Deleting the Keychain on Macs (Faculty)

Summary

If your mac computer won't take your password, you may need to delete your keychain.

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NOTE: To complete this procedure, the computer will need to reboot. Be sure to save any documents or work first!   

While logged in under the user’s account: 

  1. Search for and open the “Application Catalog” using the search feature (upper right of the screen), or go to Finder -> Applications -> Application Catalog. 
  2. At this window please log in with your StarID and password.
  3. Once you are signed in, click on the “Utilities” category.
  4. *NOTE: This step will cause the computer to restart. Please save any documents or work first.  Click on “Delete Login Keychain”. This will delete the user’s login keychain and re-create it.  

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Article ID: 77916
Created
Wed 5/8/19 12:50 PM
Modified
Thu 7/21/22 1:04 PM