Ah yes. "rm -rf" is both the cause of and solution to most of life's
problems!

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Alexander

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On Thu, Jun 13, 2024, 10:04 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> found the solution: rm -rf ~/.local/share/keyrings/*
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:29 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> look for and purge all Chrome profiles in @home. better yet, you can
>> create a new user profile for yourself give it access to use sudo, and then
>> purge the old profile after saving anything you find relevant.
>>
>> This will literally blow away anything that was theirs and allow you to
>> focus on yours.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 9:24 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought this might be a job for AI.
>>>
>>> I asked AI "How can i remove the password on  chrome on linux"
>>>
>>> AI said:
>>>
>>> To remove the saved passwords in Google Chrome on Linux, you need to
>>> follow these steps:
>>>
>>>      Open Google Chrome.
>>>      Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner of the
>>> browser window.
>>>      Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu.
>>>      Scroll down and click on "Passwords" under the "Autofill" section.
>>>      Here, you'll see a list of saved passwords. Click on the three-dot
>>> menu icon next to the password you want to remove.
>>>      Select "Remove" from the dropdown menu.
>>>      Confirm the removal when prompted.
>>>
>>> If you want to remove the password for your Chrome profile altogether,
>>> you'll need to reset Chrome settings. Here's how:
>>>
>>>      Close Google Chrome if it's open.
>>>      Open a terminal window.
>>>      Enter the following command and press Enter:
>>>
>>>      bash
>>>
>>>      rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome
>>>
>>>      This command will remove the entire Chrome configuration directory,
>>> including all settings and passwords.
>>>      Restart Google Chrome.
>>>
>>> Please note that resetting Chrome settings will remove all your
>>> customizations, bookmarks, saved passwords, and other settings. So make
>>> sure to back up any important data before proceeding.
>>>
>>> - - - - --
>>>
>>>   I have not verified if this is correct so precede with caution.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2024-06-12 06:07, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> > I gots a little problem. I gots a computer with Linux on it. It has
>>> > chrome on it. It asks for a password everytime I start it. The
>>> > password WAS the previous owners password (I knew what it was). I
>>> > uninstalled chrome in hopes it would reset the password. I was wrong.
>>> > Now it won't accept either his nor my password. NOw I just click
>>> > cancel when it asks for a password (a few times) and it just starts
>>> > chrome.
>>> > 1- Can we just start chrome without it asking for a password?
>>> > if not
>>> > 2- How do we set a password up?
>>> >
>>> > --
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>>
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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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