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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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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

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