# How to retrieve a 'crypt' password from a config file

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-crypt-password-from-a-config-file/20051>\
**Category:** Howto Guides\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-crypt-password-from-a-config-file/20051 "2020-10-28T01:54:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![asdffdsa](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@asdffdsa](https://forum.rclone.org/u/asdffdsa)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-crypt-password-from-a-config-file/20051/3 "2020-11-07T22:12:03Z")

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yes, it works well, so why not try it yourself?

you can also take the code from the website and create a execuable file.  
that is what i did

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