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Create website and app passwords on iPhone

Create website and app passwords on iPhone

When you sign up for services on websites and in apps, you can let iPhone create strong passwords for many of your accounts, or you can create your own passwords. iPhone stores the passwords in iCloud Keychain and fills them in for you automatically, so you don’t have to memorize them. If you use the same password in more than one account, iPhone flags it for you to change.
Note: For iPhone to create and store passwords, iCloud Keychain must be turned on. Go to Settings  > [your name] > iCloud > Keychain.

Create a password for a new account

  1. On the new account screen for the website or app, enter a new account name.
    For supported websites and apps, iPhone suggests a unique, complex password.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Choose the suggested password: Tap Use Strong Password.
    • Make up your own password: Tap Choose My Own Password.
  3. To later allow iPhone to automatically fill in the password for you, tap Yes when you’re asked if you want to save the password.

Automatically fill in a saved password

  1. On the sign-in screen for the website or app, tap the account name field.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Tap the account suggested at the bottom of the screen or near the top of the keyboard.
    • Tap the Password AutoFill buttontap Other Passwords, then tap an account.
    The password is filled in. To see the password, tap the Show Password Text button.
To enter an account or password that isn’t saved, tap the Keyboard button on the sign-in screen.

View your saved passwords

Ask Siri. Say something like: “Show me my passwords.” Learn how to ask Siri.
To view the password for an account, tap it.
You can also view your passwords without asking Siri. Do one of the following, then tap an account to view its password:
  • Go to Settings  > Passwords & Accounts > Website & App Passwords.
  • On a sign-in screen, tap the Password AutoFill buttonthen tap Other Passwords.

Replace a reused password

To help you replace reused passwords with unique ones, reused passwords are flagged with the Reused Password Warning in the passwords list.
  1. Go to Settings  > Passwords & Accounts > Website & App Passwords.
  2. Tap any account flagged with a the Reused Password Warning.
  3. Tap Change Password, then change your password on the website or in the app that appears.

Prevent iPhone from automatically filling in passwords

Go to Settings  > Passwords & Accounts, then turn off AutoFill Passwords.

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