Deactivate My Browser's Built-in Password Manager
If you're new to Bitwarden, your web browser likely saves and autofills your passwords. Most web browsers enable this by default, even though experts generally agree that built-in password managers are more vulnerable than dedicated solutions like Bitwarden. We recommend making Bitwarden your browser's default password manager to improve your security and prevent interference with Bitwarden.
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The Bitwarden browser extension can be deployed across managed endpoints. Learn more about deploying the Bitwarden browser extension to managed devices.
When you install Bitwarden for the first time, you'll be prompted to make Bitwarden your default password manager:
Once you select Continue, a dialogue will appear on screen. Select Allow to give Bitwarden permission to make changes to your browser settings.
If you skipped the prompt during installation, the Bitwarden browser extension on some browsers has a built-in setting to make Bitwarden your default password manager:
Navigate to the Settings tab in the Bitwarden browser extension and then select Autofill.
Click to enable the Make Bitwarden your default password manager.
Make Bitwarden your default A dialogue will appear on screen, select Allow to give Bitwarden permission to make changes to your browser settings.
If neither of the above methods worked for you, manually deactivate your browser's built-in password manager from the browser settings menus:
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Several modern browsers, like Opera and Brave, use a Google Chrome framework called "Chromium". If you are using one of those browsers, use the Chrome/Chromium instructions.
In Chrome or any Chromium-based browser (for example, Opera or Brave), navigate to the Passwords page by entering chrome://password-manager/settings in the address bar, substituting chrome for your browser name (for example, brave://password-manager/settings).
On this page, toggle off Offer to save passwords and passkeys and Sign in automatically:
Then select Passwords to view any that are stored in the browser:
If you haven't already saved these passwords in Bitwarden, export them to prepare for future import to Bitwarden. Once exported, we recommend deleting these passwords from the browser's storage.
