On macOS Sierra there is no First Aid and when I went to reset my keychain I got a message saying the operation could not be completed. But all of a sudden my keychain was completely empty. I logged out and logged back in and I had to re-enter many account passwords-- so it looks like it may have worked. SGSVenkatesh The error was present but it did actually work. The keychain was reset. For others who may come across this: open Keychain access. Select the login keychain. Note: if the option is disabled, from the top menu, create a new keychain called "test", right click on it and make it the default keychain.
Proceed to reset the login keychain's password, and when done, make it the default keychain again. Show 1 more comment. Along the same lines: "You can safely delete the Keychains folder or just the folders inside it in your home directory eg. It will be recreated on login. This worked perfectly for me. Not the entire folder, just the folders inside of it. Most of them have capitalized letters with some numbers. This is the best answer for this topic since the First Aid in the Keychain Access does not exist in Sierra and above.
Thank you for the feedback guys and helping improve the answer. Isn't deleting the keychaing going to delete all the stored passwords? Or am I missing something? Synchronise your user account and keychain passwords!
If you don't know your old password, the solution is to create a new login keychain. If you do know your old password, use that password to update your existing login keychain: Open the Keychain Access app, which is in the the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
This is the password you were using before the password was reset. Enter the new password of your user account in the New Password field. This is the password you're now using to log in to your Mac. Enter the same password in the Verify field. Click OK when done, then quit Keychain Access. Community Bot 1.
Astravagrant Astravagrant 3 3 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Ran security set-keychain-password on that, then renamed the current login. Worked great. There are many benefits to having your computer and phone remember your password. Keychain suggests passwords that are super secure and are more complex, including numbers, symbols and random characters. It also saves you the hassle of getting your wallet out when making online purchases. As you can see, Keychain is pretty handy.
So why would anyone want to delete their keychain? One of the most common problems users encounter is when they change a password and it does not get synced with Keychain.
This could happen if you change the password on the user account to your computer or tablet. However, if you cannot remember or are unable to recover the old password, then you will need to create a new login keychain. Take note that this will reset your keychain and you will lose all stored passwords and data that was in the previous keychain.
If you are experiencing a lot of login prompts and error messages that are Keychain related, then it might be time to delete your keychain and get a new, fresh start. In other cases, you may just want to declutter your keychain, or delete passwords to websites or accounts you no longer use or need access to e. You have successfully joined our subscriber list.
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