Manage Chrome safety and security

For a more private and secure browsing experience, you can use Chrome’s safety features, like Safety Check and Safe Browsing.

If you notice an unfamiliar activity on your account or think that your password may have been compromised, change your password immediately. Learn how to secure a compromised Google Account.

To change your password from another site, follow the instructions in Chrome. Learn how to manage passwords.

With Google Safe Browsing, you get alerts about malware, risky extensions, phishing or sites on Google’s list of potentially unsafe sites. Learn how to choose Safe Browsing protection level.

To make sure you're protected by the latest security updates, when available, Chrome can automatically update to the newest browser version. Learn how to update Chrome.

Important: Make sure you’ve already set up on-device encryption. Learn how to set up on-device encryption.

Once on-device encryption is set up, you can use your Google password or the screen lock for compatible phones or tablets to unlock your password. This type of encryption means that only you have the key to unlock your passwords.

Chrome runs Safety Check automatically to help you find and fix privacy and security problems.

You can review your Chrome's privacy and security with Safety Check. On a computer, Safety Check searches for:

• Compromised, reused, or weak passwords: To ensure your online security, Safety Check can warn you if a username or password stored in the Google Password Manager was involved in a data breach. Learn more about how Chrome protects your passwords.
• Safe Browsing status: To ensure you’re protected against malware, phishing, and other risks, Safety Check can occasionally remind you to review your Safe Browsing settings. Learn more about Safe Browsing protection in Chrome.
• Available Chrome updates: To ensure that you’re protected by the latest security updates, Safety Check can occasionally remind you to update Chrome.
• Potentially unwanted notifications: From time to time, Chrome will remind you to review your notification permission grants.
• Unused site permissions: To protect your data, Chrome removes permissions from sites you haven't used recently.
• Potentially harmful extensions: To improve your security, Safety Check can warn you of extensions that might pose security risks.
• Abusive notifications: Notification permissions are removed by Chrome from sites that Google Safe Browsing finds to be deceiving users into granting the permission.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Settings.
3. On the left, select Privacy and security.
4. Under “Safety Check,” select Go to Safety Check.
5. If Chrome finds any issues:
   1. Select the item with the issue.
   2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Tip: When Safety Check takes action, Chrome will notify you if there are issues that need your attention. These messages will show up when you select More . You can select the item with the issue and follow the on-screen instructions.

When a website’s URL has HTTPS, it can indicate a secure connection. Connections to sites that use HTTPS are more secure than those that don’t.

When you turn on Always use secure connections, Chrome upgrades URLs to use HTTPS and displays a warning before you visit a site that doesn’t support it.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Settings.
3. On the left, select Privacy and security Security.
4. Under “Advanced,” turn on Always use secure connections.
5. Select your preferred configuration:
   • Warns you for insecure public sites: Doesn't warn you for private sites, such as your company's intranet.
   • Warns you for all insecure sites: Warns you for both public sites and private sites, such as your company's intranet.

Tip: When you’re about to load a site that doesn’t use HTTPS in its URL, you'll find a “Not Secure” warning in the address bar.

Important: If your device is managed or parental controls are turned on, you can’t use Chrome’s secure DNS feature.

Important: To improve site performance, V8 is turned on by default.

For additional security but reduced site performance, you can turn it off by:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Settings.
3. On the left, select Privacy and security Security Manage V8 security.
4. You can select your preferred permission:
   • Sites can use the V8 optimizer: Increases performance and features that use JavaScript work as intended. This is recommended.
   • Don’t allow sites to use the V8 optimizer: Reduces performance but makes V8 more secure.

Tip: You can also specify which URLs can and can’t use the V8 optimizer. To add the URL of websites that are allowed or not allowed to use V8 optimizer, select Add.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Settings.
3. On the left, select Privacy and security Security.
4. Under “Advanced,” select Manage security keys.
5. Select how you manage your security key:
   • Manage phones: Control which phones you use as security keys.
   • Create a PIN: Protect your security key with a PIN (Personal Identification Number).
   • Sign-in data: Manage sign-in data stored on your security key.
   • Fingerprints: Add and delete fingerprints saved on your security key.
   • Reset your security key: Delete all data on your security key, including its PIN.

Tip: On some Windows devices, you can manage security keys in the Windows settings.

You can check and change your HTTPS or SSL certificates and settings.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Settings.
3. On the left, select Privacy and security Security.
4. Under “Advanced,” select Manage certificates.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More Settings.
3. On the left, select Privacy and security Security.
4. Under “Advanced,” select Google Advanced Protection Program.

Tip: Learn more about Google’s Advanced Protection Program.