Where are the certificates in Google Chrome

A very common question isWhere are the digital certificates in Google Chrome? This will have an answer in this article, we will show you step by step how to locate them.

Before starting, it is important that you know that all the certificates that you install in your browsers are stored by Windows, regardless of which browser you do it in. But this time we will focus on Google Chrome.

Where to find certificates in Chrome, step by step

In this short article we will focus directly on how to find the digital certificates installed on your computer through Google Chrome. Just follow the steps shown below, as you are about to see, it is very simple.

1. We open the browser Google Chrome, no matter what type of theme or configuration we have, the steps will be the same.
2. We will locate in the upper right corner a small button represented with 3 points aligned vertically, where we must click.
3. A menu will be displayed, in which we will find the option “Configuration”. When clicked, a new tab will be displayed.
4. In the left column we must look for the option “Privacy & Security”, we click and wait a few seconds.
5. New information will appear and among the new elements shown in the central area of ​​the screen we will look for “Security”, word on which we will also click.
6. We scroll down with the help of the scroll and in the last options we will find the “Certificate management”, link to which we will access.
7. A new window will be displayed, it is with Windows features. Possibly, nothing is listed on the screen, so we must move between the tabs.
8. We can filter based on the purpose or the level of the certificates, everything will depend on which one we want to view.

How to import a digital certificate in the Google Chrome browser

This procedure is not used on a daily basis, but it allows use digital certificates extracted from other media, mainly when we require access to various systems through the web browser.

The steps to follow are very similar to those outlined in the previous section, so this time we will go a little faster.

1. Follow the steps above, from number 1 to 7.
2. We choose in the upper tabs the type of certificate that we want to import.
3. Once in the tab, we click on the “Import”, located at the bottom of the window that we have open.
4. A wizard will start to import certificates, which will guide you in a simple way in the process.
5. We click on the button “Next".
6. In the new window we must look for the certificate file, for this we click on “Browse”, which will display a search window to navigate between our files.
7. It is important to bear in mind that there may be more than one certificate in a file, so it is important to take into account the extension of each one.
8. Once the file is chosen, we click on “OPEN”Y later in“Next”. The installation process may take a few seconds.
9. When finished, we click on “Finalize” to finish the wizard.
10. Finally, we must click on “Close” in the window where we choose the import option, ending the process.

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How to export a digital certificate in Google Chrome

This is another process that is not done daily, however, to those who administer and manage systems through web browsers will be of vital importance.

The process is quite simple, here we show you how to execute the procedure in a simple way. Many of the steps are the same as the section to consult the certificates, if you have doubts, you can read it again.

1. We must repeat the steps from 1 to 7 of the section “Where to find certificates in Chrome, step by step".
2. With the help of the upper tabs, we filter the information to find the certificate that interests us.
3. Once we find the certificate, we must click on it, at this time the button “Export" it will active.
4. At this time the “Certificate Export Wizard”, which basically works in the same way as import, with the difference that now we will save the information in a different file.
5. We click on "Next” in the first window of the wizard that appears.
6. We will choose the type of format that we will use to save the certificate, it is important to know the purpose of exporting them, so it can be taken into account during the choice.
7. Once again, we resort to the button “Next”To continue with the procedure.
8. We choose the name of the file to export, for this we can place the name directly, but it is recommended to use the “Browse”, which will display a window to search manually.
9. When choosing it, the button “Next” and after a few seconds, the process will be finished.
10. Finally, we click on the button “CLOSE”, located in the window where we clicked to export.

This process does not have complications as long as it is done step by step, thousands of technicians and system administrators around the world do it constantly.