I am using iOS password manager on iPhone 14 and 9th gen iPad, both are synced normally. I had need to restore iPad from backup and it restored password data from the backup, overwriting current password data. That can’t be the intention.
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Original Title: Password manager issue
iPad (9th generation)
arlen33 wrote:
That can’t be the intention.
That is absolutely the default intention.
If it’s personally not your intention, then override the default by setting up iCloud Keychain, which will store your passwords in iCloud.
Set up iCloud Keychain - Apple Support
arlen33 wrote:
That can’t be the intention.
That is absolutely the default intention.
If it’s personally not your intention, then override the default by setting up iCloud Keychain, which will store your passwords in iCloud.
Set up iCloud Keychain - Apple Support
If you have enabled Passwords & Keychain in iCloud, your saved Passwords will synchronise with iCloud and will not be included in your device backup. As such, upon restoring a backup, your saved Passwords will reload from iCloud, not the backup.
By contrast, if you have disabled Passwords & Keychain in iCloud, your saved Passwords will be included in your device backup. If you restore the backup, your locally stored Passwords will be overwritten by the backup data.
Settings > [Your Name / Apple Account] > iCloud > [Saved to iCloud] See All> Passwords & Keychain > Sync this iPad - disable or enable as required
Interesting, both my devices are set to sync, when I make a change to a password on one device the change shows up on the other device yet when I did a restore this morning from a recent backup some password items I had deleted reappeared. I will do a test to confirm what’s happening, thanks for info.
iOS password manager overwrites current data after iPad restore from backup
