The iCloud Keychain becomes a useful and excellent option when it comes to storing passwords, login information on websites or data related to our bank card on our Apple device (iPhone, iPad or Mac, among others) .
This greatly facilitates the process, since, in this way, the system is able to access that information stored safely whenever necessary, without having to re-enter our access data, passwords or those related to the card. bank at the time we are going to carry out a new purchase.
But this function does not stop there. You can also store personal information, such as our address or telephone number, which also offers us the possibility of being able to immediately enter them in the forms without having to retype them over and over again.
In case, every day, we use iCloud Keychain to store and remember passwords, it is possible that, at some point, we want to view a particular password.
For example, it may happen that we need to log in to a certain website on another device that does not have this option enabled (for example, Android), and it is essential to access that password because you do not remember what it was like.
For these situations, both iOS and macOS offer us the possibility of being able to view the passwords saved in the iCloud Keychain .
How to view iCloud Keychain passwords on iPhone or iPad
On our mobile device, we must access Settings from the home screen. Then, we access General and we slide down the screen to the bottom, until we find the Passwords section.
We click on it, and at this moment we will have to enter the password of our device, or use Touch ID or Face ID if we have them configured.
Finally, a new window will appear where our logins in the websites where we have previously logged in will be shown, in alphabetical order, including both the username and password (which will be visible).
We will only have to write down the access data or click on the Edit button, which we will find in the upper right part of the screen, to make any changes.
How to view iCloud Keychain passwords on Mac
On macOS, you can also access your iCloud Keychain passwords. We must open Safari , which is Apple’s default browser, and then click on Safari and Preferences , which we will find in the menu bar.
Now, we select the Passwords tab, we enter the password of our Mac, and from there we can see a list with all the locations and user names of the passwords.
If necessary, we can click on the Details button, which we will find located at the bottom, to carry out changes or share the password.
