
This was my case (experience some crazy data corruption with APFS), and while the backup was 2 weeks old (and I did not want to lose any tabs or history over that period), I recovered only these files from the backup and it helped to re-populate all (including recently saved) passwords from my Google Account. Before you can export your passwords, you need to type in your computer password. Look for the section called ‘Saved Passwords’. Click on the 3-dot icon in the toolbar and select ‘Settings’. Then upon re-opening the browser, passwords should populate.Īnother option is viable if you have a backup of your profile dir, specifically of Login Data files. If you use Chrome’s password manager, Safe Browsing checks with Google when you enter any saved password on an uncommon page to protect you from phishing attacks. Export passwords from Chrome Open Chrome.

