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Prior to version 6.0 Safari had no features for managing passwords distinct from the system wide support provided by Keychain:
but Safari 6.0 adds a new tab in its Preferences dialog for saving and managing passwords for websites:
Does this change correspond to a change in locations for storing or rules for managing the security of passwords? Are Safari passwords still stored securely in the Keychain or are they in a new, separate store?
Where are Safari 6.0 passwords saved?
That is many questions all in one. In order to manage our search engine, we prefer to have 1 question at the time.
1) I'd prefer Chrome to save the credentials in its own storage, instead sharing one with Safari. 2) If not, I'd rather it to not ask me about that. 3) Failing that, it should at least give me the right credentials.
To prevent the pop up is done with granting the Access Control in the key-chain.
Here is a sample:
Open the relevant key chain item and click on access control.
Add and allow Google Chrome to use it.
Found the solution. I searched for keychain in spotlight and found something called Keychain Access. All the passwords were here under Login. When I deleted them from here, it removed them from Safari as well.
Safari's preference to Remove All just removes the locally stored passwords in Safari and not the ones that are in the user keychain.
Additionally, go to System Preferences and make sure that keychain syncing is disabled if you don't want any data stored in iCloud. You can empty that keychain if desired using Keychain Access before disabling the sync for extra security if you are sure no other devices depend on keychain syncing.
Best Answer
The passwords are still saved in the Keychain, and not a separate 'new' location. Safari 6 just includes a new front end for accessing them directly without having to go to the Keychain Access application.