What is a passkey?
A passkey replaces your password. You sign in with Face ID or Touch ID; there’s nothing to guess, leak or type into a fake site. More and more websites offer it, such as Google, GitHub, Microsoft, Amazon and PayPal.
Sifrvault stores your passkeys encrypted in your vault, next to your password and 2FA code. Through your own iCloud they’re right there on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Create a passkey
- Make sure Sifrvault is turned on under AutoFill & Passwords (see Turning it on).
- Sign in to the website and in the security settings choose Add passkey (sometimes: Sign in with passkey or Security key).
- Choose Sifrvault when you’re asked where to save the passkey.
- Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID. Sifrvault shows which site and account it’s for, and whether it goes with an existing login. Tap Save passkey.
Your iPhone or Mac doesn’t offer Sifrvault? Turn Sifrvault off and on again under AutoFill & Passwords, and try again.
Signing in with a passkey
On the login page, choose Sign in with passkey, or tap the username field. Choose your passkey from Sifrvault and confirm with Face ID or Touch ID. Done.
That works in Safari and apps on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and in Chrome and Edge on iPhone and iPad. In Chrome, Edge and Brave on the Mac the Sifrvault extension doesn’t support passkeys yet; use your password there, or Safari.
Finding your passkeys
On Home, tap the Passkeys tile. On iPad the tile is on Home too.
In the sidebar, click Passkeys, under Authenticator.
For each login you see which site and account the passkey is for. Open the item and the passkey is under your login details.
Delete a passkey
- Open the item and choose Edit.
- Under Passkeys, tap the red minus sign and save.
- Also remove the passkey in the website’s security settings, otherwise the site keeps offering it.