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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

This article will show you how to set a password for the Google Chrome browser on a Windows or Mac OS X computer. If you set a password, you will need it to use your Google Chrome account. Please note that the described method cannot be applied to the Google Chrome mobile app.

Steps

1. 1 Start Google Chrome . Click the red-yellow-green circle with a blue center.
2. 2 Click on the tab with your name. It's a small tab in the upper-right side of the browser window.
3. 3 Click on Manage users. It's near the bottom of the menu. A new window will open.
4. 4 Click on Add user. It's in the lower-right corner of the window.
5. 5 Enter your name. Enter a name for the new account in the text box at the top of the window.
6. 6 Activate account monitoring. Check the box next to "Follow this user to monitor and view the websites they visit from your Google Account" at the bottom of the window.
   • You can uncheck the box next to "Create a shortcut for this user".
7. 7 Open the Select Account menu. It's at the bottom of the window.
8. 8 Select your Google account. Click on the email address associated with the account you use to sign in to Chrome.
9. 9 Click on Save. It's a blue button in the lower-right corner of the window. An additional profile will be created.
   • It can take over a minute to create a profile.
10. 10 Click on OK. This gray button is at the bottom of the window. Do not click Switch to [name] to avoid switching to a controlled account.
11. 11 Click on the tab named. It's in the upper-right side of the window. A menu will open.
12. 12 Click on Exit and block. You will find this option at the bottom of the menu. Chrome will be locked with a password and closed.
    • To sign in to Chrome, launch that browser, select your account, and enter your password.

Tips

• Chrome remembers open tabs. When you start Chrome, the tabs will open automatically.
• Set a strong password. A short password or one-word password can be easily cracked.
• Email accounts that work through Gmail but don't end in ".com" (like ".edu") or have a different domain name (like "wikihow") won't let you block your browser.

Warnings

• If you forget your password, you will have to reset it.