That way, you minimize losing out on the amount of any new browsing data that was created up till that point in time. One final takeaway from the whole process is to choose a device that not only has an unopened instance of Chrome after you deleted your passwords, but also one that was synced the most recently before the event of the passwords removal. After a brief moment, take a look at the Passwords management screen, and you should have the deleted passwords back.Īlso, make sure to sign back onto Chrome on all of your other devices as well. Step 6: On the device where you originally deleted your passwords, get to the Settings screen, and then click Turn On Sync next to your profile picture. Get to the Settings screen and sign yourself back in to start syncing locally stored data with the Google servers. Because you’ve reset Chrome Sync for your Google Account, you should find yourself logged out of it automatically. Step 5: Open Chrome on a device that you haven’t been on to since you deleted your passwords. Further, it turns off Chrome Sync on the current device, while also signing you out of Chrome on all of your other devices. That prompts Chrome to get rid of all browsing data stored on the Google servers. Step 4: On the Reset Sync confirmation pop-up box, click OK. Step 3: On the Data From Chrome Sync page that shows up, scroll all the way down, and then click Reset Sync. Step 2: Scroll down, and then click Manage Synced Data on Google Dashboard. Step 1: On the Chrome Settings panel of the device where you initially lost your passwords, click the option labeled Sync. That causes all of the devices to sync back with the Google servers, and voila, I have all of my passwords across all devices intact!įound all of that a tad confusing? Not to worry - the steps below should walk you through the complete process of recovering deleted passwords. Also, I sign into Chrome on each of my other devices. Then I proceed to turn on Chrome Sync on the device where I had deleted the passwords.
After reset, Google servers no longer have my data, and Chrome should start syncing my locally stored browsing data on the device (which has all of my passwords intact) with my Google Account as if anew. Now, all I have to do is to manually sign in to Chrome from a device that I haven’t yet accessed after the incident where I deleted the passwords. Since I am not logged in, Chrome Sync won’t work. This action stops Chrome Sync right in its tracks, deletes all my data stored on the Google servers, and also forcibly logs me out of Chrome on each of my other devices.Īnd that means I can then launch Chrome on any device without fearing that I would lose the deleted passwords that are still stored on them.Īfter reset, Google servers no longer have my data, and Chrome should start syncing my locally stored browsing data on the device Once I realize my mistake, I proceed to reset Chrome Sync on the same device. Let’s start with a scenario where I delete several passwords on one of my devices.
While that’s more than possible, this workaround restores all your passwords as they were, thus preventing you from arduously noting down passwords - in some cases dozens of them - and other login details manually.
Now obviously, you might be thinking that what I’m going to talk about involves disabling internet access to the device to prevent Chrome from syncing and then recovering the passwords individually. So if you only deleted your passwords a moment ago, absolutely DO NOT go ahead and open Chrome on your other devices just yet.
GOOGLE CHROME PASSWORDS DISAPPEARED ANDROID
Thankfully, Chrome still lay unopened on my Android smartphone ever since the incident. At the same time, I had Chrome on my iPad open, so that was a no-go. In my case, I deleted my passwords accidentally on a desktop.
Otherwise, Chrome would have already synced the changes, thus rendering the following workaround useless. However, it should also specifically be one that you haven’t yet used after the debacle with deleting your passwords. What You Need to Recover Passwordsīefore you can even think of recovering deleted passwords, you need to have at least one other device that already has Chrome installed. But rather than giving up, I messed with a few things and came up with a nifty workaround that I’m sure you’d love to know. And rather carelessly, I ended up deleting several passwords for sites that I visit often. Just the other day, I went on a cleaning spree to get rid of unwanted passwords that had accumulated over the years.
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