Manage passwords - Computer - Google Chrome Help (original) (raw)

You can have Chrome save your passwords for different sites.

Learn more about how Chrome protects your passwords.

Learn more about on-device encryption for passwords.

If you enter a new password on a site, Chrome will ask to save it. To accept, click Save.

Manually add a new password

Start or stop saving passwords

By default, Chrome offers to save your password. You can turn this option off or on at any time.

If you've chosen not to save passwords for a site or app, you can remove it from declined sites and apps within settings.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Passwords and autofill Google Password Manager.
3. Select Settings.
4. Under "Declined sites and apps," remove the site.

Sign in with a saved password

If you saved your password to Chrome on a previous visit to a website, Chrome can help you sign in.

1. On your computer, go to a site you've visited before.
2. Go to the site’s sign-in form.
   • If you’ve saved a single username and password for the site: Chrome will fill in the sign-in form automatically.
   • If you’ve saved more than one username and password: Select the username field and choose the sign-in info you want to use.

Add notes to your saved password

Use biometric authentication with passwords

When biometric authentication is turned on, you can use your device's fingerprint sensor to increase privacy and security when you autofill passwords.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Passwords and autofill Google Password Manager.
3. Select Settings.
4. To turn on biometric authentication:
   • On PC: Turn on Use Windows Hello when filling passwords.
   • On Mac: Turn on Use your screen lock when filling passwords.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to confirm your selection.

Tips:

• If your computer has biometric capabilities, you can also use biometric authentication to:
  • Reveal your passwords.
  • Copy your passwords.
  • Edit your passwords.
• Biometric authentication is on by default.

Show, edit, delete, or export saved passwords

Important:

• You can only share your password with a member of your family group. Create a family group.
• Use Google Password Manager and update Google Chrome.

Sign in to sites & apps automatically

You can automatically sign in to any sites and apps where you have saved your info using "Auto sign-in." When you turn on "Auto sign-in," you don't need to confirm your username and password.

If you want to confirm your saved info when you sign in, you can turn off "Auto sign-in."

Add Google Password Manager to your home screen

For quick access, you can add Google Password Manager as a shortcut.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Passwords and autofill Google Password Manager.
3. On the left, select Settings Add shortcut.
4. Select Install.

Learn more about using Progressive Web Apps.

Check your saved passwords

You can check all your saved passwords at once to find out if they're exposed in a data breach or potentially weak and easy to guess.

To check your saved passwords:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select Profile Passwords .
3. On the left, select Checkup.

You'll get details on any password exposed in a data breach and any weak, easy to guess passwords.

Manage password change alerts

You may get an alert from Chrome if you use a password and username combination that has been compromised in a data leak on a third-party website or app. Compromised password and username combinations are unsafe because they’ve been published online.

We recommend that you change any compromised passwords as soon as you can. You can follow the instructions in Chrome to change your password on the site where you’ve used that password, and check your saved passwords for any other site the password may be saved on.

Chrome makes sure that your passwords and username are protected so they can’t be read by Google.

To start or stop notifications:

Dismiss notifications for specific sites:

Tip: To restore site warnings, under "Dismissed warnings," select More next to the site whose notifications you want to begin again. Then, select Restore warning.

Fix problems with passwords

How Chrome saves and syncs passwords

How Chrome saves your passwords depends on whether you want to store and use them across devices. When you're signed in to Chrome, you can save your passwords to your Google Account. Passwords can then be used on Chrome across your devices, and across some apps on your Android devices.

Otherwise, you can store passwords locally on your computer only.

Related resources

• Change or reset your password
• Get your bookmarks, passwords and more on all your devices
• Fix issues with saved payment info & passwords
• Generate a password
• Import passwords with Chrome

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