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1Password for Safari 4+

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1Password is the world’s most loved password manager, trusted by millions of individuals and over 80,000 businesses to keep their secrets safe. == A browser-first experience == You can now use 1Password in Safari without installing the desktop app! 1Password for Safari is a completely independent extension that provides full access to 1Password’s capabilities: ◆ Create and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts ◆ Fill usernames & passwords, credit cards, and addresses on websites and online forms in seconds ◆ Protect your private notes, sensitive documents, credit cards, medical records, software licenses, and more If you choose to install the desktop app as well, 1Password for Safari integrates securely with it so you can use Touch ID on supported Macs to unlock in an instant. Best of all, when you unlock one, you unlock the other too! == Secure by design == The information you store in 1Password is encrypted, and only you hold the keys to decrypt it. We can’t see your data, so we can’t use it, share it, or sell it. Learn more about our security model at 1Password.com/security. == Built for families and teams == 1Password for Safari supports accounts for you, your family, and your business. ◆ Add all your accounts and choose which vaults you want to see ◆ Easily move items between accounts ◆ Use shared vaults to safely share secrets with your loved ones or team members == Get automatic security alerts with Watchtower == Watchtower monitors your account for vulnerabilities so you can stay one step ahead of any problems. ◆ Get notified if your login credentials have been exposed in a data breach ◆ Highlight weak or reused passwords so you can change them ◆ Identify sites that support multi-factor authentication to help you add another layer of security ==Get started for free == Try 1Password free for 14 days, then find the plan that’s right for you or your business. Use 1Password on as many devices as you need, with apps for every platform, unlimited password and item storage, and friendly 24/7 email support. == The Nitty Gritty Fine Print == ◆ 1Password can be used in read-only mode without an active 1Password membership. ◆ Privacy policy: https://1password.com/legal/privacy/ ◆ Terms of Use: https://1password.com/legal/terms-of-service/

Version 8.10.46

- Guided Setup is now available for Individual and Family accounts. You’ll be able to use the step-by-step guide to help you set up autofill, practice the basics, import your passwords, and access your passwords everywhere. - 1Password can now offer to save identity information automatically. - We've fixed an issue where the incorrect email address could be filled if you had multiple emails in an identity item. - Localization has been improved for a number of our supported languages using new translations from Crowdin. - We've fixed an issue where you couldn't see the "Autofill behavior" tooltip. - We've added "Open in Web" to the "More options" ellipsis button dropdown. - We've fixed an issue where the "Add account" and "Sign in to another account" buttons weren't working correctly.

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Version 8 is a step back

Why mess with what works... I used 1Password 7 for a long time and loved it. Version 8 was released and broke so many things, it's a case study in frustrating your users by not leaving good enough alone. Since the version 8 upgrade the Safari extension is constantly asking me to enter my password (version 7 was happy with my touch ID). I get random errors I have never seen before, like "Unable to save" when trying to save a new login, clicking the "Use suggested password" item but it is unresponsive and nothing happens... They also removed a feature I LOVED and used daily: holding alt/option while looking at an item revealed the password - gone in version 8. I wish I could go back to version 7, and I am not the type of person who wants thing to stay the same, I love changes and improvements but from where I stand, I gained nothing from version 8 but lost reliability and functionality I used to love about 1PW. I am only not looking to switch because their successful vendor lock-in. I am too deep into the 1PW ecosystem (installed everywhere) and leaving it behind would cause even more pain than this miserable downgrade they call "version 8".

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Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear you're not enjoying 1Password for Safari, and we appreciate you sharing your feedback with us. If you reach out to our team at [email protected], we'd be happy to work through your concerns and answer any questions you have.

Terribly unreliable on Safari

The Chrome version of 1Password works fairly well, but I have daily issues with 1Password in Safari. This usually manifests itself as a disconnection from the desktop app, where you try to fill a user/password, 1Password asks you to unlock, and then the Safari extension hangs. Sometimes it will say that it needs to reload to reconnect. At this point it does seem like it reconnects to the 1Password desktop app, but the dropdown in user/password fields won't show without restarting Safari. But there are other annoying persistent bugs as well. Any kind of form autocomplete will battle it out with 1Password. So if the extension thinks that it should try to populate an address field that wants to autocomplete your address (i.e. you start typing your address and it uses Google to try to autocomplete for you), then the 1Password drop-downs will compete for this spot. That's annoying. The most annoying one, though, is competition with Safari's built-in SMS/email OTP autocomplete or just generic email fields. I want to retain the option in Safari to generate a unique email address for a site, so I need that function enabled, but 1Password steps on the Safari drop-downs every time. 1Password team, please, fix this extension. I love 1Password. When I spun up a company, I chose 1Password for our org of 30 people. You can do better.

Thanks for your detailed feedback. We're sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing with 1Password in Safari. Rest assured, our team is actively working on resolving these bugs. In the meantime, we'd love to gather more information about your specific devices and configurations. If you could reach out to us at [email protected], our team will reach out to help.

