When you turn on sync, you’ll see the same info on all your devices:
- Bookmarks
- History and open tabs
- Passwords
- Payment info
- Addresses, phone numbers and more
- Settings and preferences
- Payment info you saved to Google Pay.
- Passwords you saved to your Google Account.
Choose what info is synced
When you turn on sync, all your profile information is saved to your Google Account. If you don't want to sync everything, you can change what info is saved.
- On a trusted computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings.
- Under "You and Google," click Sync and Google services.
- To find out what you have synced, select Review your synced data.
- Under "Sync," click Manage what you sync.
- Turn off "Sync everything."
- Turn off any data you don’t want synced to your account.
When you switch your sync account, all your bookmarks, history, passwords, and other synced info is copied to your new account.
- On your computer, open Chrome
.
- At the top right, select More
Settings.
- At the top, under "You and Google," select Turn off
Turn off.
- Under “You and Google,” select Turn on sync.
- Sign in to the Google Account you want to sync with.
- Select Yes, I'm in.
If someone else is signed in or you want to keep your data separate, you can create a new profile in your browser. Learn more about how to share Chrome and keep your info separate.
By default, Chrome history that's saved to your Google Account is also added to Web & App Activity. Your activity may be used to personalize your experience on other Google products, like Search or ads. For example, you may see a news story recommended in your feed based on your Chrome history.
You can always control your Web & App Activity in your Google Account. Learn more about seeing and controlling Web & App Activity.
If you don't want to personalize your Google products, you can still use Google's cloud to store and sync your Chrome data without letting Google read any of your data. Learn more about keeping your info private.
Keep your info private
With a passphrase, you can use Google's cloud to store and sync your Chrome data without letting Google read it. Your payment methods and addresses from Google Pay aren't encrypted by a passphrase.
Passphrases are optional. Your synced data is always protected by encryption when it's in transit.
If you’re having trouble syncing with your passphrase, you may have to update Google Chrome to the latest version.
Create a passphraseWhen you have a sync passphrase:
- You'll need your passphrase whenever you turn on sync somewhere new.
- You'll need to enter your new passphrase on your devices where you have already turned on sync.
- Your feed won’t show suggestions based on sites you browse in Chrome.
- You can't view your saved passwords on passwords.google.com or use Smart Lock for Passwords.
- All your history won't sync on all devices. Only web addresses that you type in Chrome's address bar will sync.
To create a sync passphrase:
Step 1: Turn on sync
If you're already signed in to Chrome, turn on sync first to create a passphrase.
Step 2: Create a passphrase
- In Chrome, at the top right, click More
Settings.
- At the top, under "You and Google," click Sync.
- Under "Encryption options," choose Encrypt synced data with your own sync passphrase. This doesn't include payment methods and addresses from Google Pay.
- Enter and confirm a passphrase.
- Click Save.
When you change your sync passphrase, all your data is deleted from Google’s servers and all your synced computers and devices are signed out. This doesn't include payment methods and addresses from Google Pay.
Your bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings aren't deleted from Chrome on your device. When you turn sync on again, your info will save across all your devices.
Step 1: Remove the sync passphrase
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to the Google Dashboard.
- At the bottom, click Reset sync.
- Confirm by clicking OK.
- Turn sync on again.
Sync will start again, and you'll no longer have a sync passphrase.
Step 2: Make a new sync passphrase (optional)
- In Chrome, at the top right, click More
Settings.
- At the top, under "You and Google," click Sync.
- Under "Encryption options," choose Encrypt synced data with your own sync passphrase. This doesn't include payment methods and addresses from Google Pay.
- Enter and confirm a passphrase.
- Click Save.
When you're done, turn sync on again on all your other devices. Learn how to turn sync on in Chrome.
See your Chrome info on all your devices
After you’ve turned on sync, you can see information you’ve saved on other devices. When you’re signed in to Chrome, you can also access your passwords saved to your Google Account and payment info from Google Pay.
See and manage your bookmarks- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click Bookmarks
Bookmark manager.
- On the left, you'll see folders with all your bookmarks.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click History
History.
If you use a sync passphrase, you'll only see sites you visited on other devices if you typed their web addresses into the search bar.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click History
History.
- On the left, click Tabs from other devices.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to passwords.google.com.
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Under "Saved passwords," you'll see all your passwords.
By syncing saved passwords to Chrome, you'll also see them available when you sign in to an Android app. Learn more about syncing passwords.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click Profile
Payment methods
or Addresses and more
.
Learn more about filling out forms automatically.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click More Tools
Extensions.
Changes to your settings will update on all your devices. New themes and apps will be added to all your computers.
Fix problems with sync
If you're on an older version of Chrome, it sometimes has difficulty syncing. Update to the newest version of Chrome.
You can also turn sync off or on in Chrome.