With iOS 18, Apple introduced a standalone Passwords app that streamlines login and password management. You’ve been able to store password.
With iOS 18, Apple introduced a standalone Passwords app that streamlines login and password management. You’ve been able to store password information on your Apple devices through iCloud Keychain for years, but accessing passwords was a little difficult because the data was tucked away in the Settings app. That’s no longer the case, and in iOS 18, it’s much simpler to create and manage passwords for websites and more.
This guide goes over everything you need to know about the iOS 18 Passwords app, which is also available in iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia 15. Layout
The Passwords app is installed automatically when upgrading to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, or macOS Sequoia. The app has a simple layout with a search bar right at the top, so you can look up the information that you’re looking for.
If you’ve already used the iCloud Keychain feature, all of your saved logins and passwords are ready to go as soon as you authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID. There are separate sections for passwords and logins (under All), Passkeys, two-factor authentication codes, Wi-Fi passwords, security warnings, and logins that have been deleted.
You can tap in to any of the sections to see what’s listed there, and tapping on an individual entry shows the login and password. Each entry has fields for site or app name, username, login, verification code, websites where the login is used, and notes. There’s also a one-tap option for changing your password for any given entry.
The layout of the Passwords app is similar to what you see in the Passwords section of the Settings app in iOS 18.Adding Logins and Passwords
To add a login or password to the Passwords app, it’s as simple as tapping on the « + » button at the bottom of the main interface.
The Passwords app populates a new entry with a password automatically, and you just need to add the website name and username, then copy the password and put it in the app, website, or service you’re signing up for. Tapping on Save will save the information.
If you want to add information to an existing entry, you can tap into the relevant section, such as All, search for the login you want to update, tap it, and then select the « Edit » option to get to the editing interface for adding notes, changing a password, or adding a verification code.
Passwords and logins are added automatically to the Passwords app when you have iCloud Keychain enabled and you create a new login in Safari or in an app.Changing Passwords
To change a Password, you just need to open up the Passwords app, search for the login you want to update, tap on Edit, and then tap on the « Change Password.
