The Annoyance of Password Suggestions
Whenever you click on an empty password field on a new website, Google Chrome immediately drops down a large, obtrusive menu. If you have an account, it suggests your saved credentials. If you are creating a new account, Chrome automatically generates a complex, secure password (like xY7!mQ2#vP) and aggressively prompts you to use it, promising to save it to your Google Account.
If you use a dedicated, third-party password manager like 1Password, Bitwarden, or LastPass, Chrome’s built-in password suggestions are incredibly frustrating. The Chrome popup physically blocks your third-party extension’s popup, forcing you to constantly dismiss Chrome’s suggestions just to access your actual password vault. You can disable Chrome’s built-in password manager entirely.
How to Disable Chrome Password Suggestions
You can turn off the password prompts within Chrome’s Autofill settings.
- Open Google Chrome on your desktop.
- Click the More (three dots) icon in the top-right corner.
- Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
- In the left-hand sidebar, click on Autofill and passwords.
- In the main window, click on Google Password Manager.
- On the left side of the new Password Manager screen, click on Settings.
- You will see a toggle switch labelled Offer to save passwords.
- Toggle the switch to the Off position.
- Right below it, ensure the toggle for Auto Sign-in is also turned Off.
Once you disable these two switches, Chrome will completely stop analyzing login forms. It will no longer offer to generate secure passwords, it will no longer ask to save passwords you type, and the annoying dropdown menus will vanish forever, giving your third-party password manager full, unobstructed control of your login fields.