It is therefore advisable to use Windows 10 user profiles or, alternatively, use programs capable of block access to programs with a password. How to lock Chrome with a passwordīlock access to the profile in Chrome has become more difficult, as Google has removed the ability to lock access with the password and most of the extensions available for the browser are not really effective. If we don't have the new Microsoft Edge (based on Chrome technology) yet, we recommend that you read our guide Download Microsoft Edge Chromium for Windows 10, 7, 8 and Mac. To set Microsoft Edge as the main browser, all we have to do is open the Start menu at the bottom left, open the app Settings, take us to the menu App, click on the menu Default apps and set as browser Edge.īy doing so we will keep away the casual curious or novice users, who will not suspect anything. Set another browser as your primary browserīy hiding the Chrome browser icons from the taskbar and desktop and leaving Microsoft Edge as the main browser, anyone who uses the PC (even with another account) will use the first browser that comes across or that the system shows, without paying particular attention whether or not Chrome is present. To learn more, we recommend reading our guide How to make friends and guests use your PC separately and securely. We can add a Microsoft account to our Windows 10 system by taking us back to the path Settings -> Accounts, opening the menu Your info, pressing the key Log in and entering your Microsoft account credentials (Outlook credentials, Office credentials or credentials used for other Microsoft products are fine).
To increase security we can also log in with a Microsoft account, so as to also prevent any attacks on the Windows password (impossible to hack with a Microsoft account synchronized with the cloud). In the window that opens, click on Password and choose a new password to block the account at the end we also press on PIN and choose a numerical sequence that is easy to remember but difficult to guess, so as to be able to safely access the system login. To proceed, click on the Start menu at the bottom right, press on Settings and let's take the path Account -> Login options. The simplest and safest method to lock Chrome with a password involves adding a password to the local user account we are using on Windows 10.
We will show you in detail how to apply all the suggestions proposed, so that you can choose from time to time the best method to block access to the Google browser.
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