How can I ensure my iPhone uses saved passwords?

So on my iPhone (SE, 18.2.1) I go to a site that has wifi, and log in with the supplied username and password. But EVERY TIME I go to that site, I have to log in with the username and password. If I look in Settings/Apps/Passwords, the username and password for that site is there. Why do I have to type it in every time? My iPhone has remembered the password, but seems reluctant to actually use it. Is there some setting that tells it to use the remembered password?

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iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Feb 3, 2025 7:16 AM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Feb 3, 2025 7:30 AM

The site must “cooperate” by labeling the username and password fields (the labels aren’t visible to you, but they are in the page source).

The other possibility is the login page does not have the same URL as the home page for the site or the one in your Passwords app (which may be the home page). When the password isn’t offered tap on the passwords icon on your screen, search for the site in Passwords and select it.

Next, while the login page is showing copy the full URL by tapping on it, then tap Copy, and then paste it into the field in Passwords.

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Feb 3, 2025 10:50 AM in response to Dannymac22

Dannymac22 wrote:

I still don't understand why, if a website is set up that way, the iPhone bothers to remember the credentials. Oh, I guess one can just manually access them on the phone, but that's kind of inelegant.

How would the iPhone “know” that the site is set up that way when you first create your login details?

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Feb 3, 2025 7:35 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

This isn't a website I'm trying to log into. There isn't any URL. It's a wifi account.

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Feb 3, 2025 7:37 AM in response to gsyrba

Um, browser history and cache? What does a browser have to do with this? I'm trying to log into a wifi account.

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Feb 3, 2025 7:48 AM in response to gsyrba

Sorry. By "site" I mean the building and room that I was ensconced in.

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Feb 3, 2025 9:23 AM in response to MrHoffman

But this doesn't involve a browser. Do login portals actually use websites that aren't accessed with a browser?

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Feb 3, 2025 9:56 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you. That's very interesting to know. Though after I log in on the login page, I don't have to exist any browser. I guess it does all that automatically.

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