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How to See a Saved Password in Google Chrome on a Mac

What you need: A Mac with Google Chrome, the name of the website whose password you want to see, and the password you type to unlock this Mac.

Before you begin: The password will show on the screen. Make sure nobody else can see it.

Steps

  1. Click Finder (the blue smiling face) in the Dock, the row of app icons along the edge of the screen.
  2. In the menu bar at the top of the screen, click Go, then Applications.
  3. Find Google Chrome in the window and click it twice quickly to open it.
  4. Click the three dots standing one above the other (More) at the upper-right corner of the Chrome window. A menu opens.
  5. Click Passwords and autofill, then click Google Password Manager. A page opens with a list of websites under Passwords.
  6. Find the website's name in the list. Scroll down to see more. Click the website's name once.
  7. If a message appears asking for your Mac's password, type the password you use to unlock this Mac and press the Return key. If the message shows a fingerprint and no box to type in, click Use Password… and type the password, or touch the Touch ID button at the upper-right corner of the keyboard. This is the Mac's password, not your Google account password.
  8. Next to the password, which shows as dots, click the eye symbol (Show password). If the message from step 7 appears now, do what it asks as in step 7.
  9. Read the password, which now shows as letters and numbers. If the website has more than one saved password, check the username shown above it.
  10. Click the eye symbol again. The password shows as dots again.

Expected result: You saw the password Chrome saved for the website, and it shows as dots again.

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