In today’s internet age, the first address we all have is an e-mail address. E-mail id is enough to login for anything. Many people today have their own e-mail ID even when they are students. E-mail ID is very important nowadays when every service is online.
If the password of such e-mail ID is forgotten. It happens to everyone often. Once you log in and start using it, sometimes you don’t need to use a password. There is a high probability that such people might forget the password. Also there is no need to remember the password of the e-mail id while using multiple passwords.
To err is human nature. The same is the case with forgetting the password of Gmail ID. That’s why even if you forget the password, recovery option is also provided. Forgot password option is also provided as a solution for any password forgotten. But there is a limit to using this option. And if you do it more than once, you have to face many obstacles.
Another difficulty faced by adopting the Forgot Password option is that you will have to set a new password. Also the phone or number we used to log in may be required. But if these things are ever out of our hands, things will get complicated again. There is a way to recover lost password without any of these problems lurking in our Google Chrome.
This feature is nicknamed Autofill. But to use this autofill service effectively, you must have saved your IDs and passwords in the browser. Only then is there any point in traveling this way. Anyway, let’s know how to proceed through this autofill method to get the password back. That way you won’t have to fumble around with your password in hand.
Step 1: First open Chrome browser on your computer/ smartphone.
Step 2: There you will find the Settings option on the right corner of the website. Click on it.
Step 3: Then there will be Autofill option at the far left corner of the screen. Click on it.
Step 4: Click on the first option, Passwords.
Step 5: Here you can see the passwords of all the accounts saved in your Chrome.
Here click on Password Visibility icon. Then you can copy the forgotten ID and password by clicking on the three dots or the hot-dog menu. But that won’t work if you haven’t saved the password in Chrome before. Then the only way to regain account access is to reset it.
The special feature of this Chrome method is that you can recover not only the password of the e-mail ID, but also the password of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. saved in Chrome. This is an easy way to avoid the headache of resetting passwords. If the system is used only by you, then saving the password in it is very useful not only when you have logged in and you do not need to enter the password, but also to find out if the password is needed in essential steps like this.