How to Transfer Passwords to New iPhone: 4 Useful Ways

When iPhone is released, you can immediately get the new device from Apple Store. Then you may need to transfer data from old iPhone to new iPhone. Except for transferring photos, messages, apps, etc. you also need the passwords on your old iPhone. After all, you need to sign in to your accounts to get the information from your server.

Can you transfer passwords from iPhone to new iPhone? The answer is Yes! Apple has provided an easy solution to save and transfer your passwords. Just find details in this guide. If you need a better way to transfer all iPhone data to new iPhone, you can skip to Section 2 to make it with the professional iPhone data transfer software.

1. How to transfer passwords to new iPhone with iCloud Keychain

The most convenient service of sharing data between iPhone is iCloud sync. It allows you to upload iPhone data to the server and easily access and download the data on all of your iOS devices.

Passwords are very important and private data, so iCloud would protect your passwords very carefully and won’t read your passwords. You could easily download passwords from iCloud.

> Steps on how to sync passwords to new iPhone with iCloud Keychain:

1. Connect your old iPhone to the Internet.

2. On your iPhone, open the Settings app.

3. Tap your profile.

4. Select iCloud.

5. Select Keychain.

6. Turn on iCloud Keychain and input your passcode or Apple ID password. Wait for a few minutes.

7. Activate your new iPhone and connect it to the Internet.

8. Switch on the iCloud Keychain in the same way on your new iPhone. Wait for several minutes to download passwords to it.

Every time you open the app and the account and password are asked, you can use the Touch ID or Apple ID password to autofill the account and password.

Which passwords would be transferred and how to view your passwords on iCloud?

iCloud Keychain saves your credit card number, user names and passwords in Safari, Wi-Fi passwords, and accounts and passwords in other apps.

The simplest way to view your password is by using Siri. Just ask Siri to show your password for a specific site or all your passwords. Of course, you could manually check your passwords.

> Steps to view your passwords on iPhone:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

2. Select Passwords & Accounts.

3. Select Website & App Passwords and use Touch ID to access all of your accounts and passwords.

2. How to transfer passwords from iPhone to iPhone (Easy & Professional)

Except for iCloud sync, a powerful iOS transfer tool named AOMEI FoneBackup will be another nice choice. Just in one click, you can easily transfer all old iPhone data including keychain/passwords, apps, etc. to your new iPhone. 

Part 1. How to transfer apps and passwords to new iPhone in one click

You can hit the download button to install AOMEI FoneBackup. Then connect your old and new iPhones to computer with 2 USB cables to begin the task. 

Step 1. Click the "Phone Transfer" on the main interface. Go to "iPhone to iPhone" and click "Get Started".

Step 2. The source and the targeted iPhones will be shown in this window. Make sure the operation is encrypted, so your keychain passwords can be transferred. Then click the "Start Transfer" button to transfer passwords to new Apple ID.  

Part 2. How to backup passwords on iPhone efficiently

With Aomei FoneBackup's powerful feature, you can also back up all old iPhone data including passwords to PC. If necessary, you can restore the backup to your new iPhone in one click.

Step 1. Go to Phone Backup > Choose Full Backup and click Get Started.

Step 2. Confirm the on-screen instructions > Toggle on the Enable Backup Encryption option if you need > Change the Backup Storage Path to store the backup as you like (You can even back up iPhone to external hard drive by changing the option) >  Click Start Backup to begin.

Step 3. Once the process is finished, you can go to My Backups to restore the backup to your new iPhone or keep the backup on your computer.

3. How to transfer all passwords to new iPhone with encrypted iTunes backup

Your passwords could be transferred to new iPhone when you do full iPhone migration with iTunes. You need to save the encrypted iPhone backup to iTunes and then transfer them to your new iPhone.

There is one thing you need to know is that you can’t transfer data from new iOS to the previous iOS or the process could not be finished.

> Steps to transfer iPhone passwords with iTunes:

1. Download and install the latest iTunes.

2. Connect your old iPhone to computer with USB cable.

3. Click the device icon of your iPhone in iTunes.

4. Check Encrypt local backup, create a password and then click Back Up Now. Wait for a few minutes to complete the process and then disconnect your old iPhone.

5. Connect your new iPhone to iTunes and click the device icon.

6. Click Restore Backup, select your encrypted backup, enter the password and then transfer everything include passwords to new iPhone.

4. How to transfer iPhone passwords with AirDrop

AirDrop makes you easily share content to another device face to face. With this function, you can transfer passwords after setting up a new iPhone.

> Steps to transfer passwords with AirDrop:

1. Enable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on both iPhone. Put the two iPhone near together.

2. View your passwords as in section 1.

3. Select the password you want to transfer.

4. Tap the password and hold for a while. Select AirDrop.

5. Select another device as the recipient.

6. Receive the password on your new iPhone.

FAQs on transferring passwords to new iPhone

1. How to fix when iPhone not saving passwords for apps?

That may caused by iCloud Keychain won't turn on or sync. You can go to Settings > Passwords > Password Options. Then check that AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys is enabled. For credit card information: In iOS 18 or later, go to Settings > Apps > Safari > Autofill.

2. Can you export passwords from iPhone?

Yes! But you can only finish the process with a Mac device. To export iCloud Keychain on iPhone/iPad, you need to sync iCloud Keychain across all your Apple devices first.

Then you can click the Apple logo in the menu bar on your Mac > Choose "System Settings". Choose Passwords and input your device's password. Press Cmd and select the passwords you wish to export. Click the three-dot icon and choose either Export All Passwords or"Export Selected Passwords. Then, specify the location to save the CSV file on your device and re-enter your device's password.

3. How to transfer passwords to new iPhone from Android?

You can use a password manager that works with both Windows and iOS to help you make it.

Conclusion

Apps and sites on your new iPhone still need your account and passwords on the old iPhone. To avoid typing them one by one, you can use the 4 ways in this guide to directly transfer passwords to new iPhone.

For people who need a better way to transfer data from old iPhone to new iPhone or back up passwords on iPhone, Aomei Fonebackup might help you a lot.