How to Turn Off the Google Chrome Password Manager

Google Chrome features a built-in password manager that automatically prompts you to save your credentials every time you log into a new website. While convenient, this pop-up can be incredibly annoying if you already use a dedicated, third-party password manager like 1Password, LastPass, or Bitwarden. In this scenario, Chrome and your third-party app will constantly fight each other, both attempting to fill in the password box and creating a confusing, overlapping mess on your screen.

If you have chosen to rely on a more secure, cross-platform password manager, you must completely disable Chrome’s built-in system to prevent these frustrating pop-ups.

How to Disable the Password Manager (Desktop)

You can turn off the constant “Save Password?” prompts directly from the main Chrome settings on Windows, Mac, or Chrome OS.

1. Open the Google Chrome browser.
2. Look at the top-right corner of the window and click the three vertical dots (the Chrome menu).
3. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
4. In the left-hand sidebar, click on Autofill and passwords.
5. Click on Google Password Manager. (This will open a new tab).
6. In the new Password Manager tab, look at the left sidebar and click on Settings.
7. You will see a toggle switch labeled Offer to save passwords. Turn this toggle OFF.
8. Right below it, you will see a toggle labeled Auto Sign-in. Turn this OFF as well.

Chrome will no longer interrupt your workflow when you log into a website. Your third-party password manager will now have exclusive control over the login fields.

How to Clear Existing Saved Passwords

Turning off the “Offer to save” toggle only stops Chrome from asking for new passwords. It does not delete the 50 passwords Chrome has already secretly saved over the past three years. If you leave these passwords in Chrome, the browser will still attempt to autofill them, defeating the purpose of switching to a secure app.

You must wipe Chrome’s memory completely.

1. Open Chrome and press Ctrl + Shift + Delete (or Cmd + Shift + Delete on a Mac) to open the “Clear browsing data” menu.
2. Click the Advanced tab at the top.
3. Change the “Time range” dropdown to All time.
4. Uncheck every box EXCEPT for “Passwords and other sign-in data.” (You only want to delete the passwords, not your history or cookies).
5. Click the blue Clear data button.

Chrome’s password vault is now completely empty.

How to Disable the Password Manager (Mobile App)

If you use Chrome on your smartphone, it operates independently of your desktop browser (unless sync is fully active). You should disable the prompts here as well.

On Android / iOS:

1. Open the Chrome app.
2. Tap the three dots (top right on Android, bottom right on iPhone).
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap Password Manager.
5. Tap the Gear icon in the top right corner.
6. Toggle Offer to save passwords to the OFF position.
7. Toggle Auto Sign-in to the OFF position.