How to Turn OFF iCloud Hide My Email Autofill on iOS Safari

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How to Turn OFF iCloud Hide My Email Autofill on iOS Safari

Tried Hide My Email with iCloud— and do not need it.

Now, in every single web form that has an email field, I have to manually type in my email address — AutoFill only shows HIDE MY EMAIL and prompts me to create new HIDE MY EMAIL addresses when tapped.

There is NO way to disable this Hide My Email prompt from showing up in AutoFill.

Spent 20+mins with AppleCare Support only to be told this is impossible. They advised me to write a physical letter to Apple in Cupertino.

Is it true that there is ZERO way to turn this off?

I've looked through the iOS settings, iCloud.com + Feature settings. Nothing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Feb 16, 2024 3:20 PM

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Answer 1

sberman

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Feb 16, 2024 3:39 PM in response to muzzlemuzzle

If I were trying to do this, and assuming I understand correctly that you no longer wish to use any aspect of Hide My Email, I would pay particular attention to step 6 here and be certain all addresses are permanently removed.

Learn more about Hide My Email and iCloud+ - Apple Support

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muzzlemuzzle Author

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Feb 16, 2024 4:14 PM in response to sberman

Yes. All addresses that were created have been entirely removed.

There are no Hide My Email addresses in either iOS settings or icloud.com settings (Feature+).

Turned on/ off the phone; logged out/ in to iCloud.

Still the same pervasive HIDE MY EMAIL AutoFill appears in Safari for any Email field on a web page.

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Mac Jim ID

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Feb 16, 2024 4:15 PM in response to muzzlemuzzle

Hide My Email does not remove your email suggestion and should be working together with the suggestion. Also, all sites will not automatically prompt for a suggested email even though Hide My Email always shows. If you want to suggest a specific site I can test on a device with Hide My Mail and one without it. Here are a couple images that show the email suggestions along with Hide My Email. It is true that you cannot shut off the Hide My Email suggestion.

The question has been asked about Safari no longer offering email suggestion even without Hide My Email. The answers that have been given are to make sure you have Autofill on at Settings > Safari > Autofill. Another was to make sure you have the Predictive setting turned on at Settings > General > Keyboard > Predictive. Other users have claimed that the email suggestion only appears after the email/password has been saved when the prompt comes up asking you if you want to save the email/password after it is entered.

[note: this is not my email and the email in the images are provided from Apple Support articles]

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muzzlemuzzle Author

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Feb 16, 2024 4:25 PM in response to Mac Jim ID

I have AutoFill and Predictive Text enabled.

The issue is akin your second screenshot (Cult website).

A work email for me shows, but my personal email is redacted by HIDE MY EMAIL AutoFill suggestion.

If I press Hide My Email, iOS wants me to create a site-specific email.

What I want is for my own email address to display in the AutoFill option — at the moment, the only way for me to use my personal email address is to begin typing it fully out.

I can't believe that there is no way to disable this.

I can't change the Hide My Email forward address because it is my primary iCloud email address.

All I simply want is for my real email to show in the AutoFill and have the same AutoFill functionality I had before this horrible and useless feature was turned on. I've had it for two years and there's just zero use for it.

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How to Turn OFF iCloud Hide My Email Autofill on iOS Safari

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