How to Save Passwords in Internet Explorer

Co-authored by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: April 2, 2020 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to ensure that Internet Explorer stores the passwords for sites you sign into. Doing so will make signing back into those sites and any connecting services much quicker since you won't have to enter your password.

Steps

1
Open Internet Explorer. Click or double-click the Internet Explorer app icon, which resembles a light-blue "e" with a yellow band around it.
2
Click the "Settings"
icon. It's in the upper-right side of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

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3
Click Internet options. This option is at the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking it opens the Internet Options pop-up window.
4
Click the Content tab. It's at the top of the Internet Options window.
5
Click Settings. This button is below and to the right of the "AutoComplete" heading in the middle of the page.
- Don't click the Settings button below the "Feeds and Web Slices" heading—the button there opens a different settings menu.
6
Check the "Usernames and passwords on forms" box. This option is in the middle of the AutoComplete window.
7
Check the "Ask me before saving passwords" box. It's near the bottom of the AutoComplete window.
8
Click OK. You'll find this at the bottom of the AutoComplete window.
9
Click OK. It's at the bottom of the Internet Options window. Doing so saves and applies your changes.
10
Log into a website. Go to a site for which you need to sign in (e.g., Facebook), then enter your login information and press ↵ Enter.
11
Click Yes when prompted. If Internet Explorer offers to save your password, doing this will confirm the choice and add your password to Internet Explorer's list of saved passwords.
- Internet Explorer won't save passwords for every site you visit. If you don't see a pop-up asking if you want Internet Explorer to save your password, the site won't allow Internet Explorer to save your password.

Community Q&A

Question

What do I do if the save password icon doesn't pop up?

Community Answer

You will have to restart the program and try again.
Question

How to import password and favorites?

Ogechi Nwaogu

Community Answer

In Chrome, click on the three dots in the upper right corner and go to “Bookmarks” > “Import Bookmarks and Settings.” Select Mozilla Firefox in the drop-down menu, select “Passwords” (and “Autofill form data” if you had any), and click on “Import.”
Question

In order to move saved passwords to a new PC, do I simply copy over the newly created .crd ? If so, what is the file's destination?

Ogechi Nwaogu

Community Answer

Your saved passwords are kept in a file called “Login Data” in Google Chrome's App Data folder. You can back this up, save it to a thumb drive, and copy it to a new computer in order to transfer your saved passwords.