How do I stop the "Chrome Safe Storage" keychain password prompt from appearing?

I started having this window pop up on my Mac since about 2 days ago, clicking deny does not remove it, entering what I thought was the password and then clicking allow/always allow doesn't work either. Restarting my PC removes it for one day, but the next day it pops up again. How do I remove this?


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Original Title: Pop up won't go away

Posted on Jun 17, 2026 4:25 PM

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Posted on Jun 17, 2026 6:02 PM

It is the login Password to your Mac, not your Apple Account password, that will make that go away and you would need to choose Always Allow. It is how Chrome, or other Chromium based browsers, saves your passwords to websites so they are encrypted.


I am not a big fan of Chrome or any Google product due the the data harvesting employed that is used to sell to advertisers, but that is just my personal choice and not trying to impose it on you.

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Jun 17, 2026 6:02 PM in response to cappeachino

It is the login Password to your Mac, not your Apple Account password, that will make that go away and you would need to choose Always Allow. It is how Chrome, or other Chromium based browsers, saves your passwords to websites so they are encrypted.


I am not a big fan of Chrome or any Google product due the the data harvesting employed that is used to sell to advertisers, but that is just my personal choice and not trying to impose it on you.

Jun 17, 2026 6:16 PM in response to cappeachino

That message certainly appears suspicious, and by entering your login password (even once) you already granted Admin-level permission for something to access your Google account credentials. What that something may be is anyone's guess, but consider anything and everything that had been stored in "Chrome Safe Storage" to now be in the wind.


The icon with its "exec" text is a Unix executable (a script or similar Terminal command) whose function and purpose cannot be determined from that dialog. Legitimate software does not ask for permission to run some unknown Unix executable, so there is reason to suspect that you installed some malicious software intended to harvest confidential information.


I strongly recommend uninstalling Google from your Mac. No one needs Chrome, especially Mac users. Follow its uninstallation instructions.

How do I stop the "Chrome Safe Storage" keychain password prompt from appearing?

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