Many Apple users prefer to serf Internet with the help of Safari – original Apple browsing application. It is available on both – Apple mobile devices running iOS and Mac computers. Safari – just like many other popular browsers – has a lot of built-in functions designed for user’s convenience. Function of storing passwords is certainly among them. In this article we are going to tell you how to find saved passwords in Safari on Mac OS and iOS.
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How to find saved passwords in safari on Mac OS
The MacOS operating system is pre-installed on all Apple computers – Macbook, iMac, Mac Pro. Safari browser meets all modern standards, and many users do not install any third-party applications to browse the Internet. If you use Safari for authorization on various websites, it saves information about all logins and passwords entered. You can see them as follows:
- You need to start the Safari browser on your computer;
- In the upper left corner, click on the “Safari” sign and select the “Preferences” option in the drop-down menu;
- A settings popup window will appear. Here you need to select the “Passwords” button in the top menu. On the password tab you will need to enter the password of the computer user;
- After entering the password, you are going to see a window with 3 columns: the website name, the user name and the password. Also, to the right from the password, there may be an exclamation sign that reports some information. For example, an exclamation sign in a yellow triangle indicates that one password is being used for several websites. Click on the line with the website that you need and its password will be displayed there.
In the Safari app on your Mac, choose Safari Preferences, then click General. Click the “Safari opens with” pop-up menu, then choose “A new private window.” If you don’t see this option, choose Apple menu System Preferences, click General, then make sure “Close windows when quitting an app” is selected. Before you start, check the version of Safari running on your Mac. To display the version number, choose Safari About Safari. If your Safari version is 11.0 or later, follow the steps in For Mac OS X 10.11, macOS 10.12, and later. If your Safari version is 10.0 or later, follow the steps in For Mac OS X 10.10.
Please note: In the upper right corner there is a search that allows you to filter the list of websites to find the one you need. If necessary, you can delete some passwords from Safari memory. To do this, select the appropriate line and click “Remove” in the lower right corner.
You can also add a new website and login / password for it. To do this, click “Add” in the lower right corner and enter the necessary data.
Please note: If you need to disable the automatic filling of user names and passwords, which may be useful in some situations for security purposes, there is a corresponding setting in the upper left corner of the “Passwords” window.
How to find saved passwords in iOS — iPhone, iPad
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To view passwords stored in Safari on mobile devices running iOS, you need to do the following:
- Go to the “Settings”;
- Select the “Passwords and Accounts” section;
- Then go to the “Website&App Passwords” section. To enter this section you will need to enter a password (or use Touch ID, Face ID);
- In this section you should be able to find all logins and passwords for all websites stored on the device. To view information about a specific account for a specific website, you need to click on the appropriate line. It will be easy for you to find websites that you need by simply filtering passwords using the “Search” line.
Just like in the version for MacOS, you can add a new password, if you click on the plus in the upper right corner, and enter the necessary information.
To delete passwords, click “Edit” in the upper right corner, mark the passwords you want to delete, and then click “Delete” in the upper left corner.
Safari for Mac
Safari is included with your Mac operating system.
Updating Safari
Apple Safari Update For Mac
To keep Safari up to date for the version of macOS you're using, install the latest macOS updates.
The most recent version of macOS includes the most recent version of Safari. For some earlier versions of macOS, Safari might also be available separately from the Updates tab of the App Store.
Reinstalling Safari
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If you deleted Safari and don't have a Time Machine backup or other backup, reinstall macOS to put Safari back in your Applications folder. Reinstalling macOS doesn't remove data from your computer.
Before reinstalling, you might want to use Spotlight to search for Safari on your Mac. If you find it, but it's no longer in your Dock, just drag it to the Dock to add it back.
Safari for Windows
Apple no longer offers Safari updates for Windows. Safari 5.1.7 for Windows was the last version made for Windows, and it is now outdated.