After you or your Mac administrator resets the password of your macOS user account, your Mac might ask you to update your keychain password or enter the password of your login keychain. It might also tell you that the system was unable to unlock your login keychain. That's because your login keychain is still using your old password.

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After you enter your new password (same to the password of your Mac account), Keychain Access creates an empty login keychain with no password. Click OK to confirm. (If you don't see a Reset My Default keychain button, close the preferences window and select the “login” keychain from the left side of the Keychain Access window.

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Aug 28, 2017  If your Mac keeps asking for the login keychain password - If you know your old password Open the Keychain Access app, which is in the the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. From the list of keychains on the left side of the window, select 'login.' From the Edit menu in the menu bar. Jan 24, 2020  After you enter your new password, Keychain Access creates an empty login keychain with no password. Click OK to confirm. If you don't see a Reset My Default keychain button, close the preferences window and select the “login” keychain from the left side of the Keychain Access window. Press the Delete key, then click Delete References. Aug 28, 2017  Open the Keychain Access app, which is in the the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. From the list of keychains on the left side of the window, select 'login.' From the Edit menu in the menu bar, choose “Change Password for Keychain 'login.' ” Enter the old password of your user account in the Current Password field. Mar 07, 2018  Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Access Microsof. Microsoft Office on MacOS keeps asking for keychain access. Dec 02, 2013  A Microsoft Lync password entry is also created in the user’s login keychain if one does not already exist. Once the Lync application is quit, the OCKeyContainerusername@company.com keychain and application password entry persist and are not automatically deleted. May 27, 2012 The password to your keychain is almost certainly the same as your OS X login password unless you deliberately changed it to something else. If you have changed the password and are unable to remember what it is you can reset the keychain password (losing all stored passwords, certificates etc in the process) by going to Keychain Access Preferences General Reset My Default Keychain.

If you know your old password, use that password to update your existing login keychain:

  1. Open the Keychain Access app, which is in the the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  2. From the list of keychains on the left side of the window, select 'login.'
  3. From the Edit menu in the menu bar, choose “Change Password for Keychain 'login.'”
  4. Enter the old password of your user account in the Current Password field. This is the password you were using before the password was reset.
  5. Enter the new password of your user account in the New Password field. This is the password you're now using to log in to your Mac. Enter the same password in the Verify field.
  6. Click OK when done, then quit Keychain Access.

After you or your Mac administrator resets the password of your macOS user account, your Mac might ask you to update your keychain password or enter the password of your login keychain. It might also tell you that the system was unable to unlock your login keychain. That's because your login keychain is still using your old password.

If you don't know your old password

If you don't know your old password, the solution is to create a new login keychain.

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  1. Open the Keychain Access app, which is in the the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  2. From the list of keychains on the left side of the window, select 'login.'
  3. From the Edit menu in the menu bar, choose “Change Password for Keychain 'login.'”
  4. Enter the old password of your user account in the Current Password field. This is the password you were using before the password was reset.
  5. Enter the new password of your user account in the New Password field. This is the password you're now using to log in to your Mac. Enter the same password in the Verify field.
  6. Click OK when done, then quit Keychain Access.