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    22 responses to How to Disable Unlock Login Keyring Dialog on Ubuntu 13.04

    1. David July 22, 2013 at 6:17 pm

      I have the same problem but I cannot change the password for the user logon. I only says the original password is incorrect. Any suggestions?

      • Panda July 23, 2013 at 3:26 am

        Try the password you set for firstly created Admin user while Ubuntu system was installed. If you’ve changed this before, try any used password.

        • Dan February 8, 2015 at 2:40 am

          Hi, I am having the same issue. I have recently installed Makulu 7 XFCE and really enjoying it. I tried to download something from the software center (app grid) and when I log into my ubuntu account I get the keyring dialog. I enter every password i have used on this system in the past and still get the incorrect password message. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

          • Dan February 8, 2015 at 2:47 am

            Nevermind, I think I figured it out. I just deleted the login key.

            • Vikram Singh Rana April 17, 2015 at 7:12 am

              pls tell me how to delete this login keyring because i have tried all the passwords which i have used in this os but could not login in…………
              pls mail me the steps ……….
              thanx in advance

            • Amin September 17, 2016 at 8:20 pm

              Thanks Dan…. Even if 1 and a half years has passed, your tip worked perfectly to me too, because currently i had the same identical problem.

              The “delete” solution, was even the most simple and logical…. :-)

    2. Anax February 11, 2014 at 12:05 pm

      Thanks, it worked!

    3. Pavel March 25, 2014 at 12:37 pm

      My solution: (Ubuntu 13.04)
      1) Open User Accounts
      2) Unlock your current user
      3) Set Password to None
      4) Open Passwords and Keys
      5) View->By Keying, View->Show Personal
      6) You find two Login entries in Passwords, one lock, another unlock
      7) Delete lock Login cell
      8) Profit!

      • Steve April 21, 2014 at 12:53 am

        Thanks, I was unable to follow the vague instructions from the author and many others because for some reason the Passwords & Keys application defaults to hiding the sidebar with the list of keyrings.

        Without knowing the secret cheat to enable it (View -> By Keyring, View -> Show Personal) I was stumped.

        You sir, are a true champion.

      • sid April 3, 2015 at 9:53 pm

        Thank you. It worked.

      • Michelle August 11, 2015 at 6:43 pm

        I was just wandering are these steps for if you don’t have the password from the beginning? I was giving this computer from my sister and she doesn’t know the password. It was originally windows vista but her daughter somehow got a virus on it and who ever fixed it could only put Linux mint on this computer. I absolutely hate it but hey it was free. Any way every time i try to download something or try to make a change to the computer it asks for this key ring log in that i do not know. So I was wandering if this is the recipe to fix it?

    4. mystronyx June 26, 2014 at 3:43 pm

      Thanks!

    5. khurram September 3, 2014 at 10:57 pm

      sir i am unable to unlock my user account i changed the password but i forgot later on please help me

    6. lindiwe September 12, 2014 at 8:27 pm

      how to unlock my forgoten user password on my ubuntu software on my laptop

    7. kid November 6, 2014 at 10:22 pm

      This is one of the many things that bugs me about Ubuntu. worthless prompts that make no sense and have to be disabled every time I install. Weak.

    8. Vallabh Patel December 18, 2014 at 2:45 pm

      Just delete the login keyring and say it again.
      you will poped up with new password.

    9. Frank December 29, 2014 at 1:40 am

      @kiddie

      Please go back to winblows

      • The Stig 304 January 5, 2015 at 1:14 am

        Don’t suggest that. Joking or not, it’s those kind of responses that hold Ubuntu back. People are trying to break the M$ monopoly and folks like you send them right back to Bill. Linux is difficult enough for those who’ve used Windows for some many years. If you can’t say something nice, shut up and let the helpful people work.

    10. Mark January 19, 2015 at 10:32 am

      I followed your instructions and got the following dialog:
      “Store Passwords unencrypted?”
      By choosing to use a blank password, your stored passwords will not be safely encrypted….

    11. hans_wurst June 11, 2015 at 8:39 pm

      thanks for the short tutorial! works fine.

    12. Ron February 12, 2016 at 12:25 am

      I just deleted the ‘login’ in ‘passwords and keys’ app, then logged out of my desktop and logged back in and it worked.

    13. C. M. E. Jammer March 8, 2016 at 7:44 am

      Ditto on delete, logout and back in. Also the soup of the day is gin, would you like a side of tonic?