How to clear your autofill form data in Google Chrome.

If you are currently using Google Chrome as your main Internet browser, and have a lot of autofill form data you’d like to clear. This article will show you how to delete all your autofill form data from Google chrome so you can start with a clean slate to add new data to or simply never re-add the data.

Internet browsers are quick to offer to save your credentials for just about anything these days. From passwords and login details, addresses and phone numbers, to credit card information. Nothing seems to go without the offer to be saved. It doesn’t matter what browser you are using they are all desperately trying to store as much data as they can about you for as long as they can.

Although saving certain information within your browser and browser account is super convenient, it isn’t necessarily the best idea from a security and privacy standpoint as the data can be leaked, hacked or pulled in a variety of different ways. The good news is that you can delete any of this stored data whenever you like, including all autofill form data. As is typical for anything these days, the process isn’t as straightforward as it should be, so follow along as we guide you through the process for deleting autofill form data from Google Chrome.

How do you clear Autofill Form Data from Google Chrome? Delete Chrome Autofill Form data.

To clear all autofill form data from Google Chrome, you’ll need to do the following. First, make sure you are signed in to your Google account (the one you want to clear data from)

Now that you are signed in to your Chrome and have it open, click the three dots in the top right-hand corner and select Settings.
On the main Settings page, click the Auto-fill option near the top of the left-hand menu. Alternatively, you can go to chrome://settings/autofill using the address bar.
Now that you are on the Auto-fill page, you have three different options to choose from:
- Passwords
- Payment methods
- Addresses and more

Choose the one you want to clear the data from then click the three dots next to the visible entries and select Remove. Once you have removed them, you can go back a page and do the same for any of the other sections.

Under each section, you also have the option to disable auto Sign-in and Offer to save passwords, etc. If you want to disable the feature simply flip the toggle to Off.

Another way to clear Autofill From Data from Google Chrome.

Another way you can clear autofill data from Google Chrome is to do the following:

Now that you are signed in to your Chrome and have it open, click the three dots in the top right-hand corner and select Settings.
Next, click Security and privacy on the left, then click Clear browsing data from the top of the list.
Next change to Advanced in the window that appears and make sure the auto-fill form data is ticked, then set the Time range to All time and click Clear data.

This will remove all the saved autofill data from Google chrome and give you a clean slate to work from. However, it will still offer to save data if you don’t follow the steps shown at the end of the first method to customise or disable how Google Chrome deals with certain types of data.

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