Chrome login password. How to lock your profile with a password in Google Chrome? Enable password request

08.06.2023

Not everyone knows, but the Google Chrome browser has convenient user profile management, allowing each user to have their own browser history, bookmarks, isolated site passwords and other elements. One user profile is already present in your installed Chrome, even if you haven't enabled Google Account synchronization.

Note: Although there are users in Google Chrome without a Google account, the following steps require that the primary user has such an account and is logged in with it.

Enable password prompting for Google Chrome users

The current user profile management system (version 57) does not allow us to set a password on Chrome, however, the browser settings contain an option that allows us to enable the new profile management system, which in turn will allow us to get the desired result.

The complete steps to protect a Google Chrome user profile with a password would be as follows:

In the browser address bar, enter chrome://flags/#enable-new-profile-management and in the “New system profile management" set to "Enabled". Then click the Restart button that appears at the bottom of the page.
Go to settings Google Chrome. In the Users section, click Add User.
Enter a username and be sure to check the “View sites opened by this user and monitor their actions through the account” option (if this option is missing, then you are not signed in to your Google account in Chrome). You can also leave a checkmark to create a separate shortcut for the new profile (it will launch without a password). Click “Next” and then “Ok” when you see a message indicating that the supervised profile was successfully created.
The resulting list of profiles will look something like this:
Now, to lock your user profile with a password (and therefore block access to bookmarks, history, and passwords), click on your username in the Chrome window title and select “Sign out and lock.”
As a result, you will see a login window for Chrome profiles, and a password will be set on your main profile (the password of your Google account). This window will also open every time you launch Google Chrome.

At the same time, the user profile created in 3-4 steps will allow you to use browser, but without access to your personal information that is stored in another profile.

If you wish, by logging into Chrome with your password, in the settings you can click “Profile Control Panel” (currently available only in English) and set permissions and restrictions for the new user (for example, allow you to open only certain sites), view his activity ( what sites he visited), enable notifications about this user’s activities.

Also, for a controlled profile, the ability to install and remove extensions, add users, or change browser settings is disabled.

Note: methods to ensure that Chrome cannot be launched at all without a password (using only the browser itself) are currently unknown to me. However, in the user control panel mentioned above, you can prevent the controlled profile from visiting any sites, i.e. the browser will become useless for it.

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When you create a user as described above, you have the option to create a separate Chrome shortcut for that user. If you skipped this step or need to create a shortcut for your primary user, go to your browser settings, select the desired user in the appropriate section and click the "Edit" button.

There you will see the “Add shortcut to desktop” button, which adds a launch shortcut specifically for this user.

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers that is available for almost all mobile and desktop platforms. If we compare Google Chrome with its closest rival Mozilla Firefox, then Chrome loses due to the lack of a password on the browser. However, from now on users can , thereby protecting your bookmarks, search history, saved passwords and everything else. Just follow the steps below and you can easily

How to set a password on Google Chrome

Although Google Chrome has a store with a huge assortment of free extensions, this time we will not use any third-party utilities, because... This browser already has a function for our business.

In order to set a password on Google Chrome you need to resort to the Controlled Profile that Google announced some time ago. The administrator account can view various actions performed by the Controlled profile in Google Chrome. To be more precise, the Administrator can see what resources have been opened, block the installation of extensions, and much more.

However, if you need reliable protection, then you need to create a Controlled Account, with which you can completely secure your profile. If you do not create a Controlled Account, you will not be able to set a password on Google Chrome.

First, you need to enable the “New Profile Management System”. To do this, enter in the search bar of your browser Chrome://flags. This will take you to a page with experimental browser functions.
Next, find in this list a function called "New profile management system"(#enable-new-profile-management). The settings for this function should be set to “Default”. Set it to "Enable" and restart Google Chrome to make changes.
After restarting the browser, go to its “Settings”. There you should find the line “Users” and the “Add user” button. Click on this button.
Now you need to select an avatar, username and check the box “View sites opened by this user and monitor his actions through the ********** account.” Then click the add button.
It will take a short time to create and then you will see a message indicating that the creation of your Supervised Profile is complete.

