When you create a passkey for the first time on a computer, iPhone, or iPad, a Google Password Manager PIN is created.
You can use a Google Password Manager PIN to:
- Help you to use your passkeys on a new device.
- Make sure that no one, not even Google, can access your encrypted data.
- Verify it’s you with your passkeys.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top, select More
Passwords and autofill
- Alternatively, on the address bar, you can also enter:
chrome://password-manager/settings
- Alternatively, on the address bar, you can also enter:
- On the left side menu, select Settings
- Authenticate.
- Enter a new PIN.
- Select Confirm.
To save your passkeys, you can reset your PIN from a non-Android device on which you’ve previously used Google Password Manager.
To reset your Google Password Manager PIN:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top, select More
- Alternatively, on the address bar, you can also enter:
chrome://password-manager/settings
- Alternatively, on the address bar, you can also enter:
- On the left side menu, select Settings
Important:If there’s no “Change Google Password Manager PIN” button, it could be for a few reasons:
- Your first passkey was created with an Android device.
- You didn’t use Google Password Manager passkeys on this device.
- You used passkeys with a different Google Account on this device. Try to change your account.
- You removed access to passkeys on this device.
If you’ve tried all your devices and still can’t recover your PIN, you can reset your passkeys . This deletes all your passkeys, which means you’ll need to create new passkeys for each site. Once you create a new passkey for the first time, you can set a Google Password Manager PIN again.
