Change Passwords settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Passwords settings to view, add, or edit the user names and passwords or passkeys you saved for websites.
To change these settings, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Passwords settings for me
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Search field | Search for website addresses and user names in the list. | ||||||||||
Add | Add the user name and password for a website, or create a shared password group. Safari can autofill your user name and password for any websites you add. See Autofill your user name and password in Safari. | ||||||||||
Generated Passwords | Make the strong passwords that were created by your iPhone, iPad, and Mac available for AutoFill on all your devices. This option appears when you accept a recommendation from Safari to create a unique, hard-to-guess (or “strong”) password. | ||||||||||
Import and Export Passwords | Import user names and passwords for your website accounts from another browser into macOS. Click the More button To save the user names and passwords for your website accounts in a CSV file, click the More button The CSV file contains website titles, website addresses, user names, and passwords. Note: The CSV file is not encrypted, and anyone reading the file can see your passwords. | ||||||||||
Security Recommendations | Get advice about the passwords you’re using. Turn on Detect Leaked Passwords to receive a message if any of your passwords are found on lists of exposed or breached passwords. | ||||||||||
Password Options | Automatically fill in passwords and passkeys for apps and websites, use passwords and passkeys from iCloud Keychain, and delete verification codes from Messages and Mail after the codes have been entered. | ||||||||||
My Passwords | If you share passwords or passkeys with a group, My Passwords lists any account you’ve created a user name and password for but haven’t shared with a group. | ||||||||||
List of shared password groups | This list shows any groups with whom you share account passwords. For groups you created, you can add and remove people, rename the group, and delete the group. For all groups, you can change and delete passwords. | ||||||||||
List of websites and user names | The list of all your accounts, both the ones you don’t share and the ones you do share. The list includes accounts that you saved user names and passwords for while signing in, accounts that you added user names and passwords for in Passwords settings, and accounts that you hid security recommendations for. | ||||||||||
Info | See your user name and password. A warning icon
If you reuse a password across different websites, or you have an easily guessed password for a website, details appear below your user name and password. Reusing passwords across different websites isn’t recommended—if an attacker knows your password for one website, they might be able to access your accounts on other websites. To create a stronger or unique password for the selected website, click Change Password on Website. Share Edit: Update the user name or password if you changed them on the website, change your password by visiting the website, or delete the password from your keychain. If the website supports verification codes, go to the website, sign in, then get a setup key. Click Enter Setup Key, then enter the key. This extra level of security helps guarantee your identity. Delete Password: Click to delete this password. You can recover a deleted password for 30 days. See Recover a recently deleted password or passkey. | ||||||||||
is shown for a website for any of the following reasons:
: Send the password or passkey for the selected website to someone in your contacts list (in the Contacts app) using AirDrop. The email address you use for iCloud must be in their contacts list, and the email address they use for iCloud must be in your contacts list. To send to someone on a Mac, they must allow themselves to be discovered in AirDrop in the