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lukmurer265 Author

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36 points

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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jdn9464

Level 1

20 points

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 6:31 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 .

So, you've talked to EVERYONE who owns an iPhone and asked them their opinion on this and EVERYONE said they don't like it? No, I didn't think so. In fact, I happen to like it so, not EVERYONE.

Also, Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts (which are no doubt contradicted by all the usage information Apple has) here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Apr 29, 2024 9:12 AM in response to Junk111

Junk111 wrote:

Just turn it off. Chrome just allows a user to save their own password without “suggesting” this nonsense. In this case Apple, be more like Alphabet.

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Apr 7, 2023 2:19 PM in response to lukmurer265

I figured it out! You have to turn off iCloud Keychain.

Jenx23

Level 1

18 points

Mar 27, 2023 8:39 AM in response to FireHawk7

Exactly what I’m dealing with now. Maddening.

Mar 31, 2023 8:09 PM in response to Jenx23

Same here, this is so freaking stupid. Apple, please fix your iOS.

Apr 18, 2023 8:26 PM in response to FireHawk7

Turn off your iCloud Password & Keychain

melt187

Level 1

10 points

Jul 28, 2023 8:38 AM in response to lukmurer265

I couldn't figure it out. Chrome seems like a sane alternative. Seems to integrate seamlessly, and avoids Apple's enforced "brilliant ideas".

Jul 30, 2023 10:03 AM in response to lukmurer265

This is such an awful feature. It’s crippled me from getting my flight tickets setup. This is almost team android bad…

fendi148

Level 1

14 points

Jul 31, 2023 1:26 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

except this problem comes back when having to confirm passwords AND ERASE the created password in the previous FIELD.

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Oct 25, 2023 9:32 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I said PC. Windows computer. What if I'm on a shared device. It's a terrible idea. Yea, let me write on paper a 27 character password when i go weeks without needing to hand write anything.

Dec 15, 2023 8:19 AM in response to martinfromhermosa beach

Every single time ? That is a lot of steps .

Mar 1, 2024 8:07 PM in response to lukmurer265

I agree I am only on here looking for a solution.

edie166

Level 1

12 points

Jul 10, 2024 3:04 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

It’s horrible. Everytime I need to enter new password I have to sto.. I hate this so called feature

Feb 28, 2023 6:39 AM in response to cb_mayhem

cb_mayhem wrote:

It is not working as intended.

Yes, that's what I said. Did you contact Apple as I recommended?

The issue is that as soon as you focus on the "confirm" new password texttfield, it will prompt you again and erase what you had entered in the new password textfield!!!!

Even if you specify both fields with "new password" textContentType as mentioned in documentation when dealing with these two types of fields.

No, I'm not seeing that.

Mar 10, 2023 7:40 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Idris,

No one is doing anything wrong. There is a bug in the system, that needs fixing. As others have repeatedly stated, for the first password, you CAN dismiss the Apple suggestion of a Strong Password, and you CAN enter your own.

However, if you have to re-enter the new password again, Apple's software suggests you use a Strong Password again, and if you say "NO" and opt to enter in your own password, Apple's software erases the first password in full, meaning a user has only two options

1 - Use an Apple strong password, whether they want to or not, OR

2 - A user cannot join many services/websites on an iPhone/iPad, because of the problem.

Simply put, you can't just "swtich off auto-fill passwords" as that doesn't fix the underlying problem.

It's something Apple need to fix!!!

How to turn off Strong Password Suggestions on iPhone