| Kiwi Browser | /data/data/com.kiwibrowser.browser/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Lemur Browser | /data/data/com.lemurbrowser.exts/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| MI Browser | /data/data/com.mi.globalbrowser/app_miui_webview/Default/Login Data |
| Mail – All Email Accounts | /data/data/com.quickemail.quicklogin.emailonline/databases/email.db |
| Mises Browser | /data/data/site.mises.browser/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Nine Mail | /data/data/com.ninefolders.hd3/databases/EmailProvider.db |
| Outlook Mail | /data/data/com.microsoft.office.outlook/shared_prefs/ com.microsoft.office.outlook_preferences.xml |
| Opera Browser | /data/data/com.opera.browser/app_opera/Login Data |
| Proton VPN | /data/data/ch.protonvpn.android/databases/db |
| Proton Mail | /data/data/ch.protonmail.android/databases/db-mail |
| ProfiMail Go | /data/data/com.lonelycatgames.PM/databases/MailSettings.db |
| RS File Manager | /data/data/com.rs.explorer.filemanager/shared_prefs/ prefs_server_list_ftp***.xml |
| Super File Manager & Explorer | /data/data/com.esuper.file.explorer/shared_prefs/prefs_server_list_ftp***.xml |
| Solid Explorer | /data/data/pl.solidexplorer2/shared_prefs/ pl.solidexplorer.plugins.ftpserverv2.xml /data/data/pl.solidexplorer2/databases/explorer.db |
| Samsung Mail | /data/data/com.samsung.android.email.provider/databases/EmailProvider.db |
| Spark Mail | /data/data/com.readdle.spark/shared_prefs/keystore.xml |
| Samsung Internet Browser | /data/data/com.sec.android.app.sbrowser/databases/Login Data |
| SRWare Iron Browser | /data/data/org.iron.srware/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Soul Browser | /data/data/com.mycompany.app.soulbrowser/databases/DbBookPass.db |
| Thunderbird | /data/data/net.thunderbird.android/databases/preferences_storage |
| TypeApp Mail | /data/data/com.trtf.blue/databases/preferences_storage |
| Termius | /data/data/com.server.auditor.ssh.client/databases/ssh_connections.db |
| TotalCommander FTP Plugin | /data/data/com.ghisler.tcplugins.FTP/shared_prefs/FTP_****.xml |
| UC Browser | /data/data/com.UCMobile.intl/app_u4_webview/Default /P_data |
| Ulaa Browser | /data/data/com.zoho.primeum.stable/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Vivaldi Browser | /data/data/com.vivaldi.browser/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| Vivaldi Snapshot Browser | /data/data/com.vivaldi.browser.snapshot/app_chrome/Default/Login Data |
| VPN Passwords | /data/misc/keystore/vpnprofilestore.sqlite |
| Whale Browser | /data/data/com.naver.whale/app_whale/Default/Login Data |
| Wi-Fi Passwords | /data/misc/apexdata/com.android.wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot Passwords | /data/misc/apexdata/com.android.wifi/WifiConfigStoreSoftAp.xml |
| WiFi FTP Server | /data/data/com.medhaapps.wififtpserver/shared_prefs/ com.medhaapps.wififtpserver_preferences.xml |
| X-plore File Manager | /data/data/com.lonelycatgames.Xplore/databases/Settings.db |
| XminiBrowser | /data/data/com.xbrowser.play/files/auto_fill_passwd |
| Yandex Browser | /data/data/com.yandex.browser/app_chromium/Default/Ya Passman Data |
How to Recover Passwords from Android Apps Automatically
If you ever forget your password, now you can easily & instantly recover all your passwords from all the popular Android Apps without worrying about where it is stored and how to decrypt it.
XenArmor Android Password Recovery Pro is the enterprise software to instantly extract passwords from any Android device (tablet, watch, mobiles like Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, Realme, Motorola, OnePlus etc)
Also it supports “Dual Mode of Recovery” helping you to directly retrieve passwords from live Android Device or from backup data copied to local computer.
For latest details & download, please visit XenArmor Android Password Recovery Pro
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