Google Chrome Autofill: A Complete Guide

Saving time and storing your info securely

If you’re looking to save time, especially if you struggle with not getting things done, you may want to look at some time-saving shortcuts you could use. This is especially true if you’re forever filling out your details online, in online forms or shopping carts.

ForGoogle Chrome users, there’s one easy, time-saving shortcut you can use to save time online—Google Chrome autofill. You can use it tofill out passwordsand other form data you’ve securely saved, such as addresses or credit card details. If you’re new to Chrome, here’s everything you need to know about Google Chrome autofill.

What Is Google Chrome Autofill?

Google Chrome autofill is designed as a time-saving measure. It has one purpose: to fill out details you commonly use on websites. It’ll fill out your name, address and payment details in shopping carts, while also allowing you to quickly sign into your favorite websites by filling in your username and password automatically.

There are advantages and disadvantages to having this feature enabled in your browser. The advantages are clear—it will save you time and make your browser experience more secure, allowing you to save and use more complex passwords for your most-used sites, as well as keeping your other personal details safe.

Unfortunately, this could also prove to be a disadvantage. If you’re saving payment details (such as your credit card information) to Chrome, you’re placing your data at risk if your PC is ever compromised, although Chrome does encrypt your personal data.

Of course, you may prefer to use Google Chrome autofill for less sensitive data without this proving to be much of a problem. If you do find yourself saving sensitive data, you can always remove it later or disable Chrome autofill entirely.

How To Set Up Google Chrome Autofill

To use Chrome’s autofill feature, you’ll first need to make sure that it’s set up to save the right kind of data. Autofill can be used to save passwords, payment details, addresses, and other forms of contact details.

Deleting Existing Chrome Autofill Data

There are several ways you can erase your autofill data in Google Chrome. For instance, you may want to remove a specific piece of saved data like a saved password or address, which you can do from the Chrome settings menu. You can also remove all saved autofill data from your Chrome profile.

Once you’ve wiped your autofill data, you’ll need to make sure that each of the autofill categories are disabled in theAuto-fillcategory menus from the Chrome settings menu to ensure that further data isn’t saved automatically.

Using Google Chrome Autofill Effectively

Chrome autofill is a great time-saving feature for casual and power users alike. It’s especially useful if you’re worried about your password security, especially as it becomes a built-inpassword managerfor your Google account. You can use a similarautofill feature on Androiddevices, too.

Similar features are available for other browsers. If you’re using Firefox, you canmake Firefox saferby adding a master password to store your common site logins and form data. Of course, if you’re worried about your data security, you can alwayswipe your browser datato keep your important information hidden from snoopers.

Ben Stockton is a freelance technology writer based in the United Kingdom. In a past life, Ben was a college lecturer in the UK, training teens and adults. Since leaving the classroom, Ben has taken his teaching experience and applied it to writing tech how-to guides and tutorials, specialising in Linux, Windows, and Android. He has a degree in History and a postgraduate qualification in Computing.Read Ben’s Full Bio

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