Chrome’s password manager happens to be the most used on the planet thanks to its integration into the development that dominates the world’s web browsing by market share. This administrator is a great help in automating the process of generating and accessing websites and services, reducing human errors and improving the comfort of password management.

All major browsers have their own built-in password manager and are a sufficient alternative to specialized administrators for most users. Chrome one has improved operation and capacity in the latest versions, including functions offered by those specialized, such as the possibility of automatic login, detection of broken passwords, warnings when creating a weak password or its very simple edition in the manager itself.

How to use notes in Chrome’s password manager

Google browser already supports the basic notes feature, although only directly in the password manager, which makes it difficult to use because you have to open the password in the manager to add or edit a note. Google is on track to improve the visibility and usage of this feature, as seen in Chrome Canary development builds.

Notes can add valuable information to saved passwordsfor example, a recovery code, the answer to a security question, the email address with which the account was created, the date the password was changed, or anything else the user needs.

Like other experimental features, they can be used in stable releases using known “flags”. In this case, adding chrome://flags/#password-notes in the address bar of the browser and setting the feature to Enabled. Notes will be integrated into the password manager after reboot and can also be used from the same address bar when visiting a website.

It should improve the visibility of notes and add editing options to the browser interface significantly improve the use of this feature. In many cases, it’s easier to quickly edit a note on a given site, as well as restore accounts that require answers to security questions.

It can also be managed within the manager. Chrome users can add or edit notes directly from chrome://settings/passwords in the address bar or in the Chrome menu > Settings > AutoFill > Password Manager. After selecting a saved password and authenticating the user with the device password, notes will appear on the page next to the username and password. One-click editing allows editing of all fields including the notes field.

This annotation system should be included in future stable versions of the browser, although you can try it out now by enabling the comment flag.