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Hey everyone! I've been trying to organize my online accounts and found something interesting in my Google account settings. I realized I have no idea what passwords I've saved there or which accounts they're for. I've looked through Google's help resources but can't find a clear way to view these passwords. I even downloaded Google Chrome and enabled syncing, hoping to find my passwords, but still nothing. There's an option to clear everything, but I want to know what I'm deleting first. Has anyone figured out how to see the passwords saved there?
One possible solution is
- Click on the 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner
- Click "More Tools" > "Clear Browsing Data"
- On the new page, change the time frame to "All Time"
- Click "Advanced"
- Select "Passwords" before clicking on "Clear Data"
There is no way to restore passwords after doing this to my knowledge.
Source: https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/3509905?hl=en
This recommended answer from 2019 on the Google's support worked for me today (I only tested the Chrome Desktop way):
- Go to https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync and Reset Sync
- This will disconnect syncing on all your devices temporarily and deletes passwords on the server side
- Now you have to go device by device and bulk delete passwords
- On Chrome Desktop: Ctrl+Shift+Del --> Advanced --> Time Range: All time --> Select Passwords only --> Clear data
- On Chrome Mobile: Settings --> Privacy --> Clear Browsing Data --> Advanced --> Time range: All time --> Select Saved passwords only --> Clear data
- After you bulk deleted passwords from the device, you can turn back on syncing: Settings --> Turn on sync
Currently, the button in https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync UI changed from Reset Sync text to CLEAR DATA. The companion message reads:
This will clear your Chrome data from your Google Account. This won't clear any data from your devices.
On the 4th step you'll need to log in again to your account, and the data you didn't remove from your devices will be synced.