# Not getting password in api return

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/not-getting-password-in-api-return/68198>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/not-getting-password-in-api-return/68198 "2021-08-19T06:16:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![deenibuba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/deenibuba/32/31223_2.png) [@deenibuba](https://community.auth0.com/u/deenibuba)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/not-getting-password-in-api-return/68198/1 "2021-08-19T06:16:17Z")

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I am playing with the auth0 api, I was able to perform some **CRUD** operations it was awesome but the problem am having is the user content am getting from auth0 doesn’t include user password why please??

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**Author:** ![dan.woda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/dan.woda/32/18340_2.png) [@dan.woda](https://community.auth0.com/u/dan.woda)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/not-getting-password-in-api-return/68198/3 "2021-08-19T21:03:18Z")

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@deenibuba,

Welcome to the Auth0 Community!

Passwords are hashed and never stored in plain text. There is no way to retrieve a user’s password after it is created.

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**Author:** ![deenibuba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/deenibuba/32/31223_2.png) [@deenibuba](https://community.auth0.com/u/deenibuba)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/not-getting-password-in-api-return/68198/4 "2021-08-20T07:52:40Z")

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Thanks for the info, that will be using auth0’s db by default 🤠

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/not-getting-password-in-api-return/68198/5 "2021-09-04T07:53:17Z")

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