Saturday, July 12, 2014

How to Remove Passwords Saved in a Browser

To remove saved passwords from Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click the Tools menu and then Internet Options.
  3. Within the Internet Options window, click the content tab.
  4. Click the Autocomplete button.
Within this window you can click Clear forms to clear all form data except for passwords and click Clear Passwords to clear the passwords.  In addition to clearing these fields, if you do not want Internet Explorer to save this data in the future, you may uncheck any of the available boxes in this window



To remove saved passwords from Firefox
  1. Click the menu button  and choose Options. (Menu is 3 horizontal lines)Preferences
  2. Click the Security panel.
  3. Click Saved Passwords... and the Password Manager will open.
  4. To see the passwords you have saved, click Show Passwords. 
  5. To remove a username and password, select it from the list and click Remove.
  6. To remove all stored usernames and passwords, click Remove All. After confirming this choice, all of your stored usernames and passwords will be deleted.
To remove saved passwords in Google Chrome

You have to delete saved passwords one at a time.
1.     Click the Chrome’s menu icon at the top right of the window to expand it. (Menu is 3 horizontal lines)
2.     From the menu, choose Settings.
3.     Scroll down to the bottom, and click Show advanced settings . 
4.     Find the Passwords and forms section, and click Manage saved passwords.  A new window will pop up on the screen which shows you the list of websites that currently have passwords stored on the hard drive. Find the website and the password that you want to erase, and click the X button to remove it.

T   To removed passwords saved in Safari

If Safari is set to automatically fill in user names and passwords for you, you can turn off this feature and delete any user names and passwords that Safari stored.
  1. Open Safari if it is not already open.
  2. Choose Safari > Preferences, and then click AutoFill.
  3. Deselect the “User names and passwords” checkbox, and then click the Edit button next to it.
  4. Select one or more items in the list and click Remove, or click Remove All.
    Removing user names and passwords in Safari deletes them from your OS X keychain.
  5. Click Done.