Does Quicken store my userid and passwords in their cloud servers

JamesE112

I have an active license of Quicken Premier for Mac.  I’d like to know if Quicken is storing the userids and passwords for my financial institutions in their servers in the cloud or if they are only locally stored on my MacBook.  Thank you for the clarification!

jacobs

mshiggins said:

Your usernames and passwords will be stored in the cloud if you sync your data to the cloud even if you do not use the mobile app or the web app. 

To clarify, if you don't turn on mobile sync in Quicken Preferences, your passwords are stored not stored in the cloud:

Conversely, if you do turn on mobile sync, your information will be stored in the cloud (whether you actually use the mobile app or web interface or not).

If you do not use mobile sync, and if you enter your transactions manually or connect to all financial institutions via Direct Connect or Web Connect,then all your data remains local.

GeoffG

Yes, your user ID and Passwords are stored on Quicken servers. This article should provided more detail.

https://www.quicken.com/support/how-quicken-protects-financial-information

JamesE112

Ok.  Is this required in order to only locally use Quicken for Mac?
If not, can you give me instructions to definitively delete my data (financial info, useirds and passwords) from your Cloud?

I do not want to store this data outside of my laptop where I can control it. 

NotACPA

Your User ID and Pwd are ONLY stored in the cloud IF you choose one of the following options:

• You use Quicken Connect (on the Mac) or Express Web connect (on a PC) to connect to your bank/cards/brokerages/etc
• You use the Q Mobile App or you use Quicken on the Web

The User ID and Pwd are NOT stored in the cloud if you exclusively use Web Connect, or Direct Connect to download

mshiggins

Your usernames and passwords will be stored in the cloud if you sync your data to the cloud even if you do not use the mobile app or the web app. 

jacobs

mshiggins said:

Your usernames and passwords will be stored in the cloud if you sync your data to the cloud even if you do not use the mobile app or the web app. 

To clarify, if you don't turn on mobile sync in Quicken Preferences, your passwords are stored not stored in the cloud:

Conversely, if you do turn on mobile sync, your information will be stored in the cloud (whether you actually use the mobile app or web interface or not).

If you do not use mobile sync, and if you enter your transactions manually or connect to all financial institutions via Direct Connect or Web Connect,then all your data remains local.