I like the new version

I have been using 1Password since 2014 and just upgraded from version 6, so the new version, though somewhat different, has been a much smoother experience for me. I resisted upgrading, especially after reading some of the negativity here, but I liked that I didn't have to dump my old version 6 app and data to upgrade, so I felt confident I could go back if something went wrong or I was simply unhappy with the new version. To my surprise, the migration process from 6 was easy (though I did have to download version 7 first, but still not a big deal). I realized that Dropbox was having a hard time connecting to my devices regularly, so consequently, I often was missing new passwords if they hadn't been synced. That no longer is the case since everything just syncs flawlessly! Plus, I love that y'all are taking the time to respond to all of the comments. I'm sure the complications will get worked out, but if you aren't coming from version 7 directly, 8 is a no-brainer!

Thanks for this great 5-star review. It's great to hear the upgrade process was easy for you, and that you're enjoying 1Password 8 - we appreciate you letting us know!

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• Powerful security
• Supports Passkeys
• Can store other secure information
• Appearance is clean but a little tame

Our Verdict

An easy to use and reliable password manager with strong security and useful features. 

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Passwords are one of the banes of most people’s online lives. Even though passkeys (where you can use a second device to prove you are you and gain access) are beginning to make things easier, it will be a long time before we move away from the confusing collection of numbers, symbols, and letters (at least one of which should be upper case) that are demanded by online services.

Remembering the various account details for each site or app we use is an overwhelming task, meaning we often resort to having the same login for everything, which is a disaster waiting to happen. To get around this, without having to write down all our passwords in a little book or, worse still, in the notes app on your phone, a password manager is a far more secure and simple solution, as it does all the remembering on your behalf.

Canadian made 1Password has long been a favorite of ours, and the current iteration doesn’t put that status in jeopardy. One advantage it has out of the gate is that the company will actually credit you the remaining months on your current contract if you decide to switch from a rival password manager. But what will you find waiting for you when you install and set up 1Password?

For alternatives to 1Password take a look at our roundup of the Best password managers . Need some help coming up with a safe and secure password? Read our tips to make your passwords even stronger .

Software & Features

• Clean, simple interface
• Passkey assistant
• Auto-fill passwords, credit cards and other information

1Password has a nice, clean layout that makes it easy to get to grips with how things work. Along the bottom of the screen, you’ll find four icons for the main areas – Home, Items, Search, and Watchtower.

As you’d imagine, the Home screen is where you’ll normally enter the app, and it’s home to any recently created login details, links to your profile page, and also has several guides that take you through the features on offer. These include setting up your Profile so that it can quickly and automatically fill in online forms. You can have your address plus credit card details, so that when you’re on a site or app and get to the checkout, everything is done for you instead of having to enter the information manually.

1Password can also store other important document information, such as your drivers’ licence, passport, membership cards, secure notes, medical record, social security number, and pretty much whatever else you want to store that you can access easily wherever you have your device.

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Obviously, passwords are the main feature, and the app allows you to either enter them directly or save them when you’re using a browser to log in or update your details. There’s also a section that lets you know which accounts can use passkeys, which can then all be stored in 1Password. All of these will then be auto-filled for you when you reach the login page of the relevant site or app. On a Mac you’ll need the browser extensions installed, all of which are free. There’s ones for Safari (which has had improvements made to ensure auto-fill works better than in the past, where certain sites would make it difficult for the feature to be implemented properly), Chrome and pretty much every other main browser.

The Items section is where you can organize the passwords and secure information. These can be stored in a general vault or separated into specific ones for things like Work, Travel, Home and Shared. This can be helpful on a family plan, where you can make the Netflix and Spotify account details available to all, but stop anyone being able to run amok with your Amazon account.

Search does what you’d expect, while Watchtower analyzes the overall strength of your online security, with warnings of how often passwords are repeated and which ones have been reported as vulnerable after any security breaches on the apps or sites to which they pertain. It’s a helpful way to see the status of your passwords and what you may need to do to stay safe.

Security and Encryption

• 256-bit AES encryption
• Secret key security
• Support for Touch ID and Face ID

Password managers are only truly useful if their security is up to scratch, and thankfully 1Password is strong in this area. The service uses 256-bit AES end-to-end encryption to keep your details protected at all times, and there’s also a secret key created on your device that adds further layers of security and prevents intercepted data from being cracked.  

The same is true with the Secure Remote Password (SRP) protocol, which allows you to authenticate your details to a site without the information being sent to a server which could compromise security. 

While the principle of a password manager is that you create a single, complex password to access the app (meaning you only have to remember that one rather than all the individual ones to sites), support for Touch ID and Face ID means you don’t have to enter the password every time you log into the app, which is a definite bonus. 

Price and Availability

There are a few different tiers available for 1Password. If you want a single-user account, which you can use on all your devices and comes with 1GB of secure storage, then this will set you back $35.88 p/a (which works out around £30). Alternatively, for a family package that includes five accounts you’ll be looking at $59.88 (around £50) for the year. Business users will also find a variety of options available, which include additional support for Azure AD, Slack, Duo, starting at $95.88 (approx £80) per year. 

All accounts offer a 14-day free trial so you can give 1Password a proper outing before deciding whether you want to switch or not. If you do, then you can migrate all your passwords over and be up and running in no time. 

1Password is available for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, Android, plus has extensions for all the major browsers. 

Should you buy 1Password?

These days a password manager feels like an essential item, as so much of our lives revolve around our online accounts. 1Password is a mature and solid service, with useful features, strong security credentials, and most of all it’s easy and reliable to use. If you’re thinