Now that we are increasingly using the internet for online shopping, logging in to secure websites and the like, the use of a username and password is becoming increasingly important.
Because we are more and more accounts and always choose a different username and password, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage these stored passwords.
If you use the Google Chrome browser, when creating a user account, Chrome will ask you to save the username and password in the Google Chrome password manager.
The password manager in Google Chrome is a secure database that can store login details per website. This way, the next time you visit a website, you do not have to enter the username and password again.
All saved passwords in Google Chrome are therefore secured and reused to help you log in faster. If you no longer use a particular website or you have deleted the user account on this website, it is advisable to periodically delete unused login details such as a password from the Chrome password manager.
Edit or clear saved password in Google Chrome
Edit saved password
You can view all the passwords that Chrome has saved from the settings. If you find it necessary, you can also edit the password.
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on the menu icon in the top right corner.
- In the menu click on “Settings”.
- Then click on “Autofill”.
- Click on “Password manager”.
To display the password, click the “show” icon. You will now see which password has been saved for the username via the relevant website.
To edit this password, click on the three vertical dots to the right of the site data. Then click on “Edit password” in the menu.
You can now enter a new password for the username via this website. Every time you want to log in to this website again, Chrome will use the new username and password.
Clear saved password
You can also clear a password saved in Google Chrome. If you delete a password, Chrome will no longer automatically fill in this site information.
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on the menu icon in the top right corner.
- In the menu click on “Settings”.
- Then click on “Autofill”.
- Click on “Password manager”.
Click on the three vertical dots at the bottom right next to the saved site data. Then click on “delete” in the menu.
You can also delete all saved passwords immediately by using the clear temporary files and preferences in Google Chrome.
If you no longer want Google Chrome to offer to save passwords in the future, change the “Offer to save passwords” setting to “off”.
You can also choose to disable automatic login. The site details such as the username and password will be filled in automatically, but you will not be logged in automatically.
If you no longer want to log in automatically, change the “Automatic login” setting to “off”.
Read more about it autofill in Google Chrome. I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!