Share passwords or passkeys with people you trust on Mac
You can share account passwords or passkeys with housemates, family members or anyone else listed in your contacts. Everyone must have an iPhone with iOS 17, an iPad with iPadOS 17 or a Mac with macOS Sonoma (or later).
You can also share Sign in with Apple accounts with people you trust who are listed in your contacts. Everyone must have an iPhone with iOS 18, an iPad with iPadOS 18 or a Mac with macOS Sequoia.
Create a group to share passwords, passkeys or Sign in with Apple
Go to the Passwords app
on your Mac.Choose File > New Shared Group.
Enter a name for the group.
Click Add People.
Enter the names of people you want to share with, then click Add.
As you type, matching names from your contacts appear. If a contact’s name is dimmed, their device may not be using the latest software.
You can also add existing groups, which appear at the bottom of the list.
Click Create.
Select passwords, passkeys and Sign in with Apple accounts to move to the group.
Click Move.
The people in the group can now use your passwords, passkeys or Sign in with Apple for the accounts you selected. The next time they open Passwords settings, they are prompted to accept or decline your invitation.
Click Notify via Messages to notify the people in the group that you’ve shared with them. If you don’t want to notify them, click Not Now.
As the person creating the group, only you can add and remove people from the group, rename the group and delete the group.
Add passwords, passkeys or Sign in with Apple accounts for a group to share
Go to the Passwords app
on your Mac.Click the shared group in the sidebar.
Click Add Items.
Note: A password, passkey or Sign in with Apple account can only be shared with one group.
Select the password, passkey or Sign in with Apple accounts you want to share.
Click Move.
The people in the group can now use your passwords, passkeys or Sign in with Apple for the accounts you selected. The next time they open Passwords settings, they are prompted to accept or decline your invitation.
Note: Your iPhone, iPad and Mac need to be using the latest version of iOS, iPadOS or macOS to use the password or passkey you share.
All people in the group can change the account passwords and passkeys you share. They can also share their own passwords and passkeys with the group.