How to Save Passwords on Chrome on PC or Mac

Last Updated: December 1, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to save passwords on Google Chrome for PC and Mac. Once you've enabled Chrome to save your passwords, you can log in to websites and tell Chrome to save your log in information. You can also remove websites from the "Never Saved" list and save the passwords for those sites as well.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Turning On Save Passwords

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Open Google Chrome
. It's the green, yellow, and red icon with the blue dot in the middle.
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Click ⋮. It's the icon with the three vertical dots in the upper-right corner.

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Click Settings. It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
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Click Advanced▾. It's at the bottom of the Settings page. This will expand more advanced settings.
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Click Manage Passwords. It is found under the Passwords and Forms heading.
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Click the switch at the top to the ON position
. It's the switch at the top of the Manage Passwords page and will turn blue when it is enabled
- Now every time you log in with a login and password that isn't saved, you'll be prompted to save it.
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Turn the Auto Sign-in switch to the ON position
. This optional setting will allow Google Chrome to automatically sign you in when visiting sites you've already saved the password for.
- If turned off, Chrome will require you to confirm your password every time you sign in to a website.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Saving Passwords

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Open Google Chrome. It's the green, yellow, and red icon with the blue dot in the middle.
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Log in to a website you want to save the password for. Go to a website you want to save the password for and sign in with your username, mobile number, or email and password to log in to the website. A pop-up will ask you if you want to save the password.
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Click Save. Chrome will save the password and log in information securely.
- Clicking Never will add the website to your list of "Never Saved" websites.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Removing Sites from the "Never Saved" List

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Open Google Chrome
. It's the green, yellow, and red icon with the blue dot in the middle.
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Click ⋮. It's the icon with the three vertical dots in the upper-right corner.
3
Click Settings. It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
4
Click Advanced ▾. It's at the bottom of the Settings page. This will expand more advanced settings.
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Click Manage Passwords. It is found under the "Passwords and Forms" section.
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Scroll to the bottom to the "Never Saved" section. This is a list of websites that Google Chrome was instructed to never remember the password for.
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Click X to remove a site. This removes the website from the list, allowing Google to save and remember passwords for that site.
- For any website you remove from the "Never Saved" list, you'll need to log into the website again and click SAVE when prompted in order to save the password for that site.