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I recently went to remove an account from Internet Accounts in Settings, and got a warning that said that the account would be removed "from all your computers using iCloud Keychain" — and two Macs were listed which were from previous employment. I was sure I removed iCloud accounts from these. How can I ensure that iCloud Keychain is no longer synced on machines to which I no longer have access?
iMac 27″, macOS 10.15
Greetings sharprichnorth,
If you signed out of iCloud on those other machines, they will not have access to your iCloud information. You can also see where you are signed in here:
Check your Apple ID device list to see where you're signed in
Take care.
Hey sharprichnorth,
If you have concerns about your Apple ID security, we'd recommend resetting your Apple ID password as that would sign you out on all devices.
This article explains how: Change your Apple ID password
Thanks!
Hello again sharprichnorth,
Per the Apple Support article, Set up iCloud Keychain, "When you turn off iCloud Keychain, the password and credit card information is stored locally on the device. If you sign out of iCloud on that device while Keychain is turned on, you're asked to keep or delete that information. If you choose to keep the information, it isn't deleted or updated when you make changes on other devices. If you don't choose to keep the information on at least one device, your Keychain data will be deleted from your device and the iCloud servers."
So as long as you opted to delete the information when you signed out of Keychain, your data is no longer synced to either device. This info can be found in the article under "What happens when I turn off iCloud Keychain on a device?"
We hope this helps you. Have a great day!
That doesn't really answer my question, and a password reset presumably would not clear the association of these old devices with my account.
Thanks for your response. I should have been clear that the devices listed are not in my list of devices. Why would these still be associated in any way with my account? It's a bit worrisome.
Deleting iCloud Keychain Device Access
