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Q: how to turn off keychain pop ups

My computer won't accept any passwords I put into these keychain pop ups. So they constantly pop up and wont go away even if you click cancel 6 or 7 times. Can someone help me to turn them off?!

MacBook Pro, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 1, 2014 5:09 AM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis May 1, 2014 3:40 PM in response to meganreynolds92
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    Applications
    May 1, 2014 3:40 PM in response to meganreynolds92
    There are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.
      
    Step 1
      

    Follow the directions in this support article.

      
    Step 2
      

    Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:

     

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

     

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

     

    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.

     

    Select the iCloud keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.

     

    If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password.

     

    Select

      

    Keychain Access Keychain First Aid

       

    from the menu bar and repair the keychain.

     
    Step 3
     
    Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.
     
    Step 4
     
    Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:
    • Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".
    • Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".
    You can then close the folder.
      

    Delete the login keychain from the keychain list in Keychain Access. Choose Delete References when prompted, not Delete References & Files.

      
    Select
      
    File Add Keychain...
      
    from the menu bar. Add back the file now named "login.keychain". If any of your needed keychain items are missing from it, also add back the file now named "login-old.keychain". I suggest you transfer any needed items from that keychain to the login keychain, then delete it. The transfers are made by drag-and-drop in Keychain Access. You'll need to enter your password for each item transferred.

      

    Run Keychain First Aid again. Quit Keychain Access.

  • by Bickity,

    Bickity Bickity Dec 9, 2014 5:13 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Apple TV
    Dec 9, 2014 5:13 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Linc, thank you so much. This has been driving me nuts for weeks. Step 1 worked like a charm.

  • by twilliams3011,

    twilliams3011 twilliams3011 Jul 24, 2015 9:06 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jul 24, 2015 9:06 AM in response to Linc Davis

    How do I turn keychain off on my iPhone. this is so annoying. I have gone into the settings tab and turned off. As soon as I leave the page, it automatically turns itself back on again.

     

    Many thanks!

  • by sbduggan,

    sbduggan sbduggan Sep 16, 2015 4:30 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Sep 16, 2015 4:30 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Linc: Just wanted to say: you are a wizard :-) Took me most of the steps but thank you for taking the time to write this up. Wonderfully helpful

  • by Qat_,

    Qat_ Qat_ Nov 16, 2015 6:32 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Desktops
    Nov 16, 2015 6:32 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Hi Davis,

     

    The link provided in step 1 no longer works a year later, where can I find it?

  • by drkobra,Helpful

    drkobra drkobra Nov 27, 2015 8:58 AM in response to meganreynolds92
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    Nov 27, 2015 8:58 AM in response to meganreynolds92

    I had been trying to fix this issue for months on my mac. I just spoke to an apple rep and he helped me resolve this in less than a minute. Here is how:

    1. In Finder, press the key 'option' and click on 'Library' under 'Go'.
    2. In library folder, scroll down to 'keychain'.
    3. Click on the arrow to the left of keychain to reveal what's under it.
    4. Delete everything under keychain, but not the keychain folder itself. (In my case, I had to delete 3-4 files and a folder).
    5. Restart the mac.
    6. Voila, you are done. No more annoying pop-ups.
  • by mikederr,

    mikederr mikederr Dec 9, 2015 10:21 AM in response to drkobra
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Dec 9, 2015 10:21 AM in response to drkobra

    After resetting icloud keychain setting - enable/disable ...doing keychain repair, this helped me!!!

    I only had to log back into icloud one more time after reboot.  Thanks DRKOBRA!

  • by saje,

    saje saje Mar 31, 2016 9:55 AM in response to drkobra
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Apple Watch
    Mar 31, 2016 9:55 AM in response to drkobra

    This did not work for me. For each of the items under keychain, I got, "...cannot be modified or deleted...."

  • by LLLJJJAAA,

    LLLJJJAAA LLLJJJAAA Jul 1, 2016 5:55 PM in response to meganreynolds92
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    Jul 1, 2016 5:55 PM in response to meganreynolds92

    Very helpful