Manage passwords in Chrome

You can have Chrome save your passwords for different sites.

The way 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. You can use passwords in Chrome across your devices and in some apps on your devices.

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

You can manage passwords saved to your Google Account at passwords.google.com.

Learn more about on-device encryption for passwords.

Manage new passwords

Automatically save or preview a new password

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

  • To check the password that will be saved, select Preview Preview.
  • If there are multiple passwords on the page, select the Down arrow Down arrow. Choose the password you want saved.
  • If your username is blank or incorrect, select the text box next to "Username." Enter the username you want saved.
  • If you want to save a different password, select the text box next to "Password." Enter the password you want saved.
Manually add a new password
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More More and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. Select Add.
  4. Enter a website, username, and password.
  5. Select Save.
Start or stop saving passwords

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

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile and then Passwords Passwords.
    • If you can’t find the Passwords icon, at the top right, select More More and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. On the left, select Settings.
  4. Turn Offer to save passwords and passkeys on or off.
Check or remove sites that don’t save passwords

If you choose not to save passwords for a site or app, in settings, you can manage them from the "Declined sites and apps."

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

Manage saved passwords

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
You can add notes to a saved password to help you remember information about an account or to save login details. Once you add a note, it has the same security protection as a password.
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More Moreand then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. Under "Passwords," choose the password you want to add a note to.
  4. Select Edit.
  5. Enter your note.
  6. When you're finished, select Save.
Show, edit, delete, or export saved passwords
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile and then Passwords Passwords.
    • If you can’t find the Passwords icon, at the top right, select More More and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. Show, edit, delete, or export a password:
    • Show:
      1. Under “Passwords,” select the password.
      2. On the right of your password, select Show password Preview.
    • Edit:
      1. Under “Passwords,” select the password.
      2. Select Edit.
      3. Edit your password.
      4. Select Save.
    • Delete:
      1. Under “Passwords,” select the password.
      2. Select Delete.
    • Export:
      1. On the left, select Settings.
      2. On the right of "Export Passwords," select Download file.

Tip: To delete all your saved passwords, learn how to delete browsing data in Chrome.

Check for compromised 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 Profile and then Passwords Passwords.
    • If you can’t find the Passwords icon, at the top right, select More and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  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.

Learn what you can do with your passwords

Use biometric authentication with passwords

When biometric authentication is turned on, you can use your device's fingerprint sensor to increase privacy when you autofill passwords. You can also use biometric authentication to reveal, copy, or edit your passwords.

Important: By default, biometric authentication is off.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More More and then Passwords and autofill and then 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.
Share your password

Important:

To securely share a copy of your saved password with a family member:

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More More and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. Under "Passwords," select the password you want to share.
  4. Select Share.
  5. Select the family member or members you want to share the password with.
  6. Select Share and then Done.
    • The password will be saved in the receiver's Google Account and will be available for autofill.
Sign in to sites & apps automatically

You can automatically sign in to any sites and apps where you've saved your info with "Sign in automatically." When you turn on "Sign in automatically," you don't need to confirm your username, password, or third-party sign-in credentials.

If you want to confirm your saved info when you sign in, you can turn off "Sign in automatically."
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile and then Passwords Passwords.
    • If you can't find your Google Account, learn how to turn on sync in Chrome.
    • If you can’t find the Passwords icon, at the top right, select More More ​​​​​and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. On the left, select Settings.
  4. Turn Sign in automatically on or off.

Tips:

  • If you use an identity service, both the identity service and the site must support "Sign in automatically" for it to work. Learn more about third-party sign-in.
  • If you recently dismissed the prompt to sign in automatically, it might be temporarily turned off.
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 Moreand then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. On the left, select Settings and then Add shortcut.
  4. Select Install.
Learn more about using Progressive Web Apps.
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:

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More More and then Settings and then Privacy and security.
  3. Select Security and then Standard protection.
  4. Turn Warn you if a password was compromised in a data breach on or off.
Tip: This feature is only available if the "Safe Browsing" option is turned on.

Dismiss notifications for specific sites:

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.

  2. At the top right, select More Moreand then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. To check which of your saved passwords are compromised, select Checkup.
  4. To the right of “Compromised passwords,” select the Arrow .
  5. Find the site of the notifications that you want to stop.
  6. Select More More and then Dismiss warning.
Tip: To restore site warnings, under "Dismissed warnings," select More More next to the site whose notifications you want to begin again. Then, select Restore warning.
Fix issues with passwords
If Chrome doesn't save or offer to save passwords, learn how to fix issues with saved payment info and passwords.

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