More and more people are buying online. Buying online is fast and convenient. When you buy products online, you are often asked for personal information such as your credit card number, your address, your telephone number, etc.
To automatically complete this data, Google has included the “Autocomplete” option in Google Chrome.
Autocomplete in Google Chrome is a feature that lets Chrome automatically make suggestions as you type a search query or a web address in the address bar. These suggestions are based on your search and browsing history and can help you navigate to certain websites more quickly and easily.
As indicated, this is especially useful for online purchases on a website, but also useful for having login details automatically filled in.
In this how-to, I'll show you how to manage autofill in Google Chrome.
Autofill in Google Chrome
Open the Google Chrome web browser. Click on the menu icon in the top right corner. In the Chrome menu, click on “Settings”.
Click on “Autofill” in the menu on the left to open the settings.
To start, let's see how to manage saved passwords in Google Chrome.
Password manager
The password manager in Google Chrome is used to securely store and manage your passwords. This feature allows you to autofill your passwords when you log into your accounts on different websites.
If you create a new account on a website and Chrome offers to generate the password for you, you can accept and save the generated password in your password manager. Then when you return to that website, Chrome will ask you if you want the password to be filled in automatically. This makes it easier to access your accounts without having to worry about remembering complicated passwords.
Offer to save passwords
You have several options. If you want to disable saving passwords in Google Chrome, click on the blue button to the right of “Offer to save passwords”. Google Chrome will then no longer ask you to save a password after logging in to a website.
Automatic login
Google Chrome can also help you automatically log in to a website that has a password saved. You can also enable or disable this “automatic login” function as desired.
Check passwords
You can also check the saved passwords in Google Chrome. Password complexity is checked, i.e. how difficult the password is to crack (password strength) and whether the password has been stolen in known online attacks.
View and manage saved passwords
To view the saved passwords online and manage them where necessary, you must log in to the link of your Google account. All saved passwords are not stored in the Google Chrome web browser, but in the linked Google account.
Now let's see how to manage payment methods in Google Chrome.
Payment Methods
Payment Methods in Google Chrome is used to store and use your payment information for quick and easy online payments. This feature allows you to enter payment details such as your credit or debit card details and address details, so you don't have to re-enter them each time you check out for online purchases.
Save and fill in payment methods
When you enter your credit card information on a website, Google Chrome will ask you to save this information for your next visit or to supplement it for another website. You can disable or enable these settings by clicking on the blue button to the right of the setting.
Allow sites to check if you have saved payment methods
If websites check whether you have saved payment details in Google Chrome (to autofill the details), you can allow this or not. By default this option is on.
Google Pay
Google Chrome can only store credit card information in Google Chrome for autofill. When you want to use Google Pay then you must change these settings in your Google Account.
You can then view your recent Google Pay activity, change your linked credit card details, change subscriptions, addresses and settings.
Add or remove payment methods
The payment methods function displays a list of the automatically populated payment methods. If you want to add one yourself, click on the Add button and fill in the desired credit card details.
Now let's see how to manage the autofill address information in Google Chrome.
Addresses and more
The “Addresses & more” feature in the autofill settings allows you to manage your saved form data, such as your name, address, phone number, and email address. This can be useful when filling out forms on websites, as you don't have to enter all your details each time.
Save and fill in addresses
If you want to disable the automatic saving of address details, telephone numbers and shipping addresses, click on the blue button to the right of the setting.
All saved addresses in Google Chrome are displayed under the heading “Addresses”. If you want to change the address, click on the three vertical dots and click on “Edit” in the menu.
Click the “Add” button to manually add an address to Google Chrome. This address is then automatically filled in address fields on a website where this is necessary.
You have now seen all the autofill settings in Google Chrome and learned what this data does and how you can use or change the data.
I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!
Hi Stefan, thanks for the quick response. I'll try it and get back to you! Have a nice day 🙂
Dear, after creating an invoice in Moneybird, Chrome always asks if I want to save the address details. I always answer yes because I need this information again in my shipping program. Now Chrome no longer asks this and I have tried everything to solve this but without success. I hope you have a solution.
I have visited your site regularly and often found a solution there 🙂
Yours faithfully,
Theo Bloks
Bookstore Bloks Zwolle
Hallo,
you can try the following. In the address bar type:
chrome://settings/addressesCheck if any data is saved, edit or delete it. It is also possible that a certain extension manages this data (for example a password manager). Good luck!