By default, Google Chrome will ask you a question "Do you want Chrome to save your password" immediately after you enter the username and password to login to a website. If you want to use the autofill feature to enter user login details next time, you should click save the password. If it is not your personal computer, you should click on the button never for this site. This article is not about the autofill feature but about how to retrieve previously saved usernames and passwords from Chrome browser. In case if you do not want to keep the user details, you can delete them by yourself. This tutorial explains how to view or delete the autosaved passwords on Google Chrome browser.
When you enter login details, you may see a message from the browser. The message looks like below.
If anyone clicks on the button "Save password", his username and password will be stored. So to avoid the accidental saving of our important user details by Google Chrome we need to click on the button " Never for this site". It is possible others might accidentally allow Chrome to save their private details. The below section will guide you to view them.
To view the saved username and passwords from older versions of Chrome, follow the steps below.
Autofill feature of web browsers is useful for a common Internet user to avoid repeating same manual data filling multiple times. However, it can create some security issues too. For example, Google Chrome asks the permission to save typed username and password while logging in to a website. If it is a personal computer you can let it save the password but if it is a shared computer you cannot let it happen. It is because anyone can steal the saved passwords. So you do not want to take a chance. What if you already let Chrome to save your password (for example email username and password ) and want to delete it before someone else access it? You can delete them before someone else views it. For that, all you have to do is follow the instructions below.
In this tutorial, you have learned the steps to view saved usernames and passwords from Google Chrome browser. If you are looking for steps to retrieve passwords from Firefox, click on the link below
Steps to View Saved Username and Password From Mozilla Firefox
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According to Google, Chrome is the fastest browser available now. If you want to install it on your computer, it is necessary to have an Internet connection to complete the installation process. However, there are alternate installers available for who doesn't like Internet access while installation. To learn more about it click on the link below.
How to Download Alternate Offline Installer
You can use the above steps for the password recovery on Chrome browser if the username you are looking for is already saved. Similarly, we can perform password recovery steps in Opera browser also. To learn how to perform password recovery on Opera browser follow the instructions provided in the link below.
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Auto-saving of Login Details
When you enter login details, you may see a message from the browser. The message looks like below.
If anyone clicks on the button "Save password", his username and password will be stored. So to avoid the accidental saving of our important user details by Google Chrome we need to click on the button " Never for this site". It is possible others might accidentally allow Chrome to save their private details. The below section will guide you to view them.
View Saved Username and Password From Google Chrome Browser
- Start Chrome browser
- Click on "Customize and Control" button
- Click on Settings
- Click on Show Advanced Settings link on the bottom of the settings page
- Click on Manage Saved Passwords link
- Select the saved password and click on Show button
- To hide the saved password on Chrome, click the hide button
Steps to See Saved username and password from Chrome Older Versions
To view the saved username and passwords from older versions of Chrome, follow the steps below.
- Open Google Chrome
- Click on the settings button. It is on the right-hand top of the window and looks like below.
- Now you will get a drop-down menu. From the menu click on Options. Now you will get a window like this.
- To view the saved passwords and usernames in Google Chrome, click on the button Show saved passwords.
Delete Saved Passwords and Username From Chrome Browser
Autofill feature of web browsers is useful for a common Internet user to avoid repeating same manual data filling multiple times. However, it can create some security issues too. For example, Google Chrome asks the permission to save typed username and password while logging in to a website. If it is a personal computer you can let it save the password but if it is a shared computer you cannot let it happen. It is because anyone can steal the saved passwords. So you do not want to take a chance. What if you already let Chrome to save your password (for example email username and password ) and want to delete it before someone else access it? You can delete them before someone else views it. For that, all you have to do is follow the instructions below.
- Open Browser
- Access the Saved passwords:
To access the saved passwords on Chrome follow the steps mentioned above depends on the version.
- Press the delete button (X) on the top of the specific password you need to delete
- After removing the password and username you should verify the deletion and click on done.
In this tutorial, you have learned the steps to view saved usernames and passwords from Google Chrome browser. If you are looking for steps to retrieve passwords from Firefox, click on the link below
Steps to View Saved Username and Password From Mozilla Firefox
Chrome is a very useful browser and you can perform various tasks other than browsing on it. If you want to take a high-quality full page screenshot, Chrome can help you with this. To learn it, follow the link below.
How to Take Full Page Screenshot Using Browser
According to Google, Chrome is the fastest browser available now. If you want to install it on your computer, it is necessary to have an Internet connection to complete the installation process. However, there are alternate installers available for who doesn't like Internet access while installation. To learn more about it click on the link below.
How to Download Alternate Offline Installer
You can use the above steps for the password recovery on Chrome browser if the username you are looking for is already saved. Similarly, we can perform password recovery steps in Opera browser also. To learn how to perform password recovery on Opera browser follow the instructions provided in the link below.
Perform Login Information Recovery on Opera Browser
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