32 character password generator

Made on your device. Never sent or stored.

A random 32 character password, generated on your device. Change the character types below; the length stays at 32 unless you move it.

Is 32 characters long enough?

Thirty-two characters gives about 206 bits with all types, or 190 bits with letters and digits only. It is a common length for machine secrets.

When to use it: For API keys, webhook signing secrets, JWT secrets, database passwords and environment variables. Letters and digits only avoids escaping problems in config files.

How strong is a 32 character password?

A random 32 character password from letters and digits has 190.5 bits of entropy. With symbols added it has 206.2. Here is how that translates into guessing time for each character set.

32 characters. Average time to guess: fast hash at 10 billion guesses a second, slow hash (bcrypt or Argon2) at 10,000.
CharactersPoolBitsFast hashSlow hash
Digits only10106.3158 trillion years158 quintillion years
Lowercase letters26150.4over 1027 yearsover 1033 years
Letters, both cases52182.4over 1037 yearsover 1043 years
Letters and digits62190.5over 1039 yearsover 1045 years
All four types (this site)87206.2over 1044 yearsover 1050 years

These figures only hold for random passwords like the ones above. A 32 character password you made up, with words, names or dates, is guessed far sooner. Test one with the strength checker.

Questions

How many combinations does a 32 character password have?

With the 87 characters used here, 87 to the power 32, about 1062. With letters and digits only, 62 to the power 32, about 1057.

Is this password stored anywhere?

No. It is generated in your browser with the Web Crypto API and never sent to a server.

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