In this post, I will show you how to quickly retrieve passwords stored in Safari on your iPhone.
This tip is useful if you're almost exclusively using Safari to surf the web and need to retrieve a password associated to an online service for instance.
Please note that some passwords may not be retrievable for the following reason:
the first time Safari encountered your credentials, it asked you: "Would you like to save this password?"
you have three options at this time
Never for this Website
Not now
Yes
only when you answer "Yes" will Safari store the password
The process to access the passwords stored in Safari is slightly different between various iOS versions.
On iOS 11 and up
Tap on "Settings"
Scroll down and tap on "Accounts & Passwords"
Tap on "App & Website Passwords"
Enter the passcode of your device or use Touch ID
Scroll through the list of stored credentials (username and password) sorted by the website name
Tap on any web domain to reveal the password
On iOS 10 & 9
Tap on "Settings"
Scroll down and tap on "Safari"
Tap on "Passwords"
Enter the passcode of your device or use Touch ID
Scroll through the list of stored credentials (username and password) sorted by the website name
Tap on any web domain to reveal the password
Long press on a credential and you'll be offered the choice to copy the username or password.
When accessing the information for a specific website, long press on a field to copy it.
On iOS 7 or 8
Tap on "Settings"
Scroll down and tap on "Safari"
Tap on "Passwords & AutoFill"
Tap on "Saved Passwords"
On iOS 8:
Enter the passcode of your device or use Touch ID to unlock the passwords
Scroll through the list of stored credentials
Tap on any web domain to reveal the password
On iOS 7:
You will access the list of stored credentials
Tap on any web domain
For each domain, enter the passcode of your device or use Touch ID
As you will notice, since iOS 8, the passcode is required to access the list of stored credentials, which means that it's much safer when you lend your device to someone else.
To copy a password in order to use it in an application, simply long press on the password field, then tap on "Copy"
TIP: Since iOS 9, it's possible to manually add credentials without the need to log into a Website:
scroll down to the bottom of the screen
tap on "Add Password"
And you, do you store password in Safari on your iPhone?
Please let me know in the comments below!
