Using the iPadOS Password Manager
iPadOS has a password manager built-in to the Settings app that you can use to store and manage your passwords for various websites and apps. It gives you the ability to automatically fill in your log in credentials when browsing websites so you don't need to remember complicated passwords. It will also warn you when you are using duplicated passwords across accounts.
How to add a password
This section will demonstrate how to manually add password credentials into the built-in password manager in iOS.
Open the Settings app > Passwords
Enter the PIN you use to unlock your iPad
To add a password, tap the + icon in the top right corner
The Add Password screen will appear.
- Carefully enter the website, user name and password into the fields
- Tap Done when all information has been entered
Some apps also allow the use of the built-in password manager to auto-fill credentials in the app. The example below will work with the Amazon Kindle app, because the app recognizes Amazon.com as the app website.
The credentials have been added to the Password manager. As you can see, the Amazon Kindle app icon was added to the entry showing it will work with the Amazon Kindle app.
How to edit or delete a password entry
Tap on any password entry to bring up the viewing screen.
- Here you can edit your information by tapping Edit in the top right corner.
- Tap Delete Password to delete the password credentials
How to save password credentials after entering them in a website in Safari
You can save password credentials directly into the built-in password manager from any webpage that uses sign in credentials. The screenshots below are an example of how to do this using Google.
Go to any webpage that you need to sign in credentials to sign in.
For this example, we'll use signing in to Google. Enter your user name into the webpage and tap Next.
Next, enter your password and tap Next.
Safari will give you the option to save the password for this webpage.
Tap Save This Password to save the password credentials into the password manager.
How to use the Password manager to Automatically fill in your password credentials
The best part about using a password manager is that you never need to remember your credentials to sign in to a website. The password manager will automatically use your saved credentials to sign you in.
Go to any website that you have previously saved password credentials.
- Tap into the field that requests your username or password.
- A grey box will appear at the bottom of the screen asking if you want to log in to the website using the credentials shown in the blue button. If the credentials shown in the blue button matches the credentials you'd like to use to sign in to the website, tap the blue button. The username should automatically fill in. Repeat these steps to auto-enter the password.
If the credentials shown in the blue button is not the correct information, tap the key icon in the bottom right corner to use a different password saved in the password manager
A screen will appear that asks for your iPad passcode. Enter the PIN you use to unlock your iPad
A dialog box will appear.
Tap Other Passwords…
A list of saved passwords will appear. Tap the account credentials you want to use for signing in to the website.
