James Ma 568
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Dec 27, 2019

How to disable the password checkup in Chrome

I have stored many website's password in Chrome, and now, I cannot store a new password as the popup of password checkup will automatically close the prompt of saving passwords.

This may due to a new password checkup feature, even I try to execute the password checkup, it ask me to change over 800 password of different website.  It's crazy!  I understand the security issue behind, but I already use some dummy password for those website, which in fact has no security issue to me. 

Is there any way to disable this feature, as it is useless to me, and just waste the time.
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Gokul.
Product Expert Alumni
Dec 29, 2019
If you had enabled safe browsing from Chrome settings (chrome://settings/syncSetup) you may turn off this feature from the Sync and other services settings.
  1. Go to Chrome settings and go to Sync and Google services.
  2. Turn off Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach
In android, 
  1. Three dots > Settings > Sync and Google services > turn off Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach and turn off this feature to disable the built in Password warnings for breach.
Note: This option will be disabled by default if you had disabled the Safe browsing in the same settings window.
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Gokul.
Product Expert Alumni
Dec 27, 2019
Are you using the password checkup extension in chrome?
If so, please disable the extension and try saving the password.

If the above response does not helps, please describe your issue with screenshots.
Andrew Warren 1057
Dec 27, 2019
I also wish there was a way to disable the annoying password checker popup in the Android phone Chrome browser app.
It's driving me bonkers when it appears every time I log in anywhere...
I don't believe there are any settings to disable it except for turning off the save password function.
Last edited Dec 27, 2019
User 5142006716751562942
Dec 29, 2019
Here a screenshot of the issue that someone requested. I have the same issue as the OP.
Last edited Dec 29, 2019
Gokul.
Product Expert Alumni
Recommended Answer
Dec 29, 2019
If you had enabled safe browsing from Chrome settings (chrome://settings/syncSetup) you may turn off this feature from the Sync and other services settings.
  1. Go to Chrome settings and go to Sync and Google services.
  2. Turn off Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach
In android, 
  1. Three dots > Settings > Sync and Google services > turn off Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach and turn off this feature to disable the built in Password warnings for breach.
Note: This option will be disabled by default if you had disabled the Safe browsing in the same settings window.
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Andrew Warren 1057
Dec 29, 2019
Thanks very much, BlackMasters 

In hindsight I probably should have worked out how to do that!!!!
Last edited Dec 29, 2019
James Ma 568
Original Poster
Dec 29, 2019
Thanks, blackMasters.
The problem seems solved after disabled "Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach".

Is this a new feature in Chrome?  I just hit such annoying prompt recently, and I have never enable this feature by myself.
Gokul.
Product Expert Alumni
Dec 30, 2019
Yeah, it was released as a feature from M79.
Mostly that setting might have been turned on automatically after the update due to Safe browsing option is turned on.
Lyn Sims
Jan 2, 2020
Thanks that was an annoying feature.
Warren Inman
Jan 2, 2020
Thanks for that cure! SUch an annoying, unnecessary BS feature because all it does is check if you have the same password on different sites, F all to do with data breaches.
James Ma 568
Original Poster
Jan 9, 2020
Is there any hidden logic which will turn it back?

I have disable this annoying feature before, and suddenly the popup comes again, and I go to check the google setting, it has been enabled again.

I'm sure I have not touch this feature after I have disabled it, is there any hidden logic which will turn it on again automatically?

Hoping that there will have an option for user to disable all such annoying feature forever.
Gokul.
Product Expert Alumni
Jan 10, 2020
There are no such intention to override your settings.
Sometimes(very rarely) updating chrome "may" turn on some setting(happened for me once long back) but this instance is very rare and may not happen at all.
Sergei Shir
Jan 13, 2020
I found this setting in another place:
Chrome settings > section Privacy and security > Subsection More > Slider Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach
Carl Chittenden
Jan 20, 2020
I do like the option but as a developer, some of our seed data for testing uses things like the word password as a password so it would be nice to have a filter to not prompt for specific passwords or user password combos or a better option, site filters.
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