That's it, you did it set a password on Google Chrome. If you want to block him, then simply click on your profile name in the top right corner and select "Sign out and block."

If several users use the same account at once, it is very important to protect personal data from being viewed by unwanted persons. So, if you want to protect your browser and the information received in it from detailed study by other computer users, then it is rational to set a password on it.

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to set a password on Google Chrome using standard Windows tools. Below we will look at a fairly simple and convenient way to set a password, which only requires installing a small third-party tool.

To set a password, we will turn to the help of a browser add-on LockPW , which is a free, simple and effective way to protect your web browser from being used by people for whom the information in Google Chrome is not intended.

1. Go to the add-on download page in your Google Chrome browser LockPW , and then install the tool by clicking on the button "Install" .

2. After completing the installation of the add-on, you need to proceed to its configuration. To do this, as soon as the tool is installed in the browser, the add-on configuration page will be displayed on the screen, in which you will need to click on the button "chrome://extensions" . You can get to this menu item yourself if you click on the browser menu button, and then go to the section “Additional tools” – “Extensions” .

3. When the add-ons management page loads on the screen, immediately under the LockPW extension, check the box next to "Allow use in incognito mode" .

4. Now you can proceed to setting up the add-on. In the same extension management window near our add-on, click on the button "Options" .

5. In the right area of the window that opens, you will need to enter the password for Google Chrome twice, and in the third line provide a hint in case the password is forgotten. After this, click on the button "Save" .

6. From now on, browser password protection is enabled. Thus, if you close the browser and then try to open it again, you will be required to enter a password, without which it will be impossible to launch the web browser. But that's not all the LockPW add-on settings. If you pay attention to the left area of the window, you will see additional menu items. We will consider the most interesting:

Automatic blocking. After activating this item, you will be asked to specify the time in seconds, after which the browser will be automatically blocked and a new password will be required (of course, only the browser idle time is taken into account).
Quick presses. By enabling this option, you can use the simple keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L to quickly block the browser. For example, you need to step away for a while. Then, by pressing this combination, no stranger will gain access to your browser.
Limiting input attempts. An effective way to protect information. If an unwanted person incorrectly enters the Chrome password a specified number of times, an action you set will take place - this could be deleting history, automatically closing the browser, or saving a new profile in incognito mode.

The very principle of LockPW operation is as follows: you launch the browser, the Google Chrome browser is displayed on the computer screen, but a small window immediately appears on top of it, prompting you to enter a password. Naturally, until the password is specified correctly, further use of the web browser is not possible. If you do not specify a password for some time or completely minimize the browser (go to another application on your computer), the browser will automatically close.

LockPW is a great tool to protect your Google Chrome browser with a password. With its help, you don't have to worry that your history and other information accumulated by the browser will be viewed by unwanted persons.

In the stable version of Google Chrome 41, they found an opportunity to hide your profile from prying eyes by locking it with a password. In fact, we have talked about such experiments before, but so much time has passed that we will tell everything again.

You should already be familiar with the new profile switching manager. It appeared relatively recently and was deservedly criticized by many users, for whom it is very important to quickly switch between different profiles. Now it doesn’t work quickly because an additional window opens. Such a step is only puzzling, given that at one time the Google Chrome developers specifically abandoned all additional windows in favor of tabs. And then suddenly there was a 180 degree turn. But that's not what this is about...

If you want to prevent your user from being launched in this window, you must create at least one controlled user. We also talked about them, but let us remind you that this is a type of profile where its settings are actually controlled from the outside. Simply put, a “child” profile that can be managed by a “parent” (regular) one. It's easy to create. You need to add a user from a regular profile synchronized with Google and check one single box.

It is logical that the “parent” settings need to be protected from “children”, so now you will have an item in your profile menu responsible for logging out and blocking.

Nothing complicated.

But! Never forget that such “password protection” only blocks the browser from launching with your data and settings. This will do nothing to protect the physical profile folder located on your hard drive. Any program or any user with physical access to the computer can access this data. By the way, encrypted passwords for sites that you store in your browser are also easy to decrypt and retrieve, because the key is stored locally. Therefore, this method will not save you from hackers and third-party software. But it will completely help protect your profile from sabotage from children, wives, parents, and drunken friends.

