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How to turn off Strong Password Suggestions on iPhone

I've read through several forums but haven't found a straight answer. I like the way Safari auto fills my passwords whenever I'm visiting a known site. But I do not like the "strong Password suggestion" is there a way to remove the suggestion option? I'd hate to stop using Safari for this issue, not only is it time consuming when you're in a rush but also it'll tend to make my iPhone lag whenever I'm selecting from the options. (iPhone 14 Pro Max too) I know it might be an iOS 16 glitch but still, I need this to be an option. Stop forcing us to use features we do not wish, make them options please.


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Posted on Oct 11, 2022 11:51 AM

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Posted on Dec 21, 2022 4:28 PM

What a pain in the *** strong password is when signing up. I should be able to choose a password without my iPhone taking over whether I have auto fill turned on or off. iPhone shouldn’t try to auto fill when creating a brand new sign. It’s a dumb smart phone. Leave it to apple to break something that didn’t need to be improved.

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Mar 13, 2024 7:44 AM in response to Precious_Martina

Precious_Martina wrote:

Its one thing to add this annoying feature to our iPhone but its offensive how they believe fyvzap-tyvcuc-5Kufpo would be a good password << how are we suppose to remember that ? APPLE REVERSE IT NOBODY LIKES THE FEATURE .

You aren’t supposed to remember it, because the Keychain app on your phone remembers it and inserts it automatically whenever it is needed. I never have to enter a password, because Safari retrieves it from the Passwords feature and inserts it automatically.

Nov 21, 2022 7:28 AM in response to FireHawk7

I'm having this exact issue with my Hive heating. Hive only let you change your password on the phone app; however, because of this Apple Stong password suggestion, it is literally impossible to do so. Crazy such a flaw can be allowed to exist within iOS!


Edit: Found a fix, if you temporarily turn 'Autofill Passwords' off, do what you need to do password wise, and then you can turn it back on.

May 9, 2023 8:11 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

thanks again Lawrence, but i just checked and found this:


Product Feedback

Apple does, however, welcome your feedback regarding many areas of Apple’s existing business. If you want to send us feedback, we request that you use the forms located at www.apple.com/feedback, where you can choose from the many listed areas for your feedback. Please provide only specific feedback on Apple’s existing products, services and marketing strategies using those forms; and do not send or provide any submissions other than using those forms.


... so i'll have to contact Apple and ask if there is any official way to make such suggestions. otherwise with no other alternative, i suppose i'll just keep posting the suggestion on the user forums. thanks & have a great one! 8-)

May 9, 2023 9:58 AM in response to infinityBBC

infinityBBC wrote:

thanks again Lawrence, but i just checked and found this:

Product Feedback
Apple does, however, welcome your feedback regarding many areas of Apple’s existing business. If you want to send us feedback, we request that you use the forms located at www.apple.com/feedback, where you can choose from the many listed areas for your feedback. Please provide only specific feedback on Apple’s existing products, services and marketing strategies using those forms; and do not send or provide any submissions other than using those forms.

Freeform is an existing Apple product. It is loaded as part of the OS so it's perfectly acceptable to provide feedback there.


... so i'll have to contact Apple and ask if there is any official way to make such suggestions. otherwise with no other alternative, i suppose i'll just keep posting the suggestion on the user forums.

Making suggestions here will not ever get them to Apple.

Jun 20, 2023 1:20 PM in response to infinityBBC

infinityBBC wrote:

shall we somehow take a poll as to whether or not most Apple Macintosh users would prefer having a Paint app? because i recall seeing many posts in the past asking why it doesn't while MS Windows does. is there a method of doing such a poll? i'm just curious... perhaps there is a way...?

From the Terms of Use (to which we all agreed when we signed up here):


Do not post polls or petitions or links to the same.



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Jan 8, 2024 7:24 AM in response to kucerajd

kucerajd wrote:

Thanks for replying to the OP. The suggestion is for Apple to remove this as an autofill when creating a new password on a site. It's bad. It freezes whatever you're trying to do and honestly, is the main reason to not use Safari, which is quite frustrating. Whether on my phone or Macbook, it's becoming less beneficial to use the native browser for anything.

Tell Apple:


Product Feedback - Apple


Feb 19, 2024 7:11 AM in response to TysonFuller

TysonFuller wrote:

APPLE REMOVE THE STRONG SUGGESTED PASSWORD NO ONE LIKES IT. It’s just another pain that is useful for no one, make an easy way to turn it off. It was perfect when it saved existing passwords but now yall can’t even use your brains. Get it together

That's not true. Please don't presume to speak for everyone. I like it and find it useful. When I don't want to use it, I dismiss it.


What isn't useful is addressing Apple here in this forum. Apple doesn't read here for feedback or suggestions so the only people you're shouting at are us, you're fellow users. If you want Apple to know your thoughts, use the feedback page:


Product Feedback - Apple


How to turn off Strong Password Suggestions on iPhone

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