Google Chrome password extension. How to lock your profile with a password in Google Chrome? Protecting Browser Settings

In the world. Thanks to this program, learning the Internet takes place in a comfortable and relatively safe environment. It is convenient to store numerous bookmarks in the browser; some even trust it with their passwords, and others with credit card information.

If you have ever thought about the security of your bookmarks and passwords, or simply would not like to show personal information to your family or colleagues, then one of the obvious solutions is to set a password on Chrome.

Introduction

The author of these lines has been using Chrome for a long time. It’s convenient to have all your work bookmarks in your work account, and store all kinds of entertainment sites in bookmarks on your home profile. In this article we will look at how to quickly switch between two profiles and how to block Chrome profile from colleagues or children.

I want to warn you right away - this method Profile blocking is by no means a panacea. All your data is still stored on your hard drive in unencrypted form, and, if desired, attackers can take possession of it. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not store passwords for important services in your browser. But from a curious neighbor or a playful child, again, it will work with a bang.

So, first, let's figure out how to create new profile in the browser, linked to a new mailbox from Google.

How to create an account in the Google Chrome browser

Open the browser and immediately click on the tiny man icon in the upper right corner, next to the minimize button. We are interested in the button Sign in to Chrome.

In the window that appears, you need to enter your email address. If we want to register a new mail with account, then you should click on the link Other options.

Select from the drop-down list Create new account , and let's start registering.

The next window will ask for age and gender information. Whether to report real information is up to you; if you don’t like sharing personal information on the Internet with anyone, you can come up with a pseudonym, this will remain on your conscience.

Next comes the most important and difficult step - coming up with an email address. The simpler and more concise the address, the easier it is to remember. You are limited in the use of special characters and Russian letters, and short and meaningful addresses are already taken. However, if this is a work address, it makes sense to indicate the work phone number instead of letters, or add a few numbers to the last name for uniqueness.

If selected Email completely satisfied, go to the password setting menu.
The password should be complex, consisting of letters, numbers and symbols, and it is advisable to store it in your head, or in a hard-to-reach place.

Having duplicated the password, thereby confirming it, click on the “Next” button and move on to the next point.

You have the opportunity to provide a phone number to restore access to your account or to confirm transactions. However, if you don't want to, this step you can skip it.

Please read the “Terms of Use” carefully and click the button I accept. Who am I kidding though.

Here is our new account!

As you can see, together with by mailbox We have also created an account. This means you can now move on to the next step, setting a password.

How to set a password for your account in the Google Chrome browser

In order to protect your browser from strangers, just set a password. But to do this you will have to create a new user and limit his rights. Well, let's get started!

As you noticed, instead of the little man icon, the name of our account appeared. In this case, the name is “Ivan”. By clicking on the name, in the drop-down window you should click on the item Manage users

The All Your Users window will open. In this example there is only one account. Click on the add user button.

Next, in the window that appears, indicate the desired name for the new account, set the icon as desired, uncheck “Create a shortcut..” and check the box next to “Browse sites..”. And if you have a child, then at the same time you can create a profile for him to monitor what your child watches on the Internet. Click save.

In the next window select OK, or any other, it doesn't matter.

They asked me a question today, I quote: “ Ivan, good afternoon! Please tell me how to set a password for the browser Google Chrome? I want to limit Internet access for my child. Is this even possible? Thank you.“. The question was asked by Maria K. from Irkutsk.

Maria, as promised, I am writing an article about this. The answer to your question is that it is possible to set a password on Google Chrome! However, I want to warn you right away that if your child is smart, he may open Internet browser Explorer and calmly visit any site that interests him. If your child is small and his computer knowledge is not enough to use another browser, then the option I described will suit you!

Now let's think about why else you can restrict access to the browser? I don't know about you, but I store all my passwords in the browser. Yes, I know that it’s not safe, that it’s not correct and all that... But I’m not particularly worried about this, since I change my passwords about once every two months. In 10 years of working on the Internet, my mail.ru account was hacked only once, but I never really used it.

So, why am I telling you about passwords... If you also store passwords in your browser and are afraid for their safety, and even more so if your computer has physical access to unauthorized persons (for example, a work computer), then you simply need to be able to block browser access.

Setting a password on Google Chrome using the LockWP extension

Now let's set up browser blocking. For these purposes I will use the LockWP plugin. An excellent plugin that copes with its responsibilities 100%.

