Apple’s Passwords app launched last year in iOS 18 as a new pre-installed password solution across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more. I’ve been using the app since launch, and iOS 26 brings one welcome Passwords change that I’ve found myself needing regularly in the past year.
Passwords app now saves login version history in iOS 26
For years, Apple has offered password management tools on the iPhone and its other devices. But until iOS 18, those tools were always hidden away inside the Settings app.
Fortunately, Apple Passwords finally debuted last fall and I quickly switched to it as my go-to password manager.
Over the past year, however, there is one issue I’ve periodically run into: my passwords would sometimes get overwritten by mistake.
How did this happen? I’m not entirely sure. But it’s come up on a number of occasions.
At times I believe a new password was generated, then I ran into issues finalizing the change on the website. Thus, Passwords had the new login, but the site still needed my old one.
In any case, whenever my password got overwritten, I would need to go through the whole “Forgot your password?” process.
But in iOS 26, that’s a completely solved issue.
That’s because the Passwords app now saves full version history for all your logins in iOS 26.
Open a login inside the app, and you’ll see a new ‘View History’ button.
It will only show up when there are multiple versions of a password saved. But with the history, you’ll see:
- each different password version
- when each password was created
- and an option to clear the history
My issues with Apple’s Passwords app have overall been pretty minimal since last year’s launch.
This iOS 26 change ensures that Passwords will work even more effectively for me in the year ahead.
Have you found yourself needing Passwords’ version history feature in iOS 26? Let us know in the comments.
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