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turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

jpickus — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:11:08 GMT

I just installed mac version 2022 turbotax. After i start the software, whenever i try to save the return (actually when place my cursor over the "file" menu, turbotax immediately asks: "TurboTax 2022 wants to use your confidential information stored in "Intuit ID (prdatnresHRieeTUFcJ&VGY6C9CtCtxwUReAYo36-5)" in you keychain. The "file" options never appear. I do not have this keychain item in my password, i checked., My 2021 turbotax works fine. Bascially this software is bricked, cannot use it. I tried every password tied to turbotax files, inuit logins etc. even my system passwords. Any ideas?

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

Anonymous_ — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 16:35:52 GMT

See https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/security-risk/access-password-protected-turbotax-desktop-file/L0f8v5lgq_US_en_US

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

jpickus — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:55:57 GMT

Hi thanks for your reply. This is different- I don’t even get to start my tax file- so does not appear to be file protection issue. When I start TurboTax the system immediately issues the “TurboTax wants access to confidential info….”. I have all my file passwords none of them work. I also opened my keychain and only have one intuit entry. This does not work either. The request pops up when I hover over the “File” menu - never get to see any file options. I even gave TurboTax full disk access.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

jpickus — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 18:39:01 GMT

After some additional research, i did find the keychain, entry, and its definitely my problem. The keychain entry was corrupted (it would not accept my system login), so i could not get the password, but was able to add 2022 to the entry. Sorry for the post, did not want to waste others time.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

jpickus — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 18:44:54 GMT

One last item, I did want to have a clean start with turbotax (i.e. not rely on that keychain entry associated with 2021 mac turbotax. I cleaned every plist, com file, binaries and app file associated with the 2022 install. but each time i reinstalled 2022 it was locked to that that keychain record.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

Critter-3 — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 20:03:11 GMT

This is a MAC thing ... ask them if it can be removed.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

apo1 — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 18:48:05 GMT

I just installed mac version 2022 turbotax. After I start the software, whenever I try to save the return (actually when place my cursor over the "file" menu, turbotax immediately asks: "TurboTax 2022 wants to use your confidential information stored in "Intuit ID (prdatnresHRieeTUFcJ&VGY6C9CtCtxwUReAYo36-5)" in your keychain. The "file" options never appear. I do not use keychain and have no passwords in it that I know of. I use LastPass instead of keychain and have almost no knowledge of keychain. Any ideas?

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

jpickus — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 03:58:18 GMT

TurboTax likely created a keychain entry for your 2021 tax return and your Mac is associating the 2022 file to that key chain. Normally you should be able to use your Mac system login to get past that issue and all will be good. For me that did not work. If that’s the case, You need to open you max keychain.app, it’s a system app. Use your Mac login to open the keychain. Search for that exact keychain entry. Normally you can expose the password for that entry. For me that did not work. What I was able to do is add 2022 TurboTax to use that keychain entry and “fixed” the issue for me.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

Critter-3 — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:30:20 GMT

The following steps (which were recommended by someone else in another post) seem to have solved this issue: (a) Restart the computer; (b) Start Turbotax and, when it asks for a keychain password, enter your computer screensaver or login password and click "always allow".

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

bgabby5230 — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:11:01 GMT

I am SO frustrated. I'm having this same exact issue, but still unable to get past the Keychain password, even following the steps you suggested above. It's a brand-new installation of 2022 Turbo-tax. I've used Turbo-tax for years and have never used Keychain to store my passwords for it. Why is 2022 now requiring Keychain when it never has before? Also tried the suggestion of using my normal Mac sign on password, but that one doesn't work either. Reboot also didn't resolve my issue.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

bgabby5230 — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:18:16 GMT

Not quite sure how, but I got it to work!! Intuit, you need to address this issue before everyone starts trying to do their taxes this year!!

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

Critter-3 — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:27:47 GMT

The program is always glitchy the first month but with all you eager beavers using the beta version you expose the issues that need to be worked on ... patience while they exterminate the bugs.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

pcolem11 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:58:52 GMT

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/security-risk/access-password-protected-turbotax-desktop-file/L0f8v5lgq_US_en_US?uid=lcqilmn5

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

pcolem11 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 01:00:44 GMT

@bgabby5230

This article should help:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/security-risk/access-password-protected-turbotax-desktop-file/L0f8v5lgq_US_en_US?uid=lcqilmn5

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

bgabby5230 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:27:57 GMT

Thank you. I had actually found and followed these instructions, but they didn't work.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

mjmoo — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:45:54 GMT

I typed in my macbook password and "always allow" 3 times and it stopped doing it

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

Katina S — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:55:10 GMT

Please contact us at customer support so we can better assist you.

@mjmoo

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

BHolland7 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 01:30:05 GMT

Hello,

I am having so much difficulty having my keychain password work for 2022. Can you explain what you meant when you said "was able to add 2022 to the entry"?

I am at a total loss on how to get the software to work now.

Thank You.

Barb.

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

CarissaM — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:17:57 GMT

Here is a great thread to help you with the keychain in the system.

Please let us know if you need further assistance. @BHolland7

Re: turbotax 2022 asking for keychain item that does not exists

Garlydog — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 23:38:11 GMT

This worked for me as well. Adding the TurboTax 2022 app to the key chain entry fixed things. This is not an acceptable solution though. Most users do not want to be manually updating Key Chain entries.