# How can I recover passwords after running "elasticsearch-setup-passwords" in a Windows environment?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-recover-passwords-after-running-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-in-a-windows-environment/223539
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-recover-passwords-after-running-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-in-a-windows-environment/223539 "2020-03-13T15:41:34Z")
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### Author: ![RJ45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@RJ45](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RJ45)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-recover-passwords-after-running-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-in-a-windows-environment/223539/1 "2020-03-13T15:41:34Z")

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How can I recover passwords after running "elasticsearch-setup-passwords" in a Windows environment?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-recover-passwords-after-running-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-in-a-windows-environment/223539/2 "2020-04-10T15:42:25Z")

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