Although password managers are increasingly used by users, they are often unnecessary. Web browsers, like Firefox and Chrome, allow us to save all passwords securely and take care of filling them in automatically when we try to log into a web page. However, although the password managers of web browsers are much simpler than specialized ones, such as KeePass or LastPass, little by little they are bringing new functions and features like the one we are going to see very soon in Chrome.
7 out of 10 users use Chrome as the default web browser. And most of these users also trust Google when it comes to synchronizing their data, such as their passwords. The Google Chrome password manager allows us to automatically fill in the login boxes when we are going to log into a website. It also has other interesting features such as, for example, the possibility of generating random and secure passwords when registering on websites, and a system that notifies us of the keys that have been compromised in computer attacks.
If we change a password on a website, Chrome allows us to update it directly. However, Google’s web browser does not allow us to edit the passwords that we want. Until now.
New feature for password manager
The Google browser for Android does allow you to easily edit passwords from your password management panel for over a year. However, on PC it is not possible to do so. Despite the fact that users have requested this simple function many times, the company has ignored these requests, this being one of the reasons why many users choose to look for other alternatives.
Google is finally working on bringing this possibility to desktop users and Chrome OS. Although the company has not yet given an exact date for the arrival of this version, it is expected to arrive within the life cycle of Chrome 86 , and it will also be reflected in the Beta and Canary versions, 87 and 88, respectively.
This new function will initially arrive as a flag, disabled by default. As soon as it is available we can activate the function by typing chrome: // flags in the address bar and looking for the one called:
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Once the function is activated we can go to our password panel and here, when we open the menu of one of the passwords, we can see the possibility of editing the passwords in Chrome.
How to edit Google passwords
Although Chrome still does not allow us to edit passwords from the browser, if we have to edit a password it is possible to do so. But we will have to go to the Google password website to do it. Here we can see all the passwords that we have synchronized with our Google account.
If we select any of the saved passwords, we will find the option to edit the password.
Thus, we will be able to change both the username and password of the website in question. It is not the best way to do it, but while this native function comes to Chrome it can get us out of trouble.