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Google Chrome autofill option may be helpful while signing into a website but it can be risky as well, google chrome autofill settings. Know how you can disable it.

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First Published Date: 21 Jun, IST

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Have you ever moved IRL and then can’t figure out how to remove your old address information from Google Chrome’s autofill options? Or perhaps a friend used your laptop to fill out a form and their information persists in your Chrome browser’s options? Well, here’s how to clear that stuff out.

Find Google Chrome settings

First, you’ll need to get into your Chrome settings. You can either type chrome://settings into the Chrome address bar, or follow these steps:

1. Click the three vertically stacked dots in the upper-right side of your Chrome browser window
2. Click on Settings in the menu that popped up

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From here, you have two paths to clearing out the autofill data depending on whether you wish to toggle autofill capabilities in Chrome, google chrome autofill settings, clear specific autofill entries, or just wipe all of them out entirely.

How to manage individual autofill settings

To manage Autofill settings and to clear out specific entries, you’ll want to click on Autofill in the list on the left of the Chrome Settings window. This will present a list of Autofill categories: Passwords, Payment methods, & Addresses and more

When you’re filling out a form and Chrome has autofill options for you, the options will typically have a Manage option at the bottom of the list. Clicking that will take google chrome autofill settings to this relevant Settings >Autofill area.

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Selecting any of those Autofill options data recovery cracked provide a list of the relevant autofill data, alongside additional settings options, such as the toggle for having Chrome offer to save your passwords or payment details.

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Under Passwords you can:

• Toggle Chrome’s ability to ask and save passwords.
• Toggle Chrome’s ability to automatically sign into sites that Chrome knows your credentials for.
• If you have any passwords saved in Chrome, Google is providing the additional service of checking your saved passwords against known security issues.
• Export your saved passwords by clicking the three vertically stacked dots to the right of Saved Passwords.
• See and manage any login information for sites you have saved to Chrome. Use the three vertically stacked dots next to each entry to see more details or remove entry.
• See and manage a blacklist of sites you’ve told Chrome to never save passwords for.

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Under Payment methods, google chrome autofill settings, you can:

• Toggle Chrome’s ability to save and fill your payment information.
• Toggle whether you allow Chrome to provide information about saved payment methods to a third party.
• Add new payment method entries.
• See and manage existing payment methods, including those pulled from services like Google Pay. Use the three vertically stacked dots next to each entry to edit or remove them. For Google chrome autofill settings Pay options, you will see a box with an arrow pointing to the upper-right corner, which is a link to your Google Pay settings for managing payment information.

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Under Addresses and more, you can:

• Toggle Chrome’s ability to save and fill your address and contact information.
• Add new address or contact information entries.
• See and manage your existing address/contact information entries. Use the three vertically stacked dots next to each entry to edit or remove them.

How to wipe all autofill data

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1. Click on Privacy and security on the left-hand side of the Chrome Settings window
2. Click Clear browsing data from the new list in the middle
3. In the popup pane, select Advanced at the top
4. Check the box for Passwords and other sign-in data
5. Check the box for Autofill form data
6. Click the Clear data button on the bottom of the popup frame

Please note that this method won’t prevent your browser from collecting and suggesting additional autofill entries in the future. You will want to pop in to the specific Autofill settings described above to toggle those capabilities off, if you wish to do so.

That should just about cover it! Now you know how to get rid of that address from that one time you had a gift sent directly to your friend’s place.

Chrome autofill saves contact information, and payment details, if enabled in the browser, making it easier to fill in online forms and complete purchases. If you want to prevent Chrome from using this information, learn how to enable, manage, and disable Chrome autofill settings.

How to Enable Chrome Autofill

You can quickly enable and disable autofill in Chrome. Here's how to enable autofill for addresses and payment information.

