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#HOW DO I MAKE OPERA FOR MAC BROWSER REMEMBER A PASSWORD INSTALL#
#HOW DO I MAKE OPERA FOR MAC BROWSER REMEMBER A PASSWORD PASSWORD#
#HOW DO I MAKE OPERA FOR MAC BROWSER REMEMBER A PASSWORD WINDOWS#

I suppose - haven't checked - that Opera does too, and will now check that other program too, and will stay with Edge as my default browser. I ended up running the DISM command - which didn't find any problem - and then SFC, and it reported having found some problems and repaired them.Īnd indeed, now Edge doesn't forget the credentials I reentered for a variety of sites.

#HOW DO I MAKE OPERA FOR MAC BROWSER REMEMBER A PASSWORD WINDOWS#

So I tried various ways to fix the Windows Credential Manager - to no avail. It became clear that the problem was not just Opera"s, but a system wide one (and it connected with the odd fact that another program, not a browser, had lost the credentials it had had for months. I'll spare you the details of the migration, but I soon found out that Edge too was "forgetting" the credentials I was entering once I would close Edge and reopen it.

I was so frustrated that I indeed switched to MS Edge. switching to another browser, here is how. Tap on Ask every time Can I Sign-In To An Online Account Automatically Yes, you can. I managed to solve (I think!) this problem - I mean, make it disappear totally - yesterday by. From the bottom-right click on your profile image 3.

#HOW DO I MAKE OPERA FOR MAC BROWSER REMEMBER A PASSWORD PASSWORD#

Click here to download the setup package of Opera Password Recovery and save it in a place that is easy to find, such as your PC desktop.

#HOW DO I MAKE OPERA FOR MAC BROWSER REMEMBER A PASSWORD INSTALL#

Michaelinparis last edited Thanks for your reply. 1 Download and Install Opera Password Recovery. I may drop Opera and move to Microsoft Edge: with this test site (the one I used above), it offers to record the password, it stores it, and prompts it when I exit Edge and reenter. I tried other web sites: for some, Opera stores the password now, for some it does not (while it did in the past). Now it just doesn't show any past recorded password nor record new ones.Īlso, I used NirSoft's WebBrowserPassView in order to display the stored passwords for all my installed browsers: for opera, it displayed a list of sites, their respective logins/accounjt names, but empty passwords (even after having added one in Windows Key Manager). Even before this total erasure, there were sites Opera just stopped recording the passwords (while it had in the past). To make clear, it is configured to store the passwords I enter. It’s an option you can accept or decline.Michaelinparis last edited I tried the procedure you outlined, but it failed: I added one site to Windows Key Manager (and it recorded it well: when I closed it and reopened, it was listed there - but with a mention of "LegacyGeneric", no idea what this means), but Opera ignored it, even after having restarted it: that web site does prompt for the correct login, but no password. Whenever you enter your login credentials on any website going forward, Edge will offer to save them.

Go to Edge://Settings/Passwords and make sure that the option to save passwords is enabled, which it should be by default. To do it, open your Opera web browser and from the Options button in the top-left corner, select Settings.

The Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge is a big improvement on what came before, and a big part of that is the fact that it’s based on Chrome and functions in a similar (if even slightly faster) way. Now you should see the prompt to store the password in Opera's password manager. Also, you can review periodically and delete one or more of the saved passwords.Ĭheck the methods to reveal saved passwords behind the asterisks in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox as shown below. Check the Setting 'Offer to save passwords I enter on the web' Refresh Settings Tab Refresh the Site/Page for which you want to store the password. This gives you the flexibility to not save the super-sensitive passwords.

Whether you want to save the password or not, you always get a one-time reminder.

Is that a privacy concern? Yes, because the passwords are retained in plain text and can be exposed by simply clicking the “show password” option. Many times they can be viewed in the browser’s settings. View the Password from Developer OptionsĪll major browsers offer the convenience to save passwords while you’re logging in to any website.