How to Add, Edit, and Manage Passwords in Safari on Mac

Safari can remember a website login for you, but the controls moved on newer Macs. If the save prompt never appears or you cannot find an old login, the Passwords app and Safari's AutoFill setting are usually the reason.

On macOS Sequoia and later, open Passwords to add, view, edit, share, or delete a credential. Then check AutoFill in Safari Settings so the next sign-in gets saved and filled for you.

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Save a Username and Password in Safari on Mac

You sign in to a site, Safari says nothing, and no save prompt appears. Or you saved a login months ago and now you cannot find it anywhere on your Mac.

Both problems lead to the same two places. macOS Sequoia and later keep saved logins in the standalone Passwords app, while Safari’s AutoFill pane decides whether credentials get saved and filled at all.

Apple stores those entries in the Keychain, encrypted. Opening a saved password can ask for your Mac login password or Touch ID.

Turn on password saving

Check this setting first when Safari stops offering to remember a login.

1. Open the Safari app on your Mac.
2. Choose Safari from the macOS menu bar.
3. Choose Settings… to open Safari Settings.
4. Choose AutoFill in the sidebar.
5. Select User names and passwords.

Already ticked? Then this is not the problem and you can move on. You’ll know the setting works when Safari asks to save a password the next time you sign in somewhere new.

Save a password during sign-in

Safari only offers to save a credential after a login goes through. Sign in as usual and watch for the prompt.

1. Open the website in Safari.
2. Sign in with your existing username and password.
3. Submit the login form.
4. Review the website, username, and password in Safari’s save prompt.
5. Choose Save Password.

On your next visit, the saved username or password should show up in Safari’s suggestions when you click that field.

Add a Password Manually in the Passwords App

Sometimes the prompt never shows and you are left waiting for it. Add the credential yourself instead of hoping Safari offers.

1. Open the Safari app on your Mac.
2. Choose Safari from the macOS menu bar.
3. Choose Settings… to open Safari Settings.
4. Choose AutoFill in the sidebar.
5. Choose Edit next to User names and passwords to open the Passwords app.
6. Click the add button.
7. Enter the website address.
8. Enter the username.
9. Enter the password.
10. Choose Save.

The new site should now appear in Passwords with the username and password you typed.

TIP: Shortcut: once the Passwords app is open, launch it straight from Applications on later visits instead of walking through Safari Settings again.

Edit a Saved Password in Safari on Mac

A site renamed your account, or you reset the password there and Safari keeps filling the old one. Edit the saved record so the details match what the site expects.

Changing it here does not touch the website. If the service already issued a new password, update the account first, then fix the saved copy.

1. Open Applications in Finder.
2. Open the Passwords app.
3. Select the saved website record.
4. Choose Edit.
5. Replace the username if it has changed.
6. Replace the password if it has changed.
7. Choose Save.

The next visit should fill the new username and password into the login form.

Share a saved password

Someone needs a login you already saved. Use the share control in Passwords rather than pasting the password into a message.

1. Open Applications in Finder.
2. Open the Passwords app.
3. Select the saved website record.
4. Choose the share button.

The share sheet should open with the selected credential ready to send.

Delete a Saved Password in Safari on Mac

Old logins pile up: a duplicate entry, a site you stopped using, a password you already replaced. Remove the one record and leave the rest of your Safari passwords alone.

1. Open Applications in Finder.
2. Open the Passwords app.
3. Select the record you want to remove.
4. Open the menu for the selected record.
5. Choose Delete Password….
6. Choose Delete Password to confirm.

Before deleting: Deleting a saved password cannot be undone. Keep another copy of the credential if you still need it.

The record should disappear from the Passwords list as soon as you confirm.

Removing a login does not clear what the site already stored in your browser. If you want to reset that as well, you can block or allow browser cookies in Safari on Mac.

Manage Passwords in Safari on Older Macs

No Passwords app on your Mac? Everything still lives inside Safari. The path below covers macOS Sonoma and earlier, and very old releases say Preferences… where newer ones say Settings….

View or edit a legacy password

Safari asks for your login password or Touch ID before it shows a single entry, so have that ready.

1. Open Safari on your Mac.
2. Choose Safari from the macOS menu bar.
3. Choose Settings…, or Preferences… if that is the label shown.
4. Choose Passwords in the sidebar.
5. Authenticate with your computer login password or Touch ID.
6. Select the saved website record.
7. Choose Show Details.
8. Replace the username if it has changed.
9. Replace the password if it has changed.
10. Choose Done.

The site’s details should reflect your changes the next time you open them.

Delete a legacy password

Same panel, same authentication, one extra confirmation at the end.

1. Open Safari on your Mac.
2. Choose Safari from the macOS menu bar.
3. Choose Settings…, or Preferences… if that is the label shown.
4. Choose Passwords in the sidebar.
5. Authenticate with your computer login password or Touch ID.
6. Select the record you want to remove.
7. Choose Delete Password.
8. Confirm the deletion.

The entry should drop off the list once you confirm.

Manage Other Safari Autofill Data

Safari keeps saved logins, addresses, and cards in three separate lists. Clearing one leaves the other two untouched.

Contacts and addresses sit in their own AutoFill section. You can save the address and contact for autofill in Safari on Mac without changing a single website login.

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