I recently installed the Brave Browser using the method on their website (I do not believe I used snap; I believe it was via apt). Every time I open it, the browser asks for me to enter my password so it can access my keyring. I do not want to do this.
Every time I start the browser, I have to "cancel" out of the keyring dialogue three times before it lets me go about my business. Is there a way I can prevent it from asking this question again?
I do not use auto-log in.
Check How to disable the "unlock your keyring" popup?
There's many ways.
I choose mine: remove gnome-keyring, I don't need it:
apt remove gnome-keyring
If you navigate to the following folder: home/.local/share/keyrings
You can delete the respective default keyring file.
.local is a hidden folder, so you will not appear in file folder until you select show hidden files option (located in the little box with the three horizontal lines).
If Brave keeps asking for the GNOME Keyring password on startup, add --password-store=gnome to the Brave launcher.
You can do it automatically with:
sudo sed -i 's|/usr/bin/brave-browser-stable|/usr/bin/brave-browser-stable --password-store=gnome|g' /usr/share/applications/brave-browser.desktop
This forces Brave to use the GNOME keyring. Since the keyring is unlocked when you log in, the prompt will no longer appear.
If needed, update your desktop entries:
sudo update-desktop-database
Tips:
Brave uses the system keyring via libsecret when launched with --password-store=gnome.
Since GNOME Keyring is already unlocked automatically when you log into your system, Brave won’t prompt you for the keyring password anymore.
Brave V1.45.131 installed on Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
Settings → Autofill → Passwords → Disable offer to save password
Settings > Additional settings dropdown > Autofill > Offer to save passwords
I tried that process!
