Find saved passwords on android google chrome browser.
We explain step by step how to see passwords saved on Chrome android browser.
As most operating systems launch new editions with significant improvements for each type of user, apps developer also upgrades applications to provide essential features corresponding with the OS development. We see how Google Chrome , most secured browsers 2017 for both mobile and desktop, launched less than a month ago new version 62 for Android devices full of various practical features.
Although Google Chrome is developed by the powerful company Google, we can see some differences between browsers both desktop and mobile being some quite different at what the user wants. One of those essential features that are absent in Google Chrome for Android, is the ability to see passwords saved in the browser.
This feature has been available in the browser for the desktop since its inception, but not available in Android, therefore, with the new compilation 62 (Chrome 62) in Android, the browser will now allow us to see all passwords saved. This function is very useful because it allows you to easily copy and paste saved passwords, without the need to remember them.
MsnTechBlog will analyze how to find saved passwords stored in Google Chrome and how to view saved password for a specific site on Android phone and thus take advantage of this new function in the Android browser.
Prerequisites to find saved passwords on Chrome Android
To find out google chrome saved password, your android phone must maintain some criteria. Follow instruction mentioned below to prepare your android phone to find saved passwords on Chrome.
Step 1
To do this, as we have indicated, we must have the updated version of Google Chrome on Android to 62, and to verify, we open the browser, click on the menu icon (three vertical dots) located on the top right side, there we select “Settings” / “About Chrome“.
There we can see that we have version 61.0 because the update has not yet been available for all Android devices worldwide.
Step 2
In case of not having the version 62 of Google Chrome, we can make use of the Beta version of Google Chrome which we find in the following link:
By having this version, which can be installed next to the stable version of Google Chrome, it will be possible to preview the most recent functions and test those functions before they reach our device.
Add to this, it will be possible to see the saved password only if we have some kind of screen lock security feature in the device, this in order to guarantee that no unauthorized person can see the passwords.
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Step 3
Finally, we must log in with our Gmail account in the Chrome browser for this to work. In addition, you can see your saved password only if you have some kind of screen lock security feature on your device. This is done to ensure that no unauthorized person can see your passwords. Now you must sign in with your Gmail account in your Chrome browser to make this work.
When installing the beta version of Google Chrome we will be using version 63 of the browser:
How to see passwords saved in Chrome Android
Once the prerequisites are completed, we can start the process to see our passwords saved in Chrome. For this, it will be necessary that we follow the following steps.
Step 1
To start the process of displaying our passwords, we open the Google Chrome browser again and click on the menu icon (three vertical dots) where we select the option “Settings“:
Step 2
In the window that opens, click on the option “Save passwords“:
Step 3
There we can see all the accounts and passwords saved in the browser linked to the linked account:
Step 4
We can touch the account from which we wish to see the password and the following options will be displayed. Here we can see the name of the website and your email account associated that site. However, the username and password are not available here now.
Step 5
If we want to see the username and password, we click on view and manage saved passwords at passwords.google.com . Then we need to sign in google with our associate gmail account and password for security assurance. You can also update google chrome settings to increase your privacy and security.
Step 6
Once we sign in, we’ll discover all the site list with saved password. You can see the username, password and email account as well as IP address of websites. But the passwords are hidden. If you want to see the password, you need to click on the eye icon, then the hidden password asterisk icon will turn into your desired password.
That’s how simple Google Chrome allows us to see saved passwords thanks to its version 62. Hopefully you’ve followed all the instruction properly and finally achieve the goal to find saved passwords on chrome android browser.
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