Disappearing passwords in system settings on iMac 2019

Vdubbman wrote:

Hello all, I was recently in System Settings and inadvertently clicked on a X at the top of 'passwords'. Visible Access to my passwords immediately disappeared and now, when I start up my iMac 2019 with Seqoiua 15.6.1, I have no password lock. In other words, my main screen appears with no need to sign in. I'm baffled as to what I have done. If I use search I can still find the passwords, but before I literally went into system Settings and then into Passwords. That function has now disappeared.

Perhaps someone with a deeper understanding could enlighten me, so I can reset it to the way it was before. Here is a screen shot where I have attempted to show where passwords used to be and now with no visible means of accessing it.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/82e66f3b-4ffb-4936-9848-5754ad149be2

[Edited by Moderator]

Original Title: Passwords in system settings

from the Spotlight search...

open your Passwords.app(?)

From your Application folder you can drag the password.app to the Finder window for easy access...

Vdubbman wrote:

Thank you yes, thats fine, I know about the app. I have it on the screen pop ups. What I am trying to understand is what has changed. In System Settings, it shows that I have a Login password set up for Start Up, for opening the screen, but when I start up the Mac, there is no User security lock

You can verify a bit did not get flipped here: