Summary

Browsers and phones include a built-in password generator that creates strong, unique passwords when you sign up for new accounts or update existing ones. Using generated passwords reduces the risk of reusing weak passwords across multiple sites. This article shows how to use the password generator in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and on an iPhone or iPad — including where the Suggest Strong Passwords setting went in current iOS.

Before You Start

• Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome (latest version), or an iPhone or iPad.
• Browser password saving must be enabled.
• No admin rights required.
• The iPhone steps are written against iOS 26. Apple has moved this screen between releases, so if yours does not match, step 4 shows you how to find it on any version.

Instructions

1. Generate a Strong Password in Microsoft Edge

Let Edge create a secure password for you.

1. Navigate to a website's sign-up or change password page.
2. Click in the password field.
3. Edge displays a Suggest strong password dropdown below the field.
4. Click the suggested password to auto-fill it.
5. Edge automatically saves the password in its built-in password manager.
6. Complete the registration or password change process.

2. Generate a Strong Password in Google Chrome

Let Chrome create a secure password for you.

1. Navigate to a website's sign-up or change password page.
2. Click in the password field.
3. Chrome displays a Suggest strong password option.
4. Click the suggestion to auto-fill the generated password.
5. Chrome saves the password in your Google account's password manager.
6. Complete the registration or password change process.

3. Generate a Strong Password on iPhone or iPad

Let iPhone create and store the password for you.

1. Open the sign-up or change password screen for the website or app.
2. Tap the account name field and enter the username or email address you want to use.
3. Tap the password field. iPhone fills it with a long, random password and shows a Use Strong Password button above the keyboard.
4. Tap Use Strong Password. The field keeps the suggested password and the button disappears.
5. Finish creating the account. When iPhone asks whether you want to save the password, tap Yes — it is stored in the Passwords app, where you can look it up later.

To change the suggestion before you accept it, tap Other Options rather than Use Strong Password:

What you want	Tap
A different random password	Edit Strong Password, then tap the suggested password
To edit the suggestion yourself	Edit Strong Password, then tap the password text field
Letters and numbers only, because the site rejects symbols	No Special Characters
A password you can retype on another device	Easy to Type
To use your own password instead	Choose My Own Password
To paste it into a Confirm Password field	Copy Strong Password

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These suggestions appear in Safari, Chrome, and most apps on an iPhone, because the generator belongs to iOS rather than to the browser. If a site offers you a passkey instead, take it — there is then no password to generate or remember. See how to set up and use passkeys.

4. Turn On Password AutoFill on iPhone

Switch on the setting that makes iPhone suggest passwords, and see what replaced the old one.

If step 3 produced no suggestion, password AutoFill is switched off. To turn it on:

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap General, then tap AutoFill & Passwords.
3. Turn on AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys. Suggestions start appearing straight away — nothing needs restarting.

Looking for the Suggest Strong Passwords setting? On current iOS there is no separate switch by that name, which is why you cannot find it. Suggesting passwords is part of AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys. Older guides still describe a layout Apple has since changed:

	iOS 17 and earlier	Current iOS
Where the settings live	Settings > Passwords > Password Options	Settings > General > AutoFill & Passwords
What the switch is called	AutoFill Passwords	AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys
Where saved passwords live	iCloud Keychain, reached from Settings > Passwords	The Passwords app

The choices that used to sit in Settings now appear at the moment you need them, under Other Options on the password field — see step 3.

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If your screen does not match this article, open Settings, pull down on the list to reveal the search box, and search for AutoFill. That works on every iOS version and survives any future reshuffle — worth remembering the next time an iPhone guide sends you to a screen that no longer exists.

5. Enable Password Suggestions (If Not Showing)

Turn on the password generator if it is not appearing automatically.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Click the ⋯ (three dots) menu > Settings.
2. Go to Profiles > Passwords.
3. Enable Suggest strong passwords.

Google Chrome:

1. Click the ⋮ (three dots) menu > Settings.
2. Go to Autofill and passwords > Google Password Manager > Settings.
3. Enable Offer to save passwords and Offer to generate passwords.

6. View and Manage Saved Passwords

Access your stored passwords when you need them.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Go to Settings > Profiles > Passwords.
2. Browse or search for the saved password.
3. Click the eye icon to reveal the password (authentication required).

Google Chrome:

1. Go to Settings > Autofill and passwords > Google Password Manager.
2. Click the site entry to view the saved password.
3. Authenticate to reveal the password.

iPhone or iPad:

1. Open the Passwords app.
2. Tap All, then tap the account you want.
3. Authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to reveal the password.

Troubleshooting

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Every password you generate should be unique to that site. If a data breach exposes one of your passwords, none of your other accounts are affected. For the accounts you still type a password into by hand, see how to create and use strong passwords.

Symptom / Error	Potential Cause	Solution
Password suggestion does not appear	Feature is disabled	Enable password suggestions in browser settings (see Step 5 above).
No suggestion on iPhone, and no Suggest Strong Passwords setting	The control was renamed and moved	Turn on AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys at Settings > General > AutoFill & Passwords (see Step 4 above).
Generated password is not saved	Password saving is turned off	Enable Offer to save passwords in your browser's password settings.
Cannot find a saved password	Saved in a different browser profile	Check that you are signed into the correct browser profile where the password was generated.
iPhone suggests passwords, but they do not appear on your laptop	The password is in the Passwords app, not in Edge or Chrome	Sign in to the same browser profile on both devices, or use one password manager across all of them.

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