Passkeys are a simple and secure way to sign in to both your Google Account and the sites and apps you care about — without a password. To improve your account’s security, a website or app asks you to use a passkey to sign in or create a new one.
Learn how to sign in with a passkey instead of a password.
Tip: Passkeys are built on industry standards, so you can use them across many platforms.
Understand passkeys
A passkey is a secure alternative to a password and helps improve the security of your online accounts. It protects you from phishing and is unique for each site and app you use. When you save a passkey, it can be saved to your device or in your password manager.
You can save your passkeys in Google Password Manager to use them across your devices, as long as you’re signed in with the same Google Account on Chrome or Android devices.
Benefits of passkeys include:
- You won’t have to remember a sequence of letters, numbers, and characters for each site.
- To sign in into your accounts, scan your fingerprint or face. Your biometric data is stored on your device and isn't shared with Google.
- You can use passkeys across different operating systems with both websites and apps.
- Passkeys are strong enough to never be guessed or reused, making them safe from hacker attempts.
- Passkeys are connected to the app or website they were created for, so you can never be tricked into using your passkey to sign in to a fraudulent app or website.
- Passkeys saved with Google Password Manager are available across your devices. You can use them on all platforms where Chrome is available when you're signed in with the same Google Account.
Save and use passkeys with Google Password Manager
To save passkeys in Google Password Manager, sign in to your Google Account on Chrome or your Android device. When you go to a site or app that supports passkeys, you’ll be asked to create a passkey in Google Password Manager.
Your passkeys are securely backed up and synced to your Google Account. To use them across devices, sign in to Chrome or Android with the same Google Account on each device.
Store passkeys in Google Password Manager
Important: To store passkeys, your device must have:
- An Android version 9.0 or up.
- Screen-lock turned on.
When you use passkeys on your Android device, they’re stored in your Google Password Manager. Passkeys are securely backed up and synced across your Android devices.
To unlock a passkey you've already created on your Android device, you’ll need its PIN, pattern, or password.
Create a passkey- When you go to a site or app that uses passkeys, it will ask if you want to create a passkey in Google Password Manager.
- To allow the creation of the passkey, select Create.
- To confirm the passkey creation, it will ask for your Android screen lock.
Important: You can also use passkeys when you sign in to your other apps.
When a website or app asks you to log in with a passkey, Chrome might require you to confirm your identity with your Android screen lock.
You can manage your passkeys from the Google Password Manager app or from your Android device settings.
Google Password Manager app:
- If Google Password Manager isn’t installed, download the Google Password Manager app.
- Open Passwords
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- To find your passkeys, tap Passkeys.
Android device:
- On your Android device, open Chrome
.
- On the right of the address bar, tap More
Settings
.
Settings 
Tip: If you lose your Android device, you can recover your passkeys on a new one. Sign in to your account and give the security PIN, pattern, or password of your lost device.
When you sign in to a site with a password saved in Google Password Manager, the site may automatically create a passkey for you. Google Password Manager informs you when this happens. This doesn’t affect your password, which remains saved in Google Password Manager along with your passkey.
To turn automatic passkey creation on or off:
Google Password Manager app:
- If Google Password Manager isn’t installed, download the Google Password Manager app.
- Open Passwords
- At the bottom right, tap Settings
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- Turn Automatically create a passkey to sign in faster on or off.
Android device:
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- On the right of the address bar, tap More
- At the bottom right, tap Settings
- Turn Automatically create a passkey to sign in faster on or off.
Tip: To find “Automatically create a passkey to sign in faster,” in Google Password Manager, you need to turn on Offer to save passwords and passkeys. Once it’s turned on, you can find a new option "Automatically create a passkey to sign in faster.”
You can delete your Google Password Manager data, which include passwords and passkeys, from Google Password Manager settings.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- At the top right, tap More
- At the bottom right, tap Settings
On Android devices, there’s no option to create or change your Google Password Manager PIN.
On Android, Google Password Manager uses your device's screen lock to access your saved passwords and passkeys, like:
- Password
- Pattern
- PIN
You can use Chrome on your computer to create and use passkeys on another mobile device. Your passkeys remain on the other device.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to the sign-in page of a site that you want to log into.
- When prompted to use your passkey, select Use Passkey from Another Device or Use a phone or tablet.
- If the passkey option doesn’t show, select Try another way.
- Scan the QR code with your mobile device.
- Follow the on-screen instructions on your mobile device.