How to disable keyring password in Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 20.04
Disable/Remove keyring password in Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 20.04
In cases where you want to use automatic login but don’t want to unlock keyring manually, you may choose to disable the keyring with a workaround. Keep in mind that you are disabling a security feature so think twice before doing so.
Gnome keyring auto unlock
The process is similar to changing keyring password. Open Password and Keys application and go on to change the keyring password.
The trick is that when it asks to change the password, don’t enter a new password and hit Continue instead. This will remove any password from the keyring.
This way, the keyring will have no password and it remains unlocked all the time.
Also read : How to Use Keyring in Ubuntu
How to Change keyring password in Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04
Change keyring password in Ubuntu 22.04 or Debian
Suppose you changed your account password. Now when you login, your system tries to unlock the keyring automatically using the new login password. But the keyring still uses the old login password.
In such a case, you can change the keyring password to the new login password so that the keyring gets unlocked automatically as soon as you login to your system.
Keyring password change – Steps for Ubuntu / Debian based systems
Open the Password and Keys application from the menu:
Look for Password and Keys app in the menu
Now, right click on the Login keyring and click on Change Password:
Change Keyring Password
What if you don’t remember the old login password?
You probably know that it is easy to reset forgotten password in Ubuntu. The problem comes with the keyring in such cases. You changed the account password but you don’t remember the old account password that is still used by the keyring.
Now you cannot change it because you don’t know the old password. What to do now?
In such a case, you’ll have to remove the entire keyring itself. You can do that from the Passwords and Keys application:
It will ask for your confirmation:
Alternatively, you may also manually delete the keyring files in ~/.local/share/keyrings directory.
When the old keyring is removed and you try to use Chrome/Chromium, it will ask you to create new keyring.
You can use the new login password so that the keyring gets unlocked automatically.
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