I am not sure of using any other website which offers to save and backup the passwords. I saw app like lastpass for this but can I trust them blindly for my secure passwords.
Do you offer any product like this.
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Hi Sophia,
You can easily have a backup of your saved passwords and other customization present in your Chrome browser. Signing in to your Google account will upload your entire setting and making it accessible to any computer or device you use together. You can use the below methods to safely create a backup of your passwords.
Method 1: Here's how to backup manually
- Press windows key + R in your keyboard then type the code “%USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplicationsGoogleChromeUser Data” and then click OK button.
- Copy the folder named Default and paste folder in a safe location.
- To restore the folder, repeat step 1.
- Copy the backup folder that you saved previously in a safe location and paste it in the new window.
- It overwrites the current default folder and the files inside.
Method 2: Here's how to backup entire settingsTo back up entire chrome settings, the steps to be followed are given below:
- Go to Settings or just type chrome://settings/ in the browser.
- In settings, click on Sign in to chrome. Log in with your details.
- Click on advanced sync settings and choose Sync everything on the next screen and click OK button. This will backup all your data or settings.
Method 3: Use ChromePass
ChromePass is a free tool to backup or export your stored passwords from Chrome browser in a XML, HTML file format and displays saved passwords in Google Chrome browser. The steps to be followed are given below.
- Download and install the ChromePass tool.
- Then run ChromePass tool to view all saved passwords in Google Chrome by extracting the downloaded zip file.
- To get the up-to-date list click on the refresh button.
- First select all passwords afterwards go to File, choose save selected items and then select the type of file that you use to store these passwords.
- Enter a name to the file and save the passwords in selected file format.
I hope this helps in creating a backup of your passwords.Also do not trust any third party websites for storing passwords as you’ve may have noticed, banking sites and many others that deal with highly sensitive information so don’t let save your password there.
Regards,
Lokesh
