Apple gives Windows version of iCloud app feature to manage passwords

In version 12.5 of iCloud for Windows, Apple added the ability for users to manage their passwords. It is possible to search, modify and delete or add saved passwords.

iCloud for Windows users can find the iCloud passwords feature from the start menu after the update, writes Apple in a user manual. To manage the passwords, the user must log in, for example via Windows Hello. Changes to passwords made in Windows are synced via iCloud on Apple devices.

At the beginning of this year, Apple already released a Chrome extension for managing iCloud passwords. That is also part of iCloud 12.5 for Windows, but the new version also includes official support for the Edge browser. With the extension it is only possible to use saved passwords and add new passwords to the iCloud Keychain. The Windows integration is more flexible with the ability to also search saved passwords.

To manage passwords stored in iCloud on Windows, users must activate iCloud password sync in iCloud settings. This requires an Apple account with two-step verification and an Apple device with at least iOS 14 or macOS 11 to generate a security code.