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onlyanegg
1 day agoNew Member
Secret Key storage in iCloud keychain -- toggle?
Hi there, I have read through some explanations of why the Secret Key is safe to be stored in the iCloud keychain by default, but I'd really rather it just weren't. Is there any way to turn this be...
1P_Dave
Moderator
3 hours agoHello onlyanegg! 👋
Welcome to the community! When you add your 1Password account to the 1Password app on one of your Apple devices (such as a Mac, iPhone, or iPad), 1Password stores an encrypted version of your Secret Key in the iCloud Keychain which is securely synced to all of your Apple devices. The next time that you need to add your 1Password account to another device you'll only be asked for your account password since the 1Password app will retrieve your Secret Key from iCloud Keychain.
The Secret Key is stored encrypted and can only be accessed by you. This process safely and securely backs up your Secret Key and saves you from having to type it into all of your devices. You'll always need to enter your account password, which isn't stored, in order to decrypt your data and access your passwords and other items.
The only way to stop the encrypted version of your Secret Key from syncing to iCloud Keychain would be to turn off iCloud Keychain on all of your Apple devices. Then, the Secret Key would still be saved to the local keychain but it wouldn't be synced to your Apple account.
-Dave