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I'm trying to reduce my saved passwords on my iMac and iPhone. I delete the passwords, but they always return, no matter what. I turned off password syncing on iCloud to try to fix it, but that didn't work. I delete all the ones I want to delete, and they all return a minute later. What is going on??? This seems insanely insecure, why is Apple holding onto my passwords so tightly. It's really bothering me.
Hi kangistan,
Depending on how your passwords are being stored, there may be different methods to removing them.
On a Mac, this information is stored in Keychain. You may manually edit the stored Keychain information by following the steps from Delete a keychain in Keychain Access on Mac:
"Delete a keychain
on your Mac, if your keychains aren’t visible, choose Window > Keychain Access.If you use iCloud Keychain, which syncs Keychain elements across your devices, the process is different. Per Remove a passkey or password from your Mac and iCloud Keychain to remove those elements on a Mac:
"On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Passwords in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Click the Info button for the website.
Click Edit.
Click Delete Password or Delete Passkey.
Click Delete Password or Delete Passkey (again)."
On your iPhone, use How to find saved passwords and passkeys on your iPhone. You can also disable that feature entirely on iPhone by going to Settings - [Your name] - iCloud - Passwords and Keychain with iOS 16.
Regards.
Cannot delete passwords. They always return, even with iCloud not syncing passwords.
