Got a new password manager? How to clean up the password mess you left in the cloud

Every major browser on every platform offers a way to save passwords and passkeys. If you use a third-party password manager, those built-in features can create a big mess. Here's how to clean things up.

Every modern web browser has tools for tracking the passwords you use with secure online services. Those features are often turned on by default, which means you probably have a random collection of passwords saved in the cloud along with your bookmarks and settings for your default browser.

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Those built-in utilities might have been good enough for an earlier era, but they aren't good enough for our complex, multi-platform world. (For more on the pros and cons of those built-in tools, see "Apple, Google, and Microsoft offer free password managers - but should you use them?") 

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