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This is a bit of a long shot, but I'm hoping someone might be able to help. A few months ago I setup Chrome Remote Desktop on my work computer, and my home laptop, just on a whim to try it out. I hadn't had a need to use it until this morning, when I suddenly realised that I'd forgotten the PIN. I remember that I used the same PIN on both computers, but for some reason, that completely baffles me, I neglected to record the PIN in my password manager. Is there some way I can view the saved PIN for my home laptop, so that I can use it login to my work computer.
I know I can change the existing PIN, but that's no use, as I need to find out what the current PIN is.
If there is a way to do this, it will save me an otherwise pointless, tedious Saturday morning train trip into the city.
If there was a way to view the pin, it would make having a pin, sort of useless since anyone with access to the Chrome profile would now have the pin. – Ramhound – 2016-07-22T23:10:01.053
1I'm talking about viewing the pin for the local computer that I'm currently using. Not viewing the pin for a remote computer. In this case I just happen to know that the remote pin is the same. Allowing local viewing of the pin wouldn't be a security risk, as a person would have to have physical access to the computer first. – user1751825 – 2016-07-22T23:11:44.047
2Note the PIN must be at least 6 digits. I had a similar experience where I had forgotten my PIN and tried all the 4-digit PINs I could remember. As soon as I realized it was minimum 6 digits I was able to recall it. – gb96 – 2018-03-06T10:49:54.160