After installation, you need to start setting it up. Press the button “ OK”

In the next window you are asked to enable the extension for the “ Incognita“, to do this, follow the link (blue button)

and check the box

After which you will be automatically redirected to the information page. I advise you to read the information and then click the “ Further“. Now let's set up the extension

All you need to do is enter your password twice and specify your locking options. I did not turn on automatic blocking (it blocks when idle), I indicated minimizing when blocking. That's all! Press the button “ Save” and restart the browser.

When you launch it for the first time, the browser will open and immediately collapse, instead you will see a field for entering a password

Many users are wondering how to set a password for their browser. Some are inclined to believe that such a question is excessive suspiciousness. However, if you think sensibly, you understand that this is by no means excessive suspiciousness, but, on the contrary, a very reasonable approach.

The fact is that modern browsers are equipped with the option of saving passwords from users’ personal accounts to a particular portal. Most users happily use this option, and they only have to enter the password once when registering on a new site, and then the browser “enters” it on its own. This is, of course, definitely convenient.

However, what happens if someone steals your PC (or simply decides to use it in your absence) and there is no password on your browser? An attacker can easily enter any of your Personal Area and perform various actions on your behalf. Of course, if we are talking about some forum, then this is not very scary, the maximum that you face is a ban, and if you allowed the browser to remember the password electronic wallet? In such a situation, everything becomes much sadder.

That's why you need to set a password for your browser. In this article we will tell you how to set a password on Google Chrome.

How to set a password for the Google Chrome browser using the Settings menu?

In order to set a password on Google Chrome using the “Settings” menu, you will first need to create your own Google account, or, simply put, personal mail on Gmail service — registration link. However, it is not at all difficult and will only take a couple of minutes.

When the account is created, follow the steps of the following instructions:

1. Open the browser, enter the created Google account- our personal profile in the browser is automatically activated upon login - we don’t notice this, but we shouldn’t focus on this for now.

2. Click the button in the form of three horizontal lines In the upper right corner of the browser, select “Settings”.

4. Now our task is to create a controlled profile - the profile that everyone except you will use when working with the browser: your passwords, history and downloads will be remembered only in your personal profile, nothing will be transferred to the controlled profile.

5. In the “Users” section, click the “Add user” button.

6. Select an avatar and name, click the “Add” button (it is recommended to leave the checkboxes in both windows, but, of course, you can remove them if you wish).

7. We have created a “Guest” profile - click on the “Switch to Guest profile” button, a new browser window will open in front of you - in the upper right corner you will see “Guest (controlled profile)”.

8. Now let’s return to the previous window - there in the same place we will see the name of our profile, in our case “Ekaterina”, click on it and see that we have a new option “Log out and block”, click on it.

9. A window appears in front of us from which you can log into the browser through two profiles - personal and guest, however, you can log into your personal profile only if you know the password. You may be wondering what password we are talking about; we didn’t set any passwords. And we remind you that, of course, we set it when we created a Google account - yes, the passwords for mail and browser are identical, so feel free to enter the password for your Google account and press “Enter”.

Helpful advice! A controlled profile can be customized - go to the “Settings” menu of the browser, the “Users” section and click the “Profile Control Panel” link. As you can see, there is even the ability to restrict access to certain resources - this is very convenient if you need to set up a child’s profile. To delete a profile, simply click on the “trash” icon.

How to set a password on Google Chrome browser using LockWP?

If the above method seemed too complicated to you, don’t worry, there is a simpler answer to the question of how to set a password on Google Chrome. The official store of Google Chrome extensions will help us - applications created specifically for of this browser and allowing you to provide it with certain additional options.

In this very store you can find a number of programs for setting a password. However, most of them will only have an English-language interface, however, there is one high-quality, convenient and Russified application for setting a browser password from Google - this LockWP.

How to put a password on Google browser Chrome using LockPW? Let's look at it step by step:

1. Go to the official browser application store - link.

2. B search bar Enter the name of the application you are looking for – LockPW and press “Enter”.

3. We look at the search results, opposite LockPW we press the “Install” button (you may note that the search gave us other applications similar in functionality to LockPW, however, as we said above, their interface is English, and the ratings are lower) .

4. After installation, a welcome window for the extension will appear in front of us, which will notify us that without configuration it will not be able to work, click “OK” in it to begin configuration.

