Deleting safari login keychain

Hi there
I have been trying to delete something I set up - a safari login keychain which asks me regularly for a password which I have forgotten anyhow... how do I delete - I have tried to but it doesn't seem to work?
Thanks,
Andaleeb

Go to Keychain Access and you can read the password.

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