gives the default credential store settings.
$DefaultSystemCredentialStore
gives the default credential store settings.
Details
- The default credential store can be set with $DefaultSystemCredentialStore=<|"Backend"->"backend","Keyring"->"keyring"|>.
- Values assigned to $DefaultSystemCredentialStore are remembered between kernel sessions.
- If defined, $DefaultSystemCredentialStore is used to initialize $SystemCredentialStore when the system starts.
Examples
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On some systems, the default credential store is not defined initially:
In this case, $SystemCredentialStore is initialized with default values suitable for your system:
If defined previously, this gives the current default credential store settings:
In this case, it is used to initialize $SystemCredentialStore :
Change the default credential store, which will be used in future sessions:
Also apply the new default to the current session:
Remove any persistent setting for $DefaultSystemCredentialStore :
Properties & Relations (2)
The system credential store is initialized from the value, if any, of $DefaultSystemCredentialStore :
If no default has been set, a built-in system-specific setting is used:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2020), $DefaultSystemCredentialStore, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultSystemCredentialStore.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2020. "$DefaultSystemCredentialStore." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultSystemCredentialStore.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2020). $DefaultSystemCredentialStore. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultSystemCredentialStore.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$defaultsystemcredentialstore, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$DefaultSystemCredentialStore}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultSystemCredentialStore.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$defaultsystemcredentialstore, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$DefaultSystemCredentialStore}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultSystemCredentialStore.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}