SAFARI AUTOLOADING MY PASSWORDS

Safari automatically saves my passwords to my email and neither my roommate or I wish for this to occur.
Anyone know how to clear the cache or stop this.  Gmail said its a browser issue.  Thanks, Susan

You can clear cookies  from Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Remove all website data...
or click Details & remove only those related to gmail/google if there are others that you wish to keep.
Then see Safari - Preferences - Autofill & deselect 'usernames & passwords', then click 'edit' next to that to remove  existing ones, either just for Gmail, or all of them if you prefer.
I'd consider setting up another user account so that you & your roommate can save passwords/files independently... with fast user switching it can be quick to swap users, although there can be issues with applications using cpu & memory in two accounts.

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