Macos – Chrome Not Saving Passwords on Mac

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I recently was forced to destroy everything in the ~/Library/Keychains folder on my Mac (we're using Active Directory users and I've always had keychain troubles when it's time to change the password). I've done this plenty of times before.

However this time, Chrome is no longer saving passwords at all. It still prompts me if I want to save them and occasionally autofills a name (though I suspect that's Mac OS rather than Chrome).

I've already checked and both boxes under "Passwords and Forms" are checked in settings. There are no sites listed under "Manage Passwords." I've also checked to make sure both the Local Items and Login Items keychains are unlocked in Keychain Access.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

I had the same issue when my IT folks at work nuked my keychain. I uninstalled and installed chrome following the steps here.

  1. Go to ~/<username>/Library folder.
  2. Delete Google folder from ~/Library/Application Support.
  3. Delete below folders from ~/Library/Caches
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  4. Delete ~/Library/Google folder

Make sure you’ve shut down Chrome while performing this action and then either move the folder to the trash or rename it to something like backup. Chrome and then start Chrome up again.

This will fresh start your Google Chrome.

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