How to Share Passwords with Family on iPhone and Mac
Over the years, Apple improved its password management abilities, allowing users to manage their saved passwords andpasskeysin a better way. With thefeature-rich iOS 17, iCloud Keychain gets a Family Passwords feature that lets you securely share saved passwords with family and friends. You can create a group of trusted contacts and share your important passwords across devices. It’s a convenient way to share passwords for shared media accounts, streaming subscriptions, bills, and more with your family so each member can access, add, delete, and change passwords that are shared. Keep reading to know how to share passwords with family on iPhone and Mac.
How to share passwords and passkeys on iPhone
Note:To use the Shared Passwords and Passkeys feature, you and the people you wish to add must have installed iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma.
Here’s how to create Family Passwords group in iOS 17 on iPhone:
How to share passwords and passkeys on Mac
Just like your iPhone, you can share passwords and passkeys with family on Mac as well. Here’s how to do it:
Once you’ve created a group to share passwords, each participant and add/remove passwords and all the changes will be synced across the group. However,the group can only be deleted by the person who created it, other members get an option to leave the group. Just like regular passwords, shared passwords get stored iniCloud Keychainand are end-to-end encrypted. Also, you can create multiple groups for shared passwords. For instance, you can create one group to share passwords with your spouse, a separate one for kids, one for your siblings, and so on.
Kanika Gogia
Kanika has been a loyal iPhone user since 2014 and loves everything Apple. With a Master’s in Computer Applications, passion for technology, and over five years of experience in writing, she landed at Beebom as an Apple Ecosystem Writer. She specializes in writing How To’s, troubleshooting guides, App features, and roundups for Apple users to help them make the best use of their gadgets. When not writing, she loves to try out new recipes and enjoy some family time.
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