How to Disable Chrome Password Manager (Step by Step)

What does it mean to disable Chrome password manager?

Disabling Chrome password manager means stopping Chrome from offering to save new passwords, filling saved ones and signing you in automatically.

Google Password Manager is the password store built into Chrome and your Google account. It saves logins as you type them, fills them on return visits and syncs them to other devices signed in to the same account.

People usually turn it off for one of three reasons: they have moved to a dedicated password manager, two managers keep popping up on the same login form, or a company wants work passwords out of personal Google accounts.

What should you do before you turn it off?

Export your saved passwords first, because switching off saving does not move or protect anything that is already stored.

Open chrome://password-manager/settings in Chrome.
Choose Export passwords and confirm with your computer password if asked.
Save the CSV file somewhere temporary, such as your desktop.
Import the file into your new password manager and spot-check a few logins.
Delete the CSV file and empty the trash. It contains every password in plain text.

If you are moving to BobWork Vault, the import passwords from a Chrome CSV page shows the exact steps. The file is read and encrypted in your browser, and duplicates are skipped.

How do you turn off Chrome's offer to save passwords?

Go to chrome://password-manager/settings and switch off Offer to save passwords and passkeys.

Open Chrome and click the three-dot menu in the top right.
Choose Passwords and autofill, then Google Password Manager. You can also paste chrome://password-manager/settings into the address bar.
Open Settings in the left-hand menu of the password manager.
Turn off Offer to save passwords and passkeys.
Turn off Sign in automatically, so Chrome stops logging you in with a stored credential.

Menu names change between Chrome versions. If a label looks different, type "passwords" into the search box at the top of chrome://settings, or check Google's Chrome help pages for the current wording.

These settings apply to the Chrome profile you are in. If you use several profiles, such as work and personal, repeat the steps in each one.

How do you stop Chrome autofilling passwords?

Chrome only autofills passwords it has saved, so the reliable way to stop password autofill is to turn off saving and then delete the stored passwords.

Switching off Offer to save and Sign in automatically stops new saves and automatic logins. Chrome may still suggest passwords it already holds when you click into a login field. Deleting them, covered in the next section, removes those suggestions.

Addresses and payment cards are separate. They sit under Passwords and autofill in chrome://settings as Addresses and more and Payment methods, each with its own switch. Turn those off as well if you want Chrome to stop filling forms entirely.

How do you delete saved passwords from Chrome after moving?

Delete them from Google Password Manager itself, or Chrome will keep a second copy of every login you just moved.

Confirm your new password manager has all your logins and that you can sign in with a few of them.
Open chrome://password-manager/passwords.
Open each site, choose Delete, and repeat for the rest of the list.
To remove everything at once, open chrome://settings/clearBrowserData, choose All time, tick Passwords and passkeys (it may sit under an advanced tab) and untick anything you want to keep.
Check passwords.google.com while signed in to your Google account. Synced passwords live there too, and other devices will download anything left behind.

Deleting passwords in Chrome removes Chrome's copy only. It does not change the password on the website. If you think a password was ever exposed, change it at the site and store the new one in your new manager.

Which Chrome password settings should you change, and why?

Most people need to change two settings and do one clean-up step; the table shows what each option does.

Setting or step	What it stops	When to change it
Offer to save passwords and passkeys	New "Save password?" prompts	Always, once you use another manager
Sign in automatically	Automatic logins with stored credentials	Always, and especially on shared or work computers
Delete saved passwords	Old suggestions and a second copy of every login	After you confirm the import worked
Addresses and Payment methods	Form and card autofill	Only if you want no browser autofill at all
PasswordManagerEnabled policy	The password manager on every managed browser	When a company manages its Chrome browsers

How can a team disable Chrome password manager on managed browsers?

Teams can disable Chrome password manager on every managed browser by setting the PasswordManagerEnabled policy to off.

A managed browser is a Chrome install whose settings an organisation controls, through the Google Admin console, Windows Group Policy or a Mac configuration profile. When the policy is set, employees cannot turn password saving back on themselves.

Google Admin console: find the password manager setting in the Chrome browser or user settings and apply it to the right organisational unit. Check Google's Chrome Enterprise help pages for the current path.
Windows or Mac device management: set PasswordManagerEnabled to false using Google's Chrome policy templates.
Test first: apply it to a small group, then open chrome://policy on one machine to confirm the policy shows as applied.

A policy stops new saving but does not move anything. Ask staff to put their work logins in the company password manager and delete Chrome's copies around the switch, and add the step to your employee offboarding password checklist so leavers' browsers are covered too.

For the wider trade-offs, read whether Chrome's password manager is safe for business.

Why do two password managers fight over the same login form?

Both Chrome and your password manager's extension watch login fields, so each one offers to fill and save the same password.

The result is double prompts, a password saved in one place but not the other, and confusion over which copy is current. Turning off Chrome's saving and autofill leaves one source of truth.

The BobWork Vault Chrome extension, which also runs in Edge, Brave and Arc, includes an option to turn off Chrome's own autofill and password saving so the two don't compete. After that, the key icon in login fields fills your saved login in one click, and Ctrl+Shift+F (⌘+Shift+F on Mac) fills it from the keyboard.

What should you use instead of Chrome's password manager?

Use a dedicated password manager that works in every browser you use and, for teams, lets you share logins with controlled access.

For one person, almost any reputable password manager is a step up from none. For a team, look for shared folders, access levels, an audit log and a clean way to remove a leaver's access.

BobWork Vault is a free team password manager with team sharing included on the free plan. Items are encrypted in the browser, so the server stores ciphertext only. Teammates can get Owner, Edit, View or Login only access; Login only lets the extension fill a password without the person seeing or copying it. It runs as a Chrome extension and as a web vault that opens in any modern browser, including Safari and Firefox.

Create a free BobWork Vault account, import your Chrome CSV, then switch Chrome's password manager off.

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Questions

Can I disable Chrome password manager without losing my passwords?

Yes. Turning off "Offer to save passwords and passkeys" does not delete anything already saved. Export your passwords from chrome://password-manager/settings before you delete them, so you have a copy to import elsewhere.

Does turning off Chrome's offer to save passwords delete them?

No. It only stops new save prompts. Saved passwords stay in Google Password Manager and may still be suggested until you delete them.

Is it safe to keep the exported Chrome password CSV file?

No. The CSV holds every password in plain text. Import it, check the import worked, then delete the file and empty the trash.

How do I stop Chrome autofilling passwords on a work computer?

Turn off "Offer to save passwords and passkeys" and "Sign in automatically", then delete the saved passwords. If the computer is company-managed, ask IT to set the PasswordManagerEnabled policy to off.

What happens to synced passwords if I delete them in Chrome?

With sync on, deleting them in Chrome also removes them from your Google account. Check passwords.google.com afterwards to confirm nothing is left.