Google Chrome does not sync passwords

I have a problem with syncing passwords with Google Chrome.

Whenever I save a password in Chrome, it just saves it locally. If I have previously saved the password on Google password manager in the cloud it doesn't show up!

The problem is syncing, not saving or suggest saving passwords locally. And yes I turned sync all data ON.

By the way, this problem showed up after I forgot my Linux(Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) password and tried to reset it so I deleted some files like:

login.keyring
user.keystore
in .local/share/keyrings

I tried on a Windows operating system that I'm using and google synced my password on the cloud! so definitely, it's the Ubuntu.

also reinstalled Google Chrome with these commands and didn't work:

sudo apt remove google-chrome-stable

or

sudo apt purge google-chrome-stable

then

wget
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

3 Answers

I had the same problem in Linux Ubuntu. This will solve your problem if you are able to view saved password at password.google.com.

1. cd ~/.config
2. mv google-chrome google-chrome-old
3. Re launch chrome
4. Sign in with your account again and sync it.

Try removing Google Chrome with:

sudo apt purge google-chrome-stable

Then:

sudo chown -Rc $USER:$USER $HOME

Finally:

sudo rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome
sudo rm -rf ~/.cache

There is simple option to resolve this issue:

1. Open chrome://settings.
2. Press "You and Google", "Turn off" and popup appears.
3. Turn "Clear bookmarks, history, passwords..." on, fix won't work without this checkbox.
4. Reopen google chrome.
5. Sign in and enable sync.