---
title: How can I find out where Emacs is checking for passwords?
description: In which I try to retrieve my secrets using my text editor
slug: emacs-auth-sources
lastmod: 2021-06-24
tags:
- "elisp"
- "emacs"
---
You can see a list of current `auth-sources` by running the following `elisp` function

```lisp
> auth-sources
(password-store "~/.authinfo.gpg")
```