# SecureString Variable Type

**URL:** <https://forum.uipath.com/t/securestring-variable-type/104772>\
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**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/securestring-variable-type/104772 "2019-03-25T05:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![supu123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/supu123/32/60355_2.png) [@supu123](https://forum.uipath.com/u/supu123)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/securestring-variable-type/104772/1 "2019-03-25T05:51:04Z")

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Hii everyone,

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/original/3X/0/b/0b0031754d0f32bd6f909354c9ead74fa3355a38.png)  
please refer the image.

How to I enter my password here as it is not accepting any a string value.

Thanks and Regards,  
Supriya

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**Author:** ![Vidwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/vidwa/32/38335_2.png) [@Vidwa](https://forum.uipath.com/u/Vidwa)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/securestring-variable-type/104772/2 "2019-03-25T05:54:57Z")

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@supu123 it can be used to get passwords from orchestrator in your get app credential workflow theres an activity called get orchestrator credentials. in the properties panel you can see some properties under the output section such as username and password. we have to use secure string variable to get the password.

for further understanding,refer this post

> [@How to use Type Secure Text](https://forum.uipath.com/t/how-to-use-type-secure-text/13381/4):
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> Hey @atevis You can get an easy understanding from what @Florent_Salendres Mentioned. I am just here adding some things for your understanding to get about secure string. Secure String Represents text that should be kept confidential, such as by deleting it from computer memory when no longer needed. This class cannot be inherited. SecureString is a string type that provides a measure of security. It tries to avoid storing potentially sensitive strings in process memory as plain text. The v…

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**Author:** ![KarthikByggari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/karthikbyggari/32/430060_2.png) [@KarthikByggari](https://forum.uipath.com/u/KarthikByggari)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/securestring-variable-type/104772/3 "2019-03-25T05:57:01Z")

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Check the below thread -

> [@How to pass SecureString variable as String format variable in SMTP Mail](https://forum.uipath.com/t/how-to-pass-securestring-variable-as-string-format-variable-in-smtp-mail/75315):
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> Hi, I want to pass my yahoo password which is getting from orchestrator into a secure string variable yahoopwd. but unable to pass this variable into String type input for smtp mail. please suggest secureway. Below screenshot working correctly but unable to pass yahoopwd variable to smtp password field.

Regards,  
Karthik Byggari

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/system/32/182466_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uipath.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/securestring-variable-type/104772/4 "2019-03-28T05:57:11Z")

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