How to Set Up a Password Manager on a Smartphone
Last week’s article was all about learning what a password manager is, why they are important, and how to set them up on both a Mac and a PC. You may be asking, though, what about an iPhone or an iPad? Not to worry, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to set up a password manager for mobile devices.
Note: I am using an iPhone 15 running iOS 15.5. Things may be different depending on the type of phone and software version you have installed on your phone.
How to set up a password manager?
If you use a Mac and are already using the Apple Passwords app, those passwords can show up on your iPhone and iPad.
Apple Passwords
Step-by-step instructions to set up Apple’s Password Manager on a Mac.
Open Safari and go to a website.
Click on the username or email box, and enter your username or email address.
Click on “Forgot my Password,” and enter your email address.
Click on Send a temporary password.
Log in to your email, find the temporary password, and open the email.
Copy the temporary password by tapping and holding the password on the screen to highlight it.
Tap copy in the pop-up window that appears above or below the highlighted text.
Go back to the website where you need to reset the password and paste the temporary password by holding your finger in the box where the password goes.
Log in with the temporary password
On the screen to set a new password, click in the box to type a new password
Instead of typing in a new password, tap the pop-up that appears and select “strong password.” Your password will be saved in the password app for the next time you log into that website.
Note: To log in to a website after saving a password in the password app, navigate to the website and click on the email or username field. A smaller box will appear with your email address or username. Click on that, and your email address and password will automatically appear. Then click login.
Google Chrome
Step-by-step instructions to set up Google Chrome’s Password Manager on a Mac or PC.
Open Google Chrome and go to a website
Click on the username or email box, and enter your username or email address.
Click on “Forgot my Password,” enter your email address
Click on Send temporary password
Log in to your email, find the temporary password, and open the email.
Copy the temporary password by tapping and holding the password on the screen to highlight it.
Tap copy in the pop-up window that appears above or below the highlighted text.
Go back to the website where you need to reset the password and paste the temporary password by holding your finger in the box where the password goes.
On the screen to set a new password, click in the box to type a new password
Tap the set password button at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the three dots to the far right side on the bottom of the browser
Tap on Passwords
Tap Add on the Passwords Screen
Type the website address EX. https://www.hulu.com
Type your username if you have a username, or your email address if that is your username
Type in your new password
Tap the Save button
Note: to log in to a website after a password is saved in the password app, go to the website and click on the email or username box, and your username or email and password will automatically appear. Then tap the log-in button.
Check back next week to learn how to set up Norton’s password manager.
