Password Research
Password Secrets of Popular Messengers
Most popular instant messengers such as Trillian, Paltalk, Miranda and others automatically save your login credentials so you don’t have to enter your password every time.
In this research guide, we reveal where these messenger passwords are stored on your system and how you can recover saved login passwords quickly and securely whenever needed.
Password Secrets of Chat Messengers
Below is a comprehensive list of popular instant Messengers, along with their encryption method, storage type and exact password location.
Note: For more technical & password recovery details, please click on Application name
| Messenger | Encryption | Type | Password Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyluxe Messenger | Custom | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Beyluxe Messenger\[user_name] |
| BigAnt Messenger | Custom | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\Documents\Antsys\Globalset.xml |
| Digsby IM | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Digsby\logininfo.yaml |
| Garena Messenger | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\GarenaPlus\ |
| GG Messenger | AES-256-CBC | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\Appdata\Roaming\GG\Profiles\[email_address]\prefs.js |
| Google Talk | DPAPI | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Accounts |
| IMVU Messenger | Plain | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IMVU\Password |
| Instantbird | SHA1/3 DES | File (JSON) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Instantbird\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json |
| Miranda IM | Custom | File (SQLite) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Miranda\[profile_name]\[profile_name].dat |
| Miranda NG | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Miranda NG\[workspace]\[workspace].dat |
| MSN Messenger | DPAPI | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Identitycrl\Creds |
| Myspace IM | DPAPI | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\MySpace\IM\users.txt |
| Nimbuzz Messenger | SHA1/DES | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nimbuzz\Pcclient\Application |
| Paltalk | Custom | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Paltalk\[account] |
| Paltalk NG | Custom | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A.V.M.\Paltalk Ng\Common_Settings\Core\Users\Creds\1 |
| Pidgin Messenger | Plain | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml |
| Skype | MD5/AES-256 | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\Appdata\Roaming\Skype\[account]\config.xml |
| Spark IM | MD5/3 DES | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Spark\spark.properties |
| TeamSpeak | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\Appdata\Roaming\Ts3client\ts3clientui_qt.secrets.conf |
| Trillian | DPAPI/XOR | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Trillian\users\global\accounts.dat accounts.ini |
| Windows Live Messenger | Plain | File | Windows Credential Manager |
| XFire | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\.xdman\ |
| Yahoo! Messenger | Custom | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager |
How to Recover Passwords from Messengers Automatically
If you ever forget your password, now you can easily & instantly recover all your lost passwords from popular chat Messengers without any technical knowledge.
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- Recover from 15+ instant messengers
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