When you sign in to Chrome, you can save info in your Google Account. You can then use your info on all your devices where you’re signed in with the same account.
When you turn on sync, you’ll find the same info on all your devices:
- Bookmarks
- History and open tabs
- Passwords
- Payment info
- Addresses, phone numbers and more
- Settings and preferences
- Payment info that you saved to Google Pay.
- Passwords that you saved to your Google Account.
- Addresses that you saved to your Google Account.
Choose what info is synced
When you turn on sync, all your profile information is saved to your Google Account. If you don't want to sync everything, you can change what info is saved.
- On a trusted computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings.
- Click You and Google
Sync and Google services.
- To find out what you've synced, select Review your synced data.
- Under 'Sync', click Manage what you sync.
- Select your sync option:
- Choose Sync everything to sync all of your data.
- Choose Customise sync to choose which data you want synced.
When you switch your sync account, all your bookmarks, history, passwords and other synced info is copied to your new account.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
Settings.
- At the top, click You and Google.
- Select Turn off
Turn off.
- Click You and Google
Turn on sync.
- Sign in to the Google Account with which you want to sync.
- Select Yes, I'm in.
If someone else is signed in or you want to keep your data separate, you can create a new profile in your browser. Learn more about how to share Chrome and keep your info separate.
When Chrome history that's saved to your Google Account is also added to Web & App Activity, your activity may be used to personalise your experience on other Google products, like Search. For example, you may find a news story recommended in your feed based on your Chrome history.
You can always control your Web & App Activity in your Google Account. Learn how to find and control your Web & App Activity.
In some countries, you may need to manage your linked Google services to use Chrome history for personalisation and other services.
If you don't want to personalise your Google products, you can still use Google's cloud to store your Chrome data without letting Google read your Chrome history. Learn more about keeping your info private.
Keep your info private with a passphrase
With a passphrase, you can use Google's cloud to store and sync your Chrome data without letting Google read it. Your payment methods and addresses from Google Pay aren't encrypted by a passphrase.
Passphrases are optional. To reduce the risk of a data breach, your synced data is always protected by industry-leading encryption.
If you’re having trouble syncing with your passphrase, you may have to update Google Chrome to the latest version.
Create your own passphraseWhen you have a passphrase:
- You'll need your passphrase whenever you turn on sync somewhere new.
- You'll need to enter your new passphrase on your devices where you have already turned on sync.
- Your feed won’t show suggestions based on sites that you browse in Chrome.
- You can't check your saved passwords on passwords.google.com or use Smart Lock for Passwords.
- All your history won't sync on all devices. Only web addresses that you enter in Chrome's address bar are synced.
To create a sync passphrase:
Step 1: Turn on sync
If you're already signed in to Chrome, turn on sync first to create a passphrase.
Step 2: Create a passphrase
- In Chrome, at the top right, click More
Settings.
- Click You and Google
Sync and Google services.
- Click Encryption options
Encrypt synced data with your own sync passphrase.
- Enter and confirm a passphrase.
- Click Save.
When you change your passphrase, the data encrypted by your passphrase is deleted from Google's servers and you're signed out from all of your devices where you're signed in. Your payment methods from Google Pay and your addresses aren't encrypted by a passphrase, so they won't be deleted.
Your passwords and other info will be deleted from your Google Account.
Step 1: Remove the passphrase
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to the Google Dashboard.
- At the bottom, click Clear data
Clear.
Tip: You can resume saving data in your Google Account, but you'll no longer have a passphrase.
Step 2: Make a new passphrase (optional)
- In Chrome, at the top right, click More
Settings.
- Click You and Google
Sync and Google services.
- Click Encryption options
Encrypt synced data with your own sync passphrase.
- Enter and confirm a passphrase.
- Click Save
When you're done, you can turn sync on again on all your other devices. Learn how to turn sync on in Chrome.
Find your Chrome info on all your devices
You can find information you’ve saved on other devices after you’ve turned on sync. When you’re signed in to Chrome, you can also access your:
- Passwords and addresses saved to your Google Account
- Payment info from Google Pay
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
.
- Select Bookmarks and lists
Show all bookmarks.
- In the side panel, you'll find folders with all your bookmarks.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click History
History.
If you use a passphrase, you'll only find sites that you visited on other devices if you typed their web addresses into the address bar. Learn more about passphrases.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click History
History.
- On the left, click Tabs from other devices.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select Profile
Passwords
.
- If you can’t find the Passwords icon, at the top right of your screen, select More
Passwords and autofill
Google Password Manager.
- If you can’t find the Passwords icon, at the top right of your screen, select More
- Under 'Passwords', find all your passwords.
When you sync saved passwords to Chrome, you can find them available when you sign in to an Android app. Find out more about how to sync passwords.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click Profile
Payment methods
or Addresses and more
.
Find out more about filling in forms automatically.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More
Extensions
Manage extensions.
Changes to your settings will update on all your devices. New themes and apps will be added to all your computers.
Fix problems with sync
If you're on an older version of Chrome, it sometimes has difficulty syncing. Update to the newest version of Chrome.