Passwords are not in Keychain, so how am I logging in?

I normally log into Twitter from my iOS device. I was trying to login from my Mac, and somehow, instead of logging in, I created a new account! (Annoying, I know!)


I'm trying to cancel the mistakenly-created Twitter account. So I go to twitter.com in safari on my Mac, and I am still logged into the new, mistakenly-created account.


In order to delete the account, it requires my password. So I look in passwords in Safari and I see only one account--a very old Twitter account that I deleted years ago!


So there should be three passwords in keychain – the oldest, the newer one and the mistakenly-created one.


What I don't understand is, how am I able to log into Twitter on the Mac and how am I able to log into the other Twitter account on my iPad when those logins are apparently not in keychain?? (Yes, all devices are connected to the same Apple account. No, I am not currently using a third-party password manager.)


(In the below screenshot, the password that is being filled in is apparently my old, deactivated account.)


Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 11, 2022 8:18 AM

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Dec 13, 2022 2:30 PM in response to Timothy Arends1

Hey there Timothy,


To start, we do not know the exact steps you took to mistakenly create and log into a new account, let alone if the new Twitter account login details were chosen to be saved to Keychain. If you're trying to delete the new Twitter account you made accidentally, then you'll need to reach out to Twitter regarding this.


Moving forward with logging into the Twitter account you'd like to use, we do not understand what's happening when you try doing this. What exactly occurs when you try logging into it with the login details you created when you made it, since you already checked Keychain and didn't find the login details in there for it either? The more details you provide, the better we'll understand what's happening when you try.


Cheers!

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