If you have a family or a group of people who need to access the same passwords for online accounts, you might wonder how to share them securely and conveniently. One option is to use the built-in feature “Share Passwords and Passkeys” (i.e., Family Passwords) to share family passwords in a group on your iPhone and iPad in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 respectively, which lets you create a new group to share passwords and passkeys across their devices and add contacts for the group to whom you want to share. Let’s see how to do this.
How to Share Family Passwords in a Group on iPhone or iPad
Before moving to the steps, make sure that the contact you add to a group must have the latest versions of iOS 17 or iPadOS 17. If not, they need to update their iOS or iPadOS to the latest version. Once done, they can access Shared Passwords Groups. Let’s see how to create a new shared group for family passwords and passkeys.
- Open the Settings App.
- Scroll down to the Passwords option and tap on it.
- Just below the Family Passwords card, tap on Get Started.
- Then tap Continue.
- Now on the New Shared Group screen, add the new group name in the text box labeled as GROUP NAME.
- Then, tap on Add People under the section GROUP MEMBERS and add the contacts whom you trust most (i.e., family and friends)
- Once the adding process is done, tap Create (at the top right).
- Now select the passwords and passkeys you want to move to the newly created group.
- Tap Move.
Now your passwords and passkeys have been moved to the created group.
How to Access Your passwords and passkeys
If you want to access your passwords and passkeys anytime, follow the below process.
- Open the Settings App.
- Scroll down to the Passwords option and tap on it.
- Tap on Family Passwords.
Now here, you have an option to manage the shared passwords and passkeys. From here, you can also add the new contacts into the group or delete (or remove) the existing contacts from the group. Apart from this, you can also delete the created group if no longer needed.
That’s it! You successfully created the Share Family Passwords in a group on your iPhone or iPad. Now you can share your passwords with your family or friends. This is a convenient and secure way to manage and share your online account passwords and passkeys without having to remember or type in complex passwords every time.
Conclusion
To conclude, sharing family passwords in a group on your iPhone or iPad is a convenient and secure way to access online accounts with your trusted contacts. You can use the built-in feature “Share Passwords and Passkeys” to create a new group, add contacts, and move passwords and passkeys to the group. You can also manage the group members and the shared passwords from the Settings app. This feature is available on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 devices. By following the steps in this blog post, you can easily set up and use this feature to share family passwords in a group on your iPhone or iPad.
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