How to enable password leak detection on Chrome

Password leak detection on Chrome is a security feature that notifies users if any password is at risk of being leaked or a data breach. And Google Chrome has the option to enable or disable password leak detection depending on the user's needs. Below are instructions for enabling and disabling password leak detection on Chrome.

How to enable password leak detection on Chrome

Step 1:

On the Chrome browser interface, you access the link chrome://flags/ .

Step 2:

Moving to the next interface, the user enters the keyword Password leak into the search bar and then clicks on the search result below to adjust.

Step 3:

Here, we switch to Enabled mode to enable password leak detection on Chrome browser .

The user is then asked to restart the browser for the new feature to take effect.

Chrome uses Google Safe Browsing technology to compare your saved passwords against a list of leaked passwords. If Chrome detects a leaked password, you'll see a warning interface suggesting that you change the password for that account.

Step 4:

In case users want to disable password leak detection on Chrome , you just need to switch to Disabled mode .

Kareem Winters

Update 24 January 2025