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timl23's avatar
timl23
New Contributor
2 years ago

Will it be up to Apple to export passkeys

Like many, I initially used iCloud Keychain to setup my passkeys, but now I have moved away from Keychain completely for storing passwords. So I no longer use iCloud Keychain for autofill, but iCloud Keychain still retains my passkeys. This seems like a major trade off to passkeys. A password is a piece of data that can be moved anywhere, even to my brain. 🧠 But just to be sure, it’s up to Apple whether or not I can transfer my passkeys to another service?

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4 Replies

  • nixpulvis's avatar
    nixpulvis
    New Contributor
    29 days ago

    Two years later and it still seems there's no way to export the private key and associated data tied to an Apple Passwords passkey. How's this looking on your end?

    • 1P_Dave's avatar
      1P_Dave
      Icon for Moderator rankModerator
      29 days ago

      nixpulvis​ 

      Thanks for the question! This is still a work in progress and our team continues to collaborate with our partners in the FIDO Alliance on the Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) and the Credential Exchange Format (CXF) standards to allow folks to transfer passkeys between credential managers. You can read more here: 


      -Dave

      • nixpulvis's avatar
        nixpulvis
        New Contributor
        29 days ago

        Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I'll give that a read.

        I appreciate the effort made to keep things foolproof and secure, but just wish this stuff was a higher priority for companies like Apple. We should be in control of our data and that includes secret keys.

  • 1p_jac's avatar
    1p_jac
    Icon for 1Password Team rank1Password Team
    2 years ago

    Hi timl23,

    At this point in time, you cannot import or export passkeys from any managers like iCloud Keychain or 1Password. The good news is that we’re working closely with platform vendors and other password managers through the FIDO Alliance to create a secure way to import and export passkeys. We believe it’s your choice where to store and use your passkeys. Hopefully we’ll have more to share soon. Within 1Password, you can use item sharing to move a passkey to a new 1Password account.

    You can also create a new passkey for a website any time within 1Password and remove any existing passkeys from other providers :)