I need to delete an existing Time Machine Drive which was encrypted. It failed and I replaced it, but I still need to delete the old HDD that is on the Time Machine Drive list...and No, I wasn't using keychain, the drive had a separate encryption password that I lost.
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.6
Open System Preferences > Time Machine.
Click "Select Disk...".
Click the name of the disk you wish to delete and then click "Remove Disk".
Time Machine settings on Mac - Apple Support
Open System Preferences > Time Machine.
Click "Select Disk...".
Click the name of the disk you wish to delete and then click "Remove Disk".
Time Machine settings on Mac - Apple Support
Many thanks! Worked as described. I'm a Mac noob trying to help my wife on her computer.
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I need to delete an existing Time Machine Drive.
