The Google Chrome browser has a password manager that saves login credentials. Here’s how to view saved passwords on the desktop and mobile app.
Keeping track of multiple passwords can be nearly impossible, but Google Chromium the browser’s built-in password manager eliminates this arduous task. When enabled, a dialog box appears each time a user signs up to a website, asking if they want to save the password for that site. If they choose to do so, the next time they want to log in to the site, the Chrome browser will automatically provide the saved login credentials.
Saved Google Chrome passwords are linked to a user’s Google account and can be synced to any device linked to that account. In addition to saving a user’s login information, Google will also alert users if their saved password has been compromised, possibly due to a data breach. Another feature of the password manager is a password generator that helps users create strong passwords.
Google allows users to view saved passwords if the need arises. Users can choose to delete or change a saved password or even share their saved passwords. To check saved passwords on the Chrome desktop browser, click the overflow button (three dots in the upper right corner) and select “Settings”. The Settings menu should have an overflow button on the left. Click on it, choose “Autofill”, then select “Passwords”. A page with all registered sites and their respective login information should be visible, although the passwords themselves are hidden. Users can click the eye icon to make passwords visible or the three buttons in front of each to copy, edit, or delete login credentials.
View saved passwords on Android and iOS
Viewing saved passwords on the Chrome Android app is just as easy. First, open the browser and press the overflow button – select “Settings”, then “Passwords”. Faucet ‘Check the passwords,’ and it should open a page with saved passwords. Then, users can tap on a saved site to view its login credentials. Just like on the desktop version, it will ask for authentication (Gmail account password or biometric authentication) before the saved password becomes visible.
iOS or iPadOS users can also view saved passwords on the Chrome browser mobile app on their phone or tablet. First, open the app and tap on the three dots in the lower right corner of the screen. Next, select “Settings”, then tap “Passwords”. A page with saved login information should become visible. Using of Chromium The password manager is quite useful, not everyone may want to use it. For those who fall into this category, there is an option to disable the feature.
Source: Google Support
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