Apple ID password stored in Keychain?

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Apple ID password stored in Keychain?

I just reset my Apple ID. Keychain still shows the old Apple ID. Also there are literally hundreds of Apple passwords listed, some show a change today and none of them show my new password. They are all about 15 characters, appear to be random. None are the password I just reset. What a confusing mess!

How do I get Keychain to store my new Apple ID password?

Also checked in Safari and it still shows my old passwords (yes several past ones).

Can I depend on either of these to help me remember my passwords??

Appreciate any help. Thanks!

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Sep 3, 2020 2:23 PM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Sep 3, 2020 2:30 PM in response to veehbJ

Have you tried adding the Apple ID and password to Safari and Keychain Access manually? You can also remove the older entries.

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veehbJ Author

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Sep 3, 2020 2:46 PM in response to Eric Root

Haven't tried to enter a password manually. Maybe that will work. I did delete the old ones in Safari and it finally had my new password. Can't say the same for Keychaing. See my reply to my post.

Thanks, veehbj

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veehbJ Author

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Sep 3, 2020 2:44 PM in response to veehbJ

I went back into Safari, after a few interactions of my apple password, apparently there are several steps to reset the Apple ID password on several devices. The new password was there, along with three older ones. I removed the older ones. So now my new Apple ID password can be found in Safari.

But Keychain is a mess. It doesn't even show my current Apple ID password. It does show a couple of dozen other things that were changed today when I changed my Apple ID password. Keychain is really a mess. Can't depend on it and can't find critical passwords there.

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Apple ID password stored in Keychain?

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