5. Now we execute the browser “commands” - click on the “chrome://extensions” button.

6. In the window that opens, check the box next to “Allow use in incognito mode.”

7. After checking the box, we will be automatically transferred to the information window, here you can study the instructions for your system (to change the system, use the corresponding button), alternately clicking on one or another section, or you can simply click “Next”.

Important! When setting up, the developers also advise activating all three “sliders” on the right side of the settings (see screenshot above). The first will block the browser if a password is not entered within 30 seconds (the time period can be changed), the second will automatically close the browser if the password is entered incorrectly, the third will not allow an attacker to terminate the application using the task manager and other similar programs, bypassing thus, his protection. You can also set a limit on the number of login attempts.

9. After setting all the settings, click the save button (see screenshot above).

10. Now we close the browser and open it again, the LockPW window appears in front of us, in which we must enter the password and click “Login”. That's all!

If you need to disable the password, open Google Chrome, click the button in the form of three horizontal lines, click " Additional tools", then "Extensions".

A settings window will appear in front of you, you don’t need to enter anything, you just need to click on the “Disable” button and the browser will notify you that the password has been disabled.

Helpful advice! If you need to step away from your PC for a short time - for example, you are at work and want to step away from your computer, but you do not want anyone to access the browser in your absence, you can use the convenient LockPW option. On any browser page, right-click and click “LockPW” (the item automatically appears in the menu if extension protection is activated) - the browser will minimize and a password entry window will appear.

Results

So, now you know how to set a password for Google Chrome, and we also hope you understand how important it is to use this option, because it will not only protect you, for example, from the idle curiosity of colleagues who suddenly wanted to look into your browser while you moved away, but will also save you from intruders. In addition, a browser password is an excellent means of protecting children from accessing the Internet!

If several users use the same account at once, it is very important to protect personal data from being viewed by unwanted persons. So, if you want to protect your browser and the information received in it from detailed study by other computer users, then it is rational to set a password on it.

Sorry, but set a password on Google Chrome standard means Windows won't work. Below we will look at a fairly simple and convenient way setting a password, which only requires installing a small third-party tool.

To set a password, we will turn to the help of a browser add-on LockPW , which is a free, simple and effective way to protect your web browser from being used by people for whom the information in Google Chrome is not intended.

1. Go to the add-on download page in your Google Chrome browser LockPW , and then install the tool by clicking on the button "Install" .

2. After completing the installation of the add-on, you need to proceed to its configuration. To do this, as soon as the tool is installed in the browser, the add-on configuration page will be displayed on the screen, in which you will need to click on the button "chrome://extensions" . You can get to this menu item yourself if you click on the browser menu button, and then go to the section “Additional tools” – “Extensions” .

3. When the add-ons management page loads on the screen, immediately under the LockPW extension, check the box next to "Allow use in incognito mode" .

4. Now you can proceed to setting up the add-on. In the same extension management window near our add-on, click on the button "Options" .

5. In the right area of ​​the window that opens, you will need to enter the password for Google Chrome twice, and in the third line provide a hint in case the password is forgotten. After this, click on the button "Save" .

6. From now on, browser password protection is enabled. Thus, if you close the browser and then try to open it again, you will be required to enter a password, without which it will be impossible to launch the web browser. But that's not all the LockPW add-on settings. If you pay attention to the left area of ​​the window, you will see additional menu items. We will consider the most interesting:

• Automatic blocking. After activating this item, you will be asked to specify the time in seconds, after which the browser will be automatically blocked and a new password will be required (of course, only the browser idle time is taken into account).
• Quick presses. Turning on this parameter, to quickly block the browser, you can use the simple keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L. For example, you need to step away for a while. Then, by pressing this combination, no stranger will gain access to your browser.
• Limiting input attempts. Effective method information protection. If an unwanted person incorrectly enters the Chrome password a specified number of times, an action you set will take place - this could be deleting history, automatically closing the browser, or saving a new profile in incognito mode.

The very principle of LockPW operation is as follows: you launch the browser, the Google Chrome browser is displayed on the computer screen, but a small window immediately appears on top of it, prompting you to enter a password. Naturally, until the password is specified correctly, further use of the web browser is not possible. If you do not specify a password for some time or completely minimize the browser (go to another application on your computer), the browser will automatically close.

LockPW is a great tool to protect your Google Chrome browser with a password. With its help, you don't have to worry that your history and other information accumulated by the browser will be viewed by unwanted persons.