How to Delete a Passkey for Amazon on a MacBook Pro

Passkeys are one of the newer ways to sign in to accounts without typing a password — and Amazon has been rolling them out as a sign-in option. But if you've set one up and now want to remove it, the process isn't immediately obvious. Here's exactly how it works, where the settings live, and what to think about before you delete.

What Is an Amazon Passkey, and Why Would You Delete It?

A passkey is a cryptographic credential stored on your device that replaces your password. When you sign in to Amazon, instead of typing characters, your Mac authenticates you using Touch ID, Face ID (on a compatible device), or your system login. Amazon added passkey support as part of a broader industry shift toward passwordless authentication.

Reasons people want to delete their Amazon passkey on a MacBook Pro include:

• Selling or handing off the Mac and wanting to clean up credentials
• Troubleshooting sign-in issues where the passkey has become inconsistent
• Switching to a different authentication method
• Cleaning up passkeys that were created accidentally or on the wrong device

Whatever your reason, the removal process involves two distinct places: Amazon's account settings and your Mac's Keychain or iCloud Keychain, depending on where the passkey is stored.

Where Amazon Passkeys Are Actually Stored

This is where many users get confused. When you create a passkey for Amazon on a MacBook Pro, it gets saved in one of two locations:

Most modern MacBook Pro setups with iCloud enabled will default to iCloud Keychain. If you're using a third-party password manager like 1Password or Dashlane that supports passkeys, it may be stored there instead.

Knowing where it's stored matters because deleting it from Amazon's side doesn't automatically remove it from your Mac — and vice versa. You may need to clean it up in both places.

Step 1 — Remove the Passkey From Your Amazon Account

Start on Amazon's end. This revokes the passkey at the account level so it can no longer be used to sign in, regardless of which device holds the credential.

1. Open a browser on your MacBook Pro and go to Amazon.com
2. Sign in to your account (you may be prompted to use the passkey itself to do this, or you can use your password instead)
3. Hover over Account & Lists in the top-right corner and click Account
4. Navigate to Login & security
5. You may be asked to verify your identity again at this step
6. Look for Passkeys in the list of sign-in options
7. Select Delete or Remove next to the passkey entry

Once removed here, the passkey is no longer valid for Amazon sign-in — even if the credential still technically exists on your Mac.

Step 2 — Remove the Passkey From Your Mac's Keychain

To fully clean up the credential from your MacBook Pro:

If stored in iCloud Keychain or local Keychain:

1. Open System Settings (macOS Ventura and later) or System Preferences on older versions
2. Go to Passwords — you'll need to authenticate with Touch ID or your Mac login
3. Search for Amazon in the password/passkey list
4. Select the Amazon entry and look for a passkey icon or label
5. Delete it from here

Alternatively, use the Keychain Access app (found via Spotlight search):

1. Open Keychain Access
2. Search for "amazon" in the search bar
3. Look for any passkey-related entries (they may appear differently from standard passwords)
4. Right-click and select Delete

If stored in a third-party password manager:

Open the app directly, find the Amazon passkey entry, and delete it from within that application's interface. Each app handles this differently, but they all have a dedicated passkeys section or will label the entry clearly.

🔑 A Note on Safari vs. Chrome Behavior

The browser you used to create the passkey can affect where it lives. Safari routes passkeys through iCloud Keychain by default on a Mac. Google Chrome on macOS may store passkeys in Google Password Manager instead, depending on your Chrome settings.

If you created your Amazon passkey through Chrome and can't find it in System Settings, check:

• Chrome Settings → Google Password Manager → Passkeys

Delete it from there as the additional cleanup step.

Factors That Affect How This Process Works for You

Not every MacBook Pro user will have an identical experience, and a few variables determine what you'll actually encounter:

• macOS version: The Passwords section in System Settings looks different on Ventura, Sonoma, and Sequoia. Older macOS versions may require you to use Keychain Access exclusively.
• iCloud Keychain on or off: If iCloud Keychain is disabled, the passkey is local only and won't appear across your other Apple devices.
• Apple ID sharing: If multiple people share an Apple ID (not recommended, but it happens), deleting a passkey from iCloud Keychain removes it from every device on that account.
• Browser used at creation: Safari, Chrome, Firefox with an extension, and Edge all handle passkey storage differently on macOS.
• Third-party password manager: If you were prompted to save the passkey in a password manager app during setup, that's where the primary credential lives.

🧹 What Happens After You Delete It

Once you've removed the passkey from both Amazon's account settings and your Mac's Keychain, signing in to Amazon will fall back to your password and two-factor authentication setup — whichever you had configured before. Amazon will not automatically delete your account or lock you out; it simply removes that particular sign-in method.

You can always create a new passkey later from the same Login & security section in your Amazon account if your needs or device situation changes.

The right approach here depends on which browser you originally used, whether iCloud Keychain is active on your Mac, and whether a third-party password manager was involved at setup — details that vary from one user's configuration to the next.