How to Turn Off Google Smart Lock on Android and Chrome

When Google smart lock is enabled, then there’s no need to remember any password or Gmail. Remembering passwords is a chore for regular internet users. Nearly any site or device that offers any kind of service, no matter how mundane or trivial, requires registration, in which the potential user will most likely be required to provide a valid e-mail address for validation purposes, as well as to choose an account name and a password. In this feature, I will show you how to disable or turn off Google smart lock on Android and Chrome.

However, This feature is generally available to Chrome users on PC and Android and has to be acknowledged– it’s pretty useful. It notes all the passwords the user enters, remembers them and, in most cases, can save the user the trouble of having to input them the next time the user wants to take advantage of the website or the service of the app.

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What Google Smart Lock does for passwords in general?

Google Smart Lock can also synchronize your passwords through your various devices. So, if it’s on, you’ll easily be able to sign in to your Chrome browser or Android device. On both Chrome and Android devices, the password-saving feature is automatically switched on.

How to Disable or Turn Off Google Smart Lock

Having said that the Google smart lock is a good feature to keep enabled but God forbid, your phone will be stolen, evil people will be able to access all your passwords instantly. This could include passwords for online banking, cloud services that contain confidential business information, personal effects, or anything else you might want to keep safe behind a password that you thought was secure.

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How to Turn Off Google Smart Lock on Android

Step 1. Go to the Settings app.

Step 2. Tap on Google.

Step 3. Tap on Manage your Google Account.

Step 4. Slide right and tap on the Security tab and now scroll down and tap on Password Manager.

Step 5. Tap on Setting icon.

Step 6. At last turn off Auto sign-in and Offer to save password option.

How to Turn Off Google Smart Lock on Chrome on Android

Step 1. Open the Google Chrome browser on your Android phone.

Step 2. Tap on the three aligned dots on top right-hand corner then select Settings.

Step 3. Tap on Passwords.

Step 4. Toggle the switch for Save Passwords option and Auto Sign-in to off.

Step 5. Tap on Passwords, if you want to delete the save Passwords. You can delete them one by one by tapping them with your finger and then selecting Delete.

How to Turn Off Google Smart Lock on Chrome on PC

Step 1. Launch the Chrome web browser then click on the three-dot menu at the top right-hand corner then select Settings.

Step 2. On the left-hand side, click on Autofill.

Step 3. Below Autofill there are three options: Passwords, Payment Methods and Addresses and More. Click on Passwords.

Step 4. Once in, toggle the switch for Offer to save passwords off. Meanwhile, also disable Auto Sign-in.

Step 5. To remove passwords already saved, head down to the subsection ‘Saved Passwords’ and follow each password to the very end. You’ll see three vertical dots. Click it. In the drop down menu that follows, click Remove.

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Conclusion

This is how you can disable Google smart lock on Chrome and also Android. Whenever you want to cell your Android phone so first, you have to disable Google smart lock and then remove all saved Passwords.