The Missing Credentials
Google Chrome includes a built-in password manager to securely store your login credentials. However, some users experience a highly frustrating issue where Chrome seems to “forget” their passwords. This happens when a specific privacy setting is enabled. Chrome can be configured to automatically delete certain types of browsing data every single time you close the browser window. If passwords or “site data” are included in this automatic exit-cleanup, you will find yourself completely logged out of every website and forced to re-type your passwords every time you restart your computer or close Chrome.
Protecting Passwords on Exit
To ensure your saved logins persist between sessions and stop Google Chrome from automatically deleting your passwords and cookies when you close the browser, you must adjust the “Clear browsing data on exit” settings.
Open Google Chrome. Click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner and select Settings. In the left-hand navigation menu, click on Privacy and security. In the main panel, click on Site settings. Scroll down and click on Additional content settings to expand it, then click on On-device site data. Look for the setting labelled Delete data sites have saved to your device when you close all windows. If this is turned on, Chrome is wiping your active logins. Click the toggle to turn it Off. (Alternatively, if you are using an older version of Chrome, this is found under Privacy & Security > Cookies and other site data > “Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows”).