Personalize your Google Chrome

Personalize your Google Chrome


Get your bookmarks, passwords, and more on all your devices

When you sign in to Chrome, you can save info in your Google Account. You can then use your info on all your devices where you’re signed in with the same account. Learn how to sign in to Chrome.

When you sign in to Chrome, on all your devices, you can find your info like:

    • Bookmarks
    • Reading list
    • Passwords
    • Payment info
    • Addresses, phone numbers, and more
    • Extensions
    • Web apps
    • Settings and preferences

You can also sync your tabs and browsing history to your Google Account once you’ve signed in to Chrome.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More  and then Settings and then You and Google.
  3. Select your account name.
  4. Turn on History and tabs.

Choose what info is saved in your Google Account

When you sign in to Chrome and save new info, like a bookmark, Chrome saves it in your Google Account. You can always change what info is saved in your Google Account.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More  and then Settings and then You and Google.
  3. Select your account name.
  4. Choose what to save in your Google Account.
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Use multiple Google Accounts in Chrome

When you sign in to Chrome, you can save your info in your Google Account. When you sign out of Chrome, your info is kept safe in your Google Account and removed from the device.

If you share a computer with others or want to keep your work and personal accounts separate, you can create a new profile in your browser. Learn how to manage Chrome with multiple profiles.

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Use your Chrome history to personalize Google

When Chrome history that's saved to your Google Account is also added to Web & App Activity, your activity may be used to personalize your experience on other Google products, like Search. For example, you may find a news story recommended in your feed based on your Chrome history.

You can always control your Web & App Activity in your Google Account. Learn how to find and control your Web & App Activity.

In some countries, you may need to manage your linked Google services to use Chrome history for personalization and other services.

If you don't want to personalize your Google products, you can still use Google's cloud to store your Chrome data without letting Google read your Chrome history. Learn more about keeping your info private.

Save existing info in your account

When you sign out of Chrome, bookmarks and other info are saved only on your device, not in your Google Account. To get this info on all of your devices, you can save it in your Google Account.

  1. On your computer, sign in to Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile and then Save x items in Account.
  3. Choose what info to save in your account.
  4. Select Save in account.

Keep your info private with a passphrase

With a passphrase, you can use Google's cloud to store your Chrome data without letting Google read it. Your payment methods and addresses from Google Pay aren't encrypted by a passphrase.

Passphrases are optional. To reduce the risk of a data breach, your synced data is always protected by industry-leading encryption.

If you’re having trouble syncing with your passphrase, you may have to update Google Chrome to the latest version.

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Create your own passphrase

When you have a passphrase:

  • You need it to sign in to Chrome with your Google Account on a new device.
  • You need to enter it on your devices where you’re already signed in.
  • Your feed won’t show suggestions based on sites you browse in Chrome.
  • You can't check your saved passwords on passwords.google.com or use Smart Lock for Passwords.
  • All of your history won’t be synced to your Google Account. Only web addresses that you enter in Chrome's address bar are synced.

To create a passphrase:

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. Sign in to Chrome with your Google Account.
  3. At the top right, select More  and then Settings and then You and Google.
  4. Select your account name.
  5. At the bottom, select Encryption options.
  6. Choose Use your own passphrase to encrypt all the Chrome data in your Google Account.
  7. Enter and confirm your passphrase.
  8. Select Save.
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Change or remove your passphrase

Important: To keep using your passwords in Chrome after you reset your passphrase, you can export the passwords before you reset and import them again. Learn how to import or export passwords with Chrome.

When you change your passphrase, the data encrypted by your passphrase is deleted from Google’s servers and you’re signed out from all your devices where you’re signed in. Your payment methods from Google Pay and your addresses aren't encrypted by a passphrase, so they won’t be deleted.

Your passwords and other info will be deleted from your Google Account and your device.

Step 1: Remove the passphrase

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. Go to Chrome data in your account dashboard.
  3. At the bottom, select Delete data and then Delete.

Tip: You can resume saving data in your Google Account, but you'll no longer have a passphrase.

Step 2: Make a new passphrase (optional)

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. Sign in to Chrome with your Google Account.
  3. At the top right, select More  and then Settings and then You and Google.
  4. Select your account name.
  5. At the bottom, select Encryption options.
  6. Choose Use your own passphrase to encrypt all the Chrome data in your Google Account.
  7. Enter and confirm your passphrase.
  8. Select Save.

Find your Chrome info on all your devices

After you sign in to Chrome with your Google Account, you can:

  • Save info to that account.
  • Access info on all your devices where you’re signed in with the same account.
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Find and manage your bookmarks
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More .
  3. Select Bookmarks and lists and then Show all bookmarks.
  4. In the Side panel, you'll find folders with all your bookmarks.

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Tip:
 To ensure a smooth Chrome experience, you can save up to 100,000 bookmarks in your Google Account to access them across your devices. If you hit the limit, you can delete unused bookmarks or export them.

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Find sites you've visited before
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More .
  3. Select History and then History.

If you use a passphrase, you'll only find sites you visited on other devices if you typed their web addresses into the address bar. Learn more about passphrases.

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Find tabs open on other devices
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More .
  3. Select History and then History.
  4. On the left, select Tabs from other devices.
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Find your saved passwords
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More  and then Passwords and autofill and then Google Password Manager.
  3. Under "Passwords," find all your passwords.
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Find your saved addresses and payment methods
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More  and then Settings and then Autofill and passwords.
  3. To find your saved information:
    • For your saved addresses, select Addresses and more.
    • For your saved payment methods, select Payment methods.

Learn more about filling out forms automatically.

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Find your extensions
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More  and then Extensions and then Manage Extensions.

When you sign in to Chrome, you can save your settings, themes, and web apps to your Google Account. You can access them across all your signed in devices and choose which apps to install on a device. Themes and settings update on devices where you’re also signed in to Chrome.


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