Keeping your passwords safe is crucial: they are unlocking all your digital accounts, from e -mail clients to social media apps to payment services, and these are places where you do not want unwanted visitors to roam around.
In modern times, most of us at least have dozens of these accounts – but to maintain a high level of security, you need passwords that are unique and long -term, which gives you the problem to remember them all.
The solution is the use of a password manager, who remembers all your registrations for you (and even helps you to invent strong passwords). There are enough to choose from, but here we look at the Google password manager, which can be used for free and works on most devices.
Find and set Google password manager
The obvious place to start with the Google password manager, if you are completely new in it, is on the desktop in Google Chrome. Click on Each Tab on the three points (top right) and then choose Passwords and AutoFill> Google password manager. From here you can view and edit passwords, view weak and duplicated passwords and configure how the Google password manager works in Chrome.
Click InstitutionsThan Offer to save passwords and passkeys– This means that Chrome will remember your logins in the future. You can also import passwords from another password manager, if necessary, from the same screen. Once your passwords have been remembered, you can switch it on Log it automatically To speed up the login process when you land on a recognized site.
That is how Chrome will prepare on your computer, but to get your passwords from each device, you must synchronize all this information with your Google account. Click on a Chrome tab on the three points (top right), then Settings> U and Google. If you have not yet registered with Google, you can do it here and click Sync and Google Services> Manage what you synchronize To synchronize passwords with the cloud and other devices.
You are active, but there are other places to get with the Google password manager. There is actually A web interface That reflects the interface that you get within Chrome, but you can be working on it in a web browser or in Chrome if you are not registered with your Google account (perhaps on someone else’s laptop).
As you would expect, Google Password Manager is tightly integrated into Android. Choose from Settings Passwords, Passkeys and Accounts (Pixel -Phones), or Security and Privacy> More Security Settings> Passwords, Passkeys and Autofill (Galaxy phones). Set Google -password manager here and your passwords are stored and collected for recognized apps on Android and in Chrome.
Google Chrome for Android Of course, it is also supplied with the Google password manager, of course, for websites -make sure you are only registered with the same Google account that is linked to your passwords. Then tap the three points (top right) on each tab and then Institutions And Google password manager To get to your passwords.
You can also come to an iPhone at the Google password manager, but the integration is not that extensive, and you must need it Google Chrome for iOS installed. Tap from each tab Open in the mobile browser on the three dots (bottom right) and then Password manager. You can also go to iOS settings and choose General> Autofill and passwordsand set Chromium– This means that you can register with iOS apps outside of Chrome using your stored references (although you cannot save new references).
Manage login references in Google password manager
After you have performed Google Password Manager on all your devices, everything must work pretty smoothly: every time you first register with a website or app, you will be asked if you want to save the login details (and you will see another prompt when you update your password). When you open a website or app that is recognized, Google password manager jumps in and delivers the details.
There are still a few tricks to know about, which we will treat with regard to the web app -although the same options are available where you can get with the Google password manager. Log in The web interfaceAnd you can search for a site or app, or simply browse through the list. Click on an item to see login details.
With the options on the next screen you can copy a password to the clipboard, add a comment (useful for organizing many passwords), edit the password manually or remove it completely from the list – which is a good idea for apps and sites that you no longer use, or in cases where the password manager has made a duplicate for some reason.
At the top of the Google password manager front screen, and on the pages of the individual offers you can see warnings about weak passwords, double passwords and passwords that are exposed in data leaks. When you see one of these warnings, it is a good idea to follow the instructions to change your password as quickly as possible.
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