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Keychain Access User Guide
- Welcome
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- Get information about a certificate
- Determine if a certificate is valid
- Change the trust settings of a certificate
- Request a certificate from a certificate authority
- Add certificates to a keychain
- Create your own certificate authority
- Create self-signed certificates
- Issue new certificates
- Create a certificate preference
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Copyright
You can delete a keychain. You might want to do this if, for example, you’ve forgotten the password or you’re transferring a computer to someone else.
Important: If you delete a keychain’s References and Files, all the information in the keychain is deleted. However, if you know the keychain’s password, you can recover the information.
Delete a keychain
In the Keychain Access app
on your Mac, if your keychains aren’t visible, choose Window > Keychain Access.Select a keychain in the Keychains list.
Choose File > Delete Keychain [keychain name].
Click Delete References.
on your Mac, if your keychains aren’t visible, choose Window > Keychain Access.Recover items stored in a deleted keychain
If you deleted a keychain because you forgot the password, then remember your password later, you can recover the items stored in the deleted keychain.
In the Keychain Access app
on your Mac, choose File > Add Keychain.Select the deleted keychain file.
You can also open the Keychain file in the Finder or, if you use Time Machine to back up your files, you can restore the file with Time Machine. Keychains are usually located in the Keychains folder in the Library folder in your home folder.
See alsoWhat is Keychain Access on Mac?
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