Modern browsers allow you to save passwords that the user enters on various sites. This function is very convenient because... allows you not to waste time remembering and entering a password when visiting any page.

On the other side Passwords saved in the browser may be accessible to other users. Therefore, when using this feature of browsers, you should think about the security of your data. Even if you don't save passwords in your browser, you may simply want to protect your browser settings, saved bookmarks, browsing history, etc. from unauthorized access.

Let's take the Google Chrome browser as an example and look at how to protect your personal information.

How to view saved passwords in Google Chrome

Passwords that Chrome has saved can be viewed through the browser settings. To do this, in the browser menu you need to select the “Settings” item, then at the very bottom of the page click on the “Show additional settings” item. In the “Passwords and Forms” section, click on the “Manage Passwords” link.

After completing these steps, a window should open with a list of sites for which passwords have been saved. At the same time, the passwords themselves are hidden. When you select any line, a “Show” button appears next to the hidden password; when clicked, the password should be displayed.

Google Chrome doesn't have the option to set a master password to protect all of your saved passwords, but modern versions of the browser include another feature to keep previously entered passwords safe. It's called "Password Manager Reauthentication".

If this feature is enabled, then when you click on the “Show” button to display the hidden password, the system account manager will be called. Only after the user enters their Windows account password (this feature is also available for Mac users) will the hidden password be displayed.

If the Account Manager does not load when you click the button, then most likely your “Password Manager Reauthentication” feature is disabled. To enable it follow these steps:

Check if you have the latest version of Google Chrome and update if necessary.
Launch your browser and enter in the address bar chrome://flags to go to the functions page.
Find the item " Disable password manager re-authentication” and set it to “Enable”.
Restart Chrome to save changes.

In order for this function to work, the system user must have a password set.

Lock Google Chrome with a password

To prevent unauthorized access to your browser, you can set a password for it. Newer versions of Chrome include a feature that allows you to lock browser settings associated with your Google Account. This is a very convenient feature that allows you to block access to your personal data, such as bookmarks, extensions, browsing history, saved passwords, etc.

In order to use this function you need to do the following:

In your browser's address bar, type chrome://flags and go to the list of functions.
Find the item " Enable new profile management system" and set the value to "Enabled".
Restart Chrome to apply the changes.

After restarting the browser, you will see a button in the upper right corner with the name of the current user. If you haven't signed in to Chrome, the button will display the word "You". To use the blocking feature, you must be signed in to Chrome using your Google Account.

After logging into your account, to lock your browser, simply click on the button with your account name at the top and then click on the padlock icon.

Now, when you launch Chrome, a window will appear asking you to enter the password associated with a specific account. Also, when you set these settings, you have the option to sign in to Chrome with a guest account. This will load a new profile with default settings.

! Addendum (05/20/2015)

In the current version of Chrome, the process for blocking the browser using the profile manager has changed slightly. Now, for the profile blocking function to be available, you must first log into your Google account and then create at least one controlled user (Settings -> “People” section -> Add user).

In this case, when creating a user, you must check the box, as shown in the figure above.

Now, after clicking on the button with the account name, you will see that a new item “Log out and block” has been added there. Use it to block your account.

Setting a password using a Chrome extension

The disadvantage of the previous method is that the lock must be set manually each time. If you want Chrome to be locked automatically after each session ends, then the LockWP extension will help you with this. When using this extension, the browser will ask for a password every time you launch it. Follow these steps to install and use the LockWP extension in Google Chrome:

Download and install the LockWP extension.
After installation is complete, the extension should automatically open a settings window. If this does not happen, open the settings manually through the browser menu -> Settings -> Extensions -> LockWP Settings.
In the extension settings, check the “Allow use in incognito mode” checkbox.
Next, a window will open with instructions, following which you can set a password, enable safe mode, limit the number of login attempts, etc.

After completing all the settings, Chrome will require a password every time you start it. If the user tries to close the password entry window or wants to switch to another tab, the browser will automatically close.

Using the LockWP extension, you can also lock your browser while working without closing it. To do this, just right-click on the current Chrome page and select “LockWP” in the context menu.