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Not too long ago, Google Chrome allowed users to delete specific autofill entries - either by going into their “Settings -> Autofill Settings -> Delete” the specific entries, or by going to the form you want to delete the autofill entry for, mousing over / pressing down on your keyboard and then pressing Shift+Delete.

Neither of these two methods appear to work any more.

Does anyone know how to delete specific autofill entries from Google Chrome?

Note: I don’t want to delete my passwords / manage passwords. Going to “Settings -> Advanced -> Passwords & Forms -> Autofill” settings doesn’t solve my problem.

Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Del and clearing autofill settings is not what I want; I want to delete specific autofill entries.

Giacomo1968
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Burzghash
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Hopefully I haven't oversimplified but I think there'll be enough to answer your question.

Step 1 - For example, click in the "Username" field/input box and press the down arrow (this will bring up a list of remembered "username" auto-fill entries)

Step 2 - Use the down arrow key to highlight the username (auto-fill entry) you want to delete

Step 3 - Press shift+delete, or shift+alt+backspace if you have a Chromebook

Done.

Brian R. Quigley
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    And I did read your post but I provided my answer because I JUST did it right before answering your question. I am using Chrome browser version 63.0.3239.140 on an updated Chromebook (not sure why shift+delete didn't work for you unless you have a Chromebook without a delete key and so it has to be shift+alt+backspace, fyi alt+backspace = delete). – Brian R. Quigley Feb 12 '18 at 22:14
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    It took some experimenting with the modifier keys, but I finally found that on a macbook, it's [SHIFT]+[FN]+[BACKSPACE] – daiscog Feb 06 '20 at 10:13
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    This works, thanks. Why can't Chrome make it work like: right click on the option and delete? – John Smith Aug 30 '20 at 22:25
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    Thanks so much. Not sure why this feature isn't documented clearly in Chrome. – mcarans Oct 17 '20 at 06:10
  • Works in chrome 98 (2022) - it used to be hover the entry with mouse and press delete, now its hover the entry with mouse OR arrow-keys up/down to highlight the entry and shift+delete – BobbyTables Feb 28 '22 at 22:04
  • On a macbook it is [SHIFT] + [FN] + [DELETE] (there is no backspace key on macbooks!) – CpnCrunch Mar 21 '23 at 15:23
  • And to chain multiple removals without moving the mouse each time (as delete clears focus), use down: Down > Shift+Delete > Down > Shift+Delete > ... – hsandt Sep 19 '23 at 13:36
  • Random question but I can't find the answer anywhere... How do you UNDO this? I accidentally deleted an entry and now Chrome autocomplete will never remember that entry again, even though it IS in my saved passwords. – Phlucious Feb 27 '24 at 17:45
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For macOS:

Shift + Fn + Delete (backspace)

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Alex Yarov
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  • Worked for me, but my MBP has a Delete key, not Backspace. – user70848 Sep 15 '18 at 02:06
  • Doesn't work on saved passwords =/ – Pysis Nov 04 '19 at 14:56
  • This is the only thing that works on Mac. Shift+Delete does not work on Mac – Merlin -they-them- Feb 09 '20 at 19:27
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    Apple calls their "Backspace" key "Delete". Chrome still thinks of it as Backspace. On a Mac, Fn+Delete is "Forward Delete", which Chrome thinks of as the regular Delete key. So in a way, this is still Shift+Del, since Del = Fn+delete. I'm worried my explanation is confusing, but there you are. – marcus erronius Feb 09 '21 at 22:35
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Based on Brian R. Quigley method:

After clicking inside any auto fill field, you can hover by mouse on the desired entry then press Shift+Delete.

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On a mac, adding the Fn. key is only needed when you have the short keyboard, in the long full sized keyboard you can use Shift+delete keys same as in windows the reason for this is the default del key in the short keyboard is actually a backspace key, but pressing Fn key will turn it to Del

If it’s bookmarked, it won’t be deleted when you press fn+shift+delete. You have to delete the bookmark first.

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It looks to me like google has moved the chrome settings around. I'm not sure if this has to do with your issue, but I just deleted a specific autofill entry by going to settings > passwords (under people just below sync). I also turned off "offer to save passwords" because that was the source of my pain. Random people who logged into amazon in my case, were cluttering my AWS login autofill...

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