Many people save their passwords in Google Chrome but don’t realize how easy it is to look them up when you need to. In this article, we’ll show you how you can see passwords that you’ve saved in Chrome on a Mac. The steps are exactly the same if you’re using Windows.
First, open Chrome by finding the colorful icon and clicking on it. Once it opens, locate the profile icon, which is the little circle in the upper right-hand corner of the window, and click on it. If you’re signed into Chrome, you should see your name and email address. If not, click “Turn on sync” and sign in with your Gmail or Google account and password. This is one of the only passwords you can’t save in Chrome, so you’ll have to keep track of it separately. Turn on sync so that your passwords will be saved to your account.
Now that you’re signed in, click on the profile button again. Notice that if you’re on this Google page, there are two circles like this. The one you want is the top one, not the lower one. The profile window opens, and you’ll see a little key symbol below your name and email address. Click on that.
The key brings us to the password page. On this page, you can see all the passwords you’ve saved in Chrome in columns. First, the websites in alphabetical order, then the username for that website, and then the password that goes with it. For security reasons, the passwords are listed as dots, so if we want to see a password, we have to click the eyeball symbol next to it.
For safety, Chrome still won’t show the password until you verify your identity. It will ask you for your computer login password, not your Gmail or Google password or anything else. Depending on your setup, you might also be asked for a fingerprint, a PIN, or even a facial scan. Whatever you use to log into your computer, as soon as you’ve verified that it’s really you, Chrome shows you the password for this account.
As long as you stay on this page, you can see other passwords without having to re-verify yourself. If you have hundreds of passwords, don’t miss the search option at the top of the page. It makes it much faster and easier to locate your accounts. Just type whatever you’re looking for, and up it pops. When you’re done, click the “x” to clear the search and show the whole list again.
There’s a lot of other useful stuff on this page, like the “Check passwords” option, which we encourage you to try. You can go directly to the websites in the list by clicking on them. When you click on a website, it opens in a new tab, and the login information is filled in automatically. Your password page is still open in another tab, so you can get back to it anytime you want.
In summary, here are the steps to see your passwords in Chrome:
1. Open Chrome and sign in if you are not already signed in.
2. Click on the profile icon in the upper right corner of the window.
3. In the profile window, click the key to get to the passwords page.
4. To show any password, click on the eyeball symbol next to it.
5. Finally, verify your identity using your computer login to unlock the password display.
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