How to stop Chrome offering to save passwords on Android

By Abu Bakar Saadat · Reviewed by Saadat Rafiq · 2 min read · 3 steps · Published 7 October 2026

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

App

Chrome

Real screenshots

2 of 3 steps

What we did

Looked at each screen; changed nothing

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. Open Google Password Manager

   Tap the three dots at the top right of Chrome and choose Google Password Manager. In Chrome's Settings it is under Passwords and Autofill.

   Done

2. 

   Switch off Offer to save passwords

   It is the first switch on the Settings tab. Ours was on; we left it. Automatically create a passkey just below asks the same question for passkeys.

   Done

3. 

   Optional: switch off Auto sign-in

   With Auto sign-in off, Chrome asks before using a saved password to sign you in.

   Done

About this guide

Useful if you keep passwords in another password manager, or share the phone. Passwords already saved stay saved.

The screenshots are from Chrome and the Gmail app on a Samsung Galaxy A57 5G with Android 16 and One UI 8.5, in dark mode. Both apps look the same on other Android phones; only the phone's own settings screens differ by brand.

Good to know

Passwords you already saved stay in Google Password Manager; the Accounts tab at the bottom lists them.

In short: Chrome, three dots, Google Password Manager, Settings: Offer to save passwords off; Auto sign-in off if you like.