AirPort network password

In Keychain access on my Mac, I have 15 AirPort network passwords listed. It appears they were created whenever I connected to someones wifi network. Can I delete them? And can I find the correct one to add saved passwords to my keychain?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Mar 21, 2023 8:35 AM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2023 9:24 AM

Sure, you can delete them.


When you reconnect to your AirPort network, you will be asked for its password which only you can know. If you do not know it, "soft reset" the AirPort Base Station according to How to reset your AirPort base station - Apple Support, which resets the base station's password and disables security for a period of five minutes so that you can designate a new password for both the base station and the wireless networks it creates (they really should be different, but that is not required). Both will be added to Keychain.

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Mar 21, 2023 9:24 AM in response to FBLK-76-0

Sure, you can delete them.


When you reconnect to your AirPort network, you will be asked for its password which only you can know. If you do not know it, "soft reset" the AirPort Base Station according to How to reset your AirPort base station - Apple Support, which resets the base station's password and disables security for a period of five minutes so that you can designate a new password for both the base station and the wireless networks it creates (they really should be different, but that is not required). Both will be added to Keychain.

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