How to Sync passwords across devices on Chrome

Hi readers Did you know Google has its own dedicated password manager Sync passwords across your devices ? It’s more than just password-syncing built into the Chrome browser — Google’s solution also offers a web app, mobile apps, deep integration with Android, and automatic generation of strong passwords.

Few people have noticed this, which isn’t surprising — this feature has grown from a simple part of the Chrome browser to escape it and provide a larger, cross-platform password manager.

The following are All the Ways You Can Access Your Passwords

Your saved passwords can be accessed in a variety of ways:

• Chrome on Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, and Linux: The password manager syncs with the Chrome browser, so it can be used in Google Chrome on any desktop or laptop platform
• Chrome for Android, iPhone, and iPad: Google Chrome’s mobile apps can also sync your passwords, so you can access them in the Chrome apps on Android, iPhone, and iPad. There’s no Safari integration on iOS — you’ll have to use the Chrome browser app.
• On the Web: Google offers a web-based interface to your passwords at https://passwords.google.com. You can sign in from anywhere with your Google account to access it.
• On the Mobile Web: This is also a responsive web page, which means you could access it from a smartphone. You could even add the website to your smartphone’s homescreen, copy-pasting passwords from https://passwords.google.com whenever you need to log into an app.
• In Android Apps: Google recently added a feature named “Smart Lock for Passwords” to nearly all Android devices as part of a Google Play Services update. This feature integrates with Google’s password manager to automatically log you into apps that support it. For example, let’s say you log into Netflix in Chrome on the desktop, and you save that Netflix password in Chrome’s password manager. You can later open Netflix on your Android smartphone or tablet and Android will provide your Netflix credentials to the app, automatically logging you in. This behavior can be disabled or tweaked if you don’t like it.

You can sign in to apps and sites on different devices using passwords saved to your Google Account when you:

• Sign in to Android
• Sign in to Chrome with sync turned on

Save passwords to your Google Account

If Offer to save passwords is on, you’ll be prompted to save your password when you sign in to sites and apps on Android or Chrome.

To save your password for the site or app, select Save. If you have more than one Google Account signed in to your Android device, you can choose the account where you want to save the password.

You can manage your saved passwords any time at passwords.google.com or in Chrome.

On Computer Manage offers to save passwords

You can let Chrome remember passwords for sites and sign you in automatically using the passwords saved in your Google Account.

Offer to save passwords is on by default, and you can turn it off or back on.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click Profile  Passwords.
   • If you don’t see your Google Account, learn how to turn sync on in Chrome.
3. Turn Offer to save passwords on or off.

Manage offers to save passwords for specific sites or apps – Sync passwords across your devices

You can choose to never save passwords for specific sites. When you’re prompted to save a password, select Never. You won’t see an offer to save that password again.

You can view or manage the sites that will never offer to save passwords:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click Profile   Passwords.
   • If you don’t see your Google Account, learn how to turn sync on in Chrome.
3. Under “Never Saved,” see the websites that will never offer to save passwords. To remove a site, click Remove .

Manage auto sign-in

You can automatically sign in to sites and apps using info you’ve saved. You can also turn Auto sign-in off if you want to provide confirmation before signing in.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click Profile   Passwords.
   • If you don’t see your Google Account, learn how to turn sync on in Chrome.
3. Turn Auto sign-in on or off.

On Android

Manage offers to save passwords – Sync passwords across your devices

You can let Chrome remember passwords for sites and sign you in automatically using the passwords saved in your Google Account.

Offer to save passwords is on by default, and you can turn it off or back on.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your device’s Settings app   Google  Google Account.
2. At the top, scroll right and tap Security.
3. Scroll down to “Signing in to other sites” and tap Saved Passwords.
4. Turn Offer to save passwords on or off.

Manage offers to save passwords for specific apps

You can choose to never save passwords for specific apps installed on your device. When you’re prompted to save a password, select Never. You won’t see an offer to save that password again.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your device’s Settings app   Google  Google Account.
2. At the top, scroll right and tap Security.
3. Scroll down to “Signing in to other sites” and tap Saved Passwords.
4. Scroll down to “Blocked.”
5. From here, you can:
   • Block offers to save a password for a specific app. Tap Add  and choose the app you want to block.
   • Unblock offers to save a password for a specific app. Next to the app you want to unblock, tap Menu   Delete.

Manage auto sign-in

You can automatically sign in to sites and apps using info you’ve saved. You can also turn auto sign-in off if you want to provide confirmation before signing in.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your device’s Settings app   Google  Google Account.
2. At the top, scroll right and tap Security.
3. Scroll down to “Signing in to other sites” and tap Saved Passwords.
4. Turn Auto sign-in on or off.