# Facebook login question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 27, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988 "2011-06-27T03:33:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/1 "2011-06-27T03:33:40Z")

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I find that whenever I go on facebook my email address and password are already filled in, in yellow boxes. I do not wish to be the case. I don’t know how I did this, how do I undo it?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/2 "2011-06-27T03:34:34Z")

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What browser are you using? Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, something else?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/3 "2011-06-27T03:50:23Z")

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If unclicking the ‘remember me’ check box doesn’t work, then you’ve got to delete facebook from your list of memorized passwords. It’s going to very (in name and procedure) based on your browser, but searching the help file for ‘passwords’ will probably turn up the answer.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/4 "2011-06-27T03:51:12Z")

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I am in chrome.

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**Author:** ![JZesbaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JZesbaugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JZesbaugh)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/5 "2011-06-27T05:33:01Z")

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> [@dauerbach](#):
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> I am in chrome.

In preferences change it so it does not memorize your password.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/6 "2011-06-27T12:32:21Z")

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I feel stupid asking but where do I find preferences.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/7 "2011-06-27T23:44:36Z")

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Look at the top right of your browser window, there is a little picture of a wrench. Click on that picture.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/8 "2011-06-27T23:49:20Z")

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Did that but do find anything about passwords. It must be there. I feel stupid.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-login-question/586988/9 "2011-06-27T23:55:29Z")

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[google Chrome Help: Website passwords](http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95606)
