Safari really wants to help you with passwords. Every time you create an account on a new website, it pops up offering a strong, auto-generated password — and if you already use a third-party password manager, that well-meaning popup is just in the way. Worse, the two can fight over which one fills the form, and you risk saving the new login in the wrong place. The good news: iOS lets you switch Safari’s password suggestions off while everything else keeps working. It is a five-second fix once you know where Apple hid the switch.
What “Suggest Strong Passwords” actually does
When the option is on, Safari watches for sign-up and password-change forms and offers a long, random password, then saves it to your iCloud Keychain. That is genuinely handy if you live entirely inside Apple’s ecosystem. But if you have committed to a dedicated manager, you get two competing prompts on every registration form, which slows you down and invites mistakes. Turning Apple’s suggestion off gives your chosen manager the stage to itself. Apple’s iPhone support pages explain how Safari’s AutoFill features fit together if you want the full picture.
How to turn off Safari’s password suggestions
Three taps and the popups are gone:
- Open Settings, then tap General.
- Open Autofill & Passwords.
- Switch off Suggest Strong Passwords.
That is all it takes. Safari will no longer offer to generate passwords on websites. Your already-saved logins still autofill normally, and your third-party manager keeps working — you simply stop seeing Apple’s competing suggestion. If you are customizing Safari anyway, our guide to changing Safari’s design in iOS 26 covers another setting worth knowing, and our Liquid Glass lock screen clock guide shows a fun way to personalize the screen you see dozens of times a day.
If it still doesn’t work
Still seeing the suggestion? Make sure you flipped the right switch — Suggest Strong Passwords is a separate toggle from AutoFill itself, and turning off AutoFill entirely is not required. If your third-party manager is not offering to fill forms, go back to Settings, then General, then Autofill & Passwords, and confirm your manager is selected as the autofill provider — iOS only lets one provider take the lead. In the rare case the toggle does not take effect immediately, restart your iPhone and check again.
Frequently asked questions
Will this delete my saved passwords?
No. Turning off suggestions only stops Safari from offering newly generated passwords. Everything already saved in iCloud Keychain or the Passwords app stays exactly where it is and keeps autofilling as before.
Can I keep Safari’s suggestions alongside my password manager?
You can, but expect double prompts on every sign-up form. For the cleanest experience, pick your manager as the autofill provider under Settings, then General, then Autofill & Passwords, and switch Safari’s own suggestions off.
Conclusion
One toggle in Settings, then General, then Autofill & Passwords — and Safari stops pushing generated passwords on you. Your third-party manager gets the stage to itself, and signing up for new accounts gets a lot less noisy. Your logins stay safe, your manager stays in charge, and Safari goes back to being just a browser.
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