Google Chrome allows you to store passwords and manage them across devices. With Google’s built-in password man­age­ment, you specify which passwords you store and for which websites you want automatic login.

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Quick guide: How to use Google password manager

  1. In Google Chrome, click the three-dot icon to go to Settings > Autofill > Passwords.
  2. In Google Chrome’s password manager, set whether you want Chrome to store passwords and log you in to websites auto­mat­ic­ally.

How to use Google Chrome password manager

You don’t ne­ces­sar­ily need external browser ex­ten­sions and apps to manage your passwords. Google Chrome has useful password man­age­ment features that save passwords as desired, auto­mat­ic­ally log you in to desired websites and apps, or verify saved passwords. Google Password Man­age­ment is es­pe­cially handy if you don’t want Chrome to ask you to save your cre­den­tials every time you log in, or if you don’t always want to actively log in to fre­quently used accounts.

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Here’s how the password manager works in Google Chrome

Adhere to the following steps to store and manage passwords in Google Chrome.

Step 1: Open the Chrome browser and click the three-dot ‘More’ icon on the top right corner. After that, go to ‘Settings’.

Step 2: In the settings menu on the left, click ‘Autofill’ and click ‘Passwords’ to go to Google’s password man­age­ment.

Image: Google Chrome: Settings menu, ‘Autofill’, ‘Passwords’
You can access the password manager under ‘Autofill’ by clicking on ‘Passwords’.

Step 3: Now set the password settings according to your needs. First, under ‘Offer to save passwords’, you can instruct Google Chrome to save cre­den­tials and remember them for the next time you visit a website.

Image: Google Chrome: ‘Passwords’ menu, ‘Offer to save passwords’ option
Tick ‘Offer to save passwords’ in Chrome to auto­mat­ic­ally save login cre­den­tials.

Step 4: If there are already saved passwords, you can tell Chrome to auto­mat­ic­ally log you in when you visit a website under ‘Auto Sign-in’. To do this, activate the blue switch. De­ac­tiv­ate the switch if you want Chrome to ask you for an automatic login every time you log in.

Image: Google Chrome: ‘Passwords’ menu, ‘Auto Sign-in’ option
Ticking ‘Auto Sign-in’ tells Chrome to save and fill in cre­den­tials auto­mat­ic­ally.

Step 5: With the ‘Check passwords’ item, Chrome offers you to check already saved passwords for current security standards such as optimal password strength.

Image: Google Chrome: ‘Passwords’ menu, ‘Check passwords’ function
Google Chrome uses the ‘Check passwords’ feature to analyse the strength and security of your saved passwords.

Step 6: Passwords that you have already saved Chrome will display under ‘Saved Passwords’. For saved passwords, you can make further changes or remove saved websites.

Image: Google Chrome: ‘Passwords’ menu, ‘Saved Passwords’ entry
Under the ‘Saved Passwords’ entry, Chrome lists the cre­den­tials stored in the password manager. These can be edited or removed.

Step 7: If you would like to save passwords but exclude certain websites from this function, enter the relevant URLs under ‘Never Saved’. This is es­pe­cially re­com­men­ded for sensitive cre­den­tials, such as bank or insurance accounts.

Image: Google Chrome: ‘Passwords’ menu, ‘Never Saved’ option
‘Never Saved’ option allows you to exclude certain websites from saving passwords.

Step 8: If you want to use passwords across devices, enable Chrome syncing. This will save passwords to your Google account and sync them across all your devices. To do this, go to the ‘Turn on sync…’ item under ‘You and Google’.

Image: Google Chrome: ‘You and Google’ menu, ‘Turn on sync…’ option
Google Chrome’s sync feature allows you to use saved cre­den­tials across devices.
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Al­tern­at­ives to Google Chrome Password Manager

An al­tern­at­ive to password man­age­ment with Google are external password manager tools, with which you manage or share passwords across devices and even users. This also includes features like storing SSH keys or a password-protected file manager.

Versatile paid password manager tools include:

Free al­tern­at­ives to 1Password and other password manager tools:

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