How to delete empty keychains from my iMac

After some difficulty (but eventual success) in re-installing keychains from Time Machine I am left with around 30 empty keychains showing under Custom Keychains. They are not showing in either of the Library folders. Deletion is grayed out in the File menu, and little red rings with a man profile inside them are attached to each of these keychains. How do I delete please?


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iMac 21.5″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 8, 2024 1:13 AM

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Apr 10, 2024 7:29 AM in response to mfulsac

mfulsac wrote:

Thanks for the reply. There is no problem except staring at thirty-odd empty and untracable keychains. Here is the screenshot. All my key usual keychains are working OK; some are not shown in the screenshot because above the scroll. More empty keychains would continue downwards with the scroll. I guess you cannot see into the red rings on the screenshot but each contains the head and shoulders of a person. I can probably sort out an enlargement if it would help. Nowhere can I find files for these things or delete them.

Here is an enlargement of part of the many empty keychains.


Never seen anything quite like it.


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Apr 9, 2024 5:09 PM in response to mfulsac

mfulsac wrote:

After some difficulty (but eventual success) in re-installing keychains from Time Machine I am left with around 30 empty keychains showing under Custom Keychains. They are not showing in either of the Library folders. Deletion is grayed out in the File menu, and little red rings with a man profile inside them are attached to each of these keychains. How do I delete please?

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If you can not safe ignore these empty key chains— maybe you can explain if there is a further issue leaving them.


Possibly posting a Screenshot of the "little red rings with a man profile inside" would be entertaining or insightful.



ref; Keychain Access User Guide for Mac



drag and drop, copy & paste or use the editor to include your screenshot


Apr 10, 2024 2:50 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thanks for the reply. There is no problem except staring at thirty-odd empty and untracable keychains. Here is the screenshot. All my key usual keychains are working OK; some are not shown in the screenshot because above the scroll. More empty keychains would continue downwards with the scroll. I guess you cannot see into the red rings on the screenshot but each contains the head and shoulders of a person. I can probably sort out an enlargement if it would help. Nowhere can I find files for these things or delete them.

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