How to Recover Download Site Passwords from Internet Download Manager (IDM)

In this article, you’ll learn where Internet Download Manager (IDM) stores all your download site passwords, how they are protected, and how you can easily recover them.
Internet Download Manager Password Secrets
Latest version of IDM saves all the download site passwords at following Registry location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Downloadmanager\
Below this registry location, there is subkey (with random number) for each stored download site.
Each such site entry contains registry values “Url0”, “User” & “EncPassword” referring to site link, username & encoded password respectively. IDM encodes this password using custom encoding algorithm.
Older version of IDM stores all the download site passwords at following Registry location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Downloadmanager\Passwords\
Below this registry location, there is subkey having site name for each stored download site.
Each such site entry contains registry values “User” & “EncPassword” referring to username & encoded password respectively. Password is stored using custom encoding algorithm.
How to Recover Internet Download Manager (IDM) Passwords Automatically
Now you can easily & instantly recover all your lost passwords from “Internet Download Manager” without any technical knowledge.
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Follow these simple steps,
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- Click on “Recover Passwords”
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