Disabling Keychain

I've owned this Mac since December, but this feature just started showing up. This is a home system and at this time I don't see value in having to log in with passwords to use mail, safari, etc. Is there a way to disable its use?

Garfster wrote:
I've owned this Mac since December, but this feature just started showing up. This is a home system and at this time I don't see value in having to log in with passwords to use mail, safari, etc. Is there a way to disable its use?
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You do not need passwords to use the mail app or run Safari. You do need passwords to access your email accounts and secure websites etc. If you disable the keychain you will have to enter the passwords manually each time you wish to access your email or log onto a website that requires a password.
You will also have to manually enter your login info for your ISP each time and/or your airport each time you go on line. If you use encrypted WiFi, you will have enter the key manually each and every time you log on.
The Keychain simply stores the passwords for your convenience so you do not have to enter them manually each and every time they are needed.
If you want to do all this manually, run keychain access.app and delete the current keychain.
You will then have to remember and manually enter all passwords for anything that requires one.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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