Having trouble deleting a Keychain item
I'm having difficulty in deleting a Keychain item. I've tried right clicking and pressing the delete key and nothing.
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
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You may be trying to delete a protected entry. If you are right-clicking on a selected item, then select Delete from the context menu. No need to press the Delete key.
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- Launch Keychain Access (located in Applications/Utilities)
- Click "Show Keychains" in the lower-left corner of the window.
- Select the problematic keychain from the left-hand pane.
- Navigate to the "File" menu and select "Delete Keychain '(name of keychain)'"
- Check all options for deletion and press "OK"
- Create a new keychain by going to the "File" menu, then "New" and selecting "New Keychain"
- You can now make this keychain your default if you desire by selecting it, then going to the "File" menu and selecting "Make '(name of keychain)' Default"