User security is linked to passwords and on Android mobiles this is no different. Although we increasingly have better security methods for mobile phones such as fingerprint reader or facial recognition, although passwords are still essential. From the hand of Google we find a password manager on our mobile and today we will learn everything necessary about it.
With the infinity of accounts that we can have and different passwords that we should use to protect our mobile from hackers , it is difficult to remember them all. The storage of passwords thus achieves that we only have to remember that of our Google account and the others will automatically complete themselves.
How to save passwords and use them on Android
The first thing we should know is how we can save passwords in our Google account. To do it on some web page we must do it from Google Chrome or in any application, such as social networks. In the process of entering our account and password nothing will change for now, although we will have to be vigilant when clicking on log in . At the bottom we will see the option to save the password and thus we will not have to remember it again, something that also appears when we register.
To use the saved passwords we only have to press on the space to enter the username or email and immediately we will see how the accounts that we have linked and saved in that service appear. As in our case we have previously saved the password, now a box appears on which to click and it will automatically complete.
View saved passwords on Android
Once we have learned to save passwords on our mobile, we can only control and manage them. From the same space we will be able to know the application apps and those that we have saved in Google Chrome , so those that we have used on the computer will also be synchronized with our account. The process is very simple, we just have to follow the following steps:
- We access the Settings of our Android mobile.
- We look for the section called Google and we access it.
- Click on the button ” Manage your Google account “.
- We go to the Security tab.
- Then we go down to the option ” Password manager ” at the bottom of the list.
Manage passwords on Android mobiles
From the same section where we access the passwords we will be able to carry out various actions. At the top we can choose if we want to choose the question of saving passwords and below we have the option to log in without even taking the previous steps, although this could be complicated if we have more than one account.
Among the options that we have available for each of the passwords we have to edit, delete, view or copy. To see or copy it we will have to use the security method that we have pro defect in our mobile, be it the fingerprint reader, facial recognition or a pin, with the intention that no one can use them.