

-password-store=kwallet (to use KWallet).-password-store=gnome (to use GNOME Keyring).DetailsĪlthough Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, the store to use can also be specified with a command line argument: Support for using GNOME Keyring and KWallet was added in version 6, but using these (when available) was not made the default mode until version 12. Because of this, when either GNOME Keyring or KWallet is in use, any unencrypted passwords that have been stored previously are automatically moved into the encrypted store. Passwords stored in plain text are not encrypted.

Passwords stored in GNOME Keyring or KWallet are encrypted on disk, and access to them is controlled by dedicated daemon software. On Linux, Chromium can store passwords in three ways:Ĭhromium chooses which store to use automatically, based on your desktop environment.
