| Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Abadir | 8/23/11 8:29 AM | Google Chrome version (13.0.782.112 m): Operating System:(Windows 7) Error Message: Chrome sync passphrase is incorrect/not being accepted. I was using my work laptop and I have all my bookmarks and extensions saved on it, I created a syn password b |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | timmmy_42 | 8/23/11 8:44 AM | There is no way to reset the passphrase. The only thing to do is to delete the data from google's servers(note this does not delete the data on your machine) and then re-sync your machine with a new passphrase or you can choose to encrypt it with you |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | mikelsyn | 9/15/11 8:00 PM | hi, i've got the same issue, however my comp just crashed, so i have no more machine for my saved data. deleting the data from google's server means losing all my bookmarks and sync data, which i'm not willing to. |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | artiste29 | 12/21/11 9:39 PM | i did reset it, and I never got the chance to click on advance to pick a new passphrase - I am also using the 2 step login - I think it is messing with it... as in maybe they are not compatible?? My dashboard is still at the same screen for login or |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Brian Gregory | 1/28/12 11:15 AM | I disconnected my google account on all my various Google Chromes on different PCs, then went to dashboard and deleted all the data then did Sign in to Chrome and chose to sync everything on all the Google Chromes. Now it's all messed up. Some of my |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Jeelex | 1/30/12 12:41 AM | I had the same problem, but I tried the previous password I was using and it worked!! Try that and see how it goes! |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | ericvan | 2/18/12 10:08 AM | Horrible, because chrome's instructions just say "reset in chrome for synk." NO OPTION exhists, and the page it links to is massive so takes forever to even find section they're referring. Not everyone uses 10 goog products-- i do-- but to get use |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | crk112 | 2/26/12 8:18 AM | This is a bullshit answer and a bullshit design. I'm not the only person on the planet who changes their password regularly... and I'm not the only person on the planet who doesn't want to delete all their data and settings every time they want to ch |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | cartbeforethehorse | 3/1/12 3:33 PM | I comprehend the situation and I do not like it. Any of it, it is like being herded in a particular direction by small little changes here and there or large sweeping ones. This whole makeover is the most stringent application of herding people and i |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | A1mighty | 3/27/12 4:46 AM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | A1mighty | 3/27/12 4:47 AM | Mee Three.. |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | gracie-lee | 6/1/12 6:07 PM | you can't try your password that you have cause sometimes that works or your old one but other wise you have to start all over again :) |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | grandhougday | 7/12/12 3:10 AM | ***Answer***: passphrase is your ***OLD*** Gmail password. if you change it should remember the old (As i that always remember my old pass and forget the new). so its so easy. remember what was your pass when using sync option for the first time ena |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | google discussion name | 8/26/12 6:50 AM | I think I may have figured out the problem - at least for the 2 step login. I was logging into my Chrome app on my iphone using the application generated password - when I should have logged into my Chrome app using my email address and google passwo |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Ricky Choi | 10/11/12 11:42 PM | i'm having this issue too. google needs to wake up and fix this problem |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Saurabh Sofat | 10/22/12 11:13 PM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Saurabh Sofat | 10/22/12 11:18 PM | Hello friends .. i was also facing the same issue, when i had changed my gmail password. It required the sync Passphrase and guess what the Passphrase was the previous password of the gmail account. So, Login in Chrome with your new gmail password an |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | nicole monjauze | 11/27/12 2:34 PM | This worked for me. I had one pc i couldnt sync and i tried at least five passwords until I had success. Thanks! |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | B Nick | 12/28/12 10:10 AM | Alright, but what about those that don't remember old passwords? |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Leo Nardo | 12/29/12 11:41 PM | IT WORKED! No loosing data! For me the answer was the last changed google password :D |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Tinnie Lee | 1/2/13 5:52 PM | same here, let me know if you find a solution to that without loosing all the bookmarks, data and other stuff saved to the google server, thanks!! |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Saurabh Sofat | 1/2/13 10:35 PM | Tinnie Lee... Have changed your gmail password recently? if yes then .. use the old password (the previous one) to login into chrome, you will surely get back all your bookmarks, installed extensions & saved passwords. |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Valentina Ritter | 1/7/13 11:13 PM | grandhougday has it right! finally I can synch again, thank you! |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Phinfan3 | 2/1/13 8:44 PM | Thanks for the help. Worked great. |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Jenny S27 | 2/20/13 11:00 AM | Lost all my bookmarks and everything else.. Thanks for the help, |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Jenny S27 | 2/20/13 11:01 AM | Is there any bloody way where I could fix this? |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Saurabh Sofat | 2/21/13 2:44 AM | jenny S27 .... could you please elaborate the issue you are facing ...??? |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Troy Laquerre | 4/12/13 10:00 PM | Good job brother, Thank you! |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Jenny S27 | 4/19/13 4:40 AM | Im not sure if you received my reply earlier.. "I tried closing chrome and singing in again, even reinstalling it but it kept leading me to that page to reset the chrome parasync.. therefore I lost al my bookmarks. I cannot retrieve them either since |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Troy Laquerre | 4/19/13 5:43 AM | Google, I see why you guys do this. Despite the comments from some of this treads users Great job. People have to stop being lazy and actually make a pen and paper backup of there previous passwords. This is done by (dramatic music) using common sens |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Christian Hunter | 5/9/13 8:22 AM | So very true. VERY frustrating indeed! CH |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Christian Hunter | 5/9/13 8:42 AM | +Troy Laquerre, you're post isn't just unreasonable and wrong-headed, it's rude. You applaud Google engineers for creating a "passphrase" protocol that many ordinarily intelligent are obviously confused about? Mom not love you enough or have you nev |
| Re: Reset Chrome Sync Passphrase | Jim ludwig | 6/3/13 6:05 PM | This is 2 years old, why don't we have an answer. |