1. Open Chrome.

2. Select the three-dot menu on the top right of your screen.

3. Select Settings.

4. Under Autofill, select Payment methods.

5. Toggle on Save and fill payment methods.

6. Select the back arrow to go back to Settings.

7. Select Addresses and more.

8. Toggle on Save and fill addresses. Close the Settings page by navigating to a website or closing the browser.

9. Going forward, on most websites, you’ll get a prompt to autofill addresses and payment information.

   If Chrome doesn't prompt you to autofill addresses or payment information, it means either the website you’re on is not secure or the browser can’t detect the appropriate form fields.

How to Disable Chrome Autofill

To disable the setting, go through the same steps to enable it. Instead of turning on Save and fill payment methods, just toggle that switch to the Off position.

Manage Chrome Autofill Settings

When you’ve used Chrome autofill for a while, you’ll eventually have outdated information saved or mistyped addresses. You can add, edit, and delete your information for both addresses and payments.

1. Open Chrome.

2. Select your profile icon on the top right. Underneath your profile photo and email address are three icons: Passwords, Payment methods, and Addresses and more, google chrome autofill settings.

3. Select the Payment methods icon, then choose Add.

4. Input your credit or debit card details and select Save.

5. Select the Addresses and more icon.

6. Select Add. Input an address and choose Save.

   You can add as many addresses and cards as you want.

7. To edit or remove a payment or address entry, select the three-dot menu next to it.

8. Select  Edit. Update the entry and choose Save.

9. Select  Remove to delete an address or payment.

   If you have syncing turned on, your address changes will show up on your other devices.

Update Payment Methods in Google Pay

If you sync your payment methods with Google Pay, you’ll have to make the updates there. 

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2. Select Payment methods.

3. To add a card, scroll down and choose Add payment method.

4. To update information, select Edit below the card. 

5. To delete a card, select Remove underneath it.

Delete Chrome Autofill Data

Finally, you can delete all the saved addresses and payment methods in Chrome at the same time by clearing browsing data. 

1. Open Chrome.

2. At the top right, select the three-dot menu. 

3. Select More tools > Clear browsing data.

4. Choose a time range. Options include Last hour, Last 7 days, and All time.

5. Under Advanced, google chrome autofill settings the box for Autofill form data.

6. Select Clear data.

   This process will not delete cards stored in Google Pay.

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• You can enable or disable autofill settings on Chrome using the iPhone or Android app.
• You can also add, edit, or delete saved addresses and payment information in the autofill settings.
• To clear Chrome autofill information, just clear your browsing data.

Saving your addresses and payment information to Google Chrome can help you quickly navigate forms online.

And although the steps will vary a bit depending on whether you use an Android phone or an iPhone, google chrome autofill settings, the overall ease and speed of the process holds true.

Here's how to turn on the autofill option and manage your saved information via the Google Chrome app.

How to change your Google Chrome autofill settings

Here's how to change the autofill settings for your addresses or payment methods via the Chrome app:

1. Open the Chrome app on your iPhone or Android phone.

2. Tap the three dots — located either to the right of the address bar (on Android) or the bottom-left corner of the screen (on iPhone)  — and select Settings.

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3. To change your settings for autofill addresses, tap Addresses and more.

4. Tap the toggle next to Save and fill addresses to turn the feature on or off. You can also edit your saved address information as necessary on this screen.

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5. To change the autofill information for payment methods, tap Settings on the top left of the "Addresses and more" screen to head back to the "Settings" page. Then, tap Payment methods above Addresses and more to change your autofill payment information and settings.

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How to clear your autofill information on Chrome

If your autofill information is outdated, you can clear it so you can enter more up-to-date details.

1. Open the Chrome app on your iPhone or Android phone. 

2. Tap the three dots — located either to the right of the address bar (on Android) or the bottom-left corner of the screen (on iPhone)  — and select History.

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3. Tap on Clear Browsing Data. On Android, this option will be on the top, while on iPhone, it will be at the bottom.

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Quick tip: If you don't want to clear your cookies, cache, and history as well, make sure to uncheck those options before clearing your browsing data, google chrome autofill settings, as they're checked google chrome autofill settings default.

4. On Android, select the Advanced tab and tick the checkbox for Autofill form data by tapping on it. On iOS, you'll see the option right away and should tap Auto-fill Data to check that option.