How to Manually Add and Edit Passwords to Keychain on iPhone and iPad

Keychain is a secure method to store passwords of all the accounts, and other personal information at one place. It stores and lets you fill in the details quickly wherever you want. Earlier, you had to visit all the websites or accounts individually to change their passwords, but you can change the same directly from the Keychain itself.

If the feature is enabled on your iPhone and iPad, it automatically fills in the information like ID and Password, Credit Card details, etc wherever required. Before getting the details saved in your Keychain, you’ll have to visit all the accounts or websites to get your information tucked with the Keychain, which is really time-consuming. But you don’t have to worry about it as it has an alternate and quick method, that is manually making changes to the Keychain to update the information.

Advantages of using iCloud Keychain

Before getting to the guide on how to use Keychain, let us know about its advantages:

1. Protected by Encryption

Information such as Passwords, Credit Card numbers, etc are encrypted by AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) ensuring you the security and protection.

2. Suggest and create passwords

While adding passwords to your accounts or websites, Keychain gives password suggestions that are not easy to crack. You can either choose to add the password suggested by the Keychain feature or add one of your own, which then directly gets saved to the Keychain.

3. Add notes securely

The Keychain has a ‘Secure Notes’ section where you can add any information other than Passwords or card details, that you want to keep safe and out of reach from anyone.

4. Change passwords anytime

You can change the password for any account with the help of the Keychain feature. If you update your password by visiting the account or website and do not change it in the keychain, it’ll not allow you to log in to your account.

How to add passwords to the Keychain manually?

The steps to manually add passwords to the Keychain on the iPhone and iPad are:

1. Go to the ‘Settings’ app on your iPhone and iPad.
2. Locate the ‘Passwords & Accounts’ section, and click on the same.
3. Click on the ‘Website & App Passwords’ button under the ‘Passwords & Accounts’ tab. You’ll have to go through a security check and enter your Face ID or Touch ID, depending upon the device.
4. In the next window, tap on the ‘+’ icon to add passwords to your accounts or websites.
5. A new pop-up screen will open. Enter the account or website details such as ID and Password. Once you’re done, click on the ‘Done’ button on the upper right corner of the screen.

Following the steps mentioned above will add your account to the website to the Keychain. You can add as many accounts or websites as you want.

Once you’re done adding the details to the Keychain, all you need to do is visit the website or account and verify with your Face ID or Touch ID. It’ll autofill your details as saved in the Keychain. Also, this feature is synced with all the devices you’re using with the same Apple account.

Whenever you change your password for any account, it needs to be updated in the Keychain feature as well, because if you don’t, you won’t be able to log in to your accounts.

How to edit login and passwords information to Keychain on iPhone and iPad?

The steps to edit login and passwords information to the Keychain on the iPhone and iPad are:

1. Go to the ‘Settings’ app on your iPhone and iPad.
2. Locate the ‘Passwords & Accounts’ section, and click on the same.
3. Click on the ‘Website & App Passwords’ button under the ‘Passwords & Accounts’ tab. Verify with the Face ID or Touch ID, depending upon the device.
4. A new window will appear with all the previously saved accounts. Click on any of these accounts to change their login information.
5. Tap on the ‘Edit’ button on the top right corner of the screen, and change the login details.
6. Once you’re done changing the information, click on the ‘Done’ button.

You can update login information to other accounts and websites using the same steps as mentioned above.

iCloud Keychain does not possess pro features, because of which people switch to third-party applications, but it is a convenient feature for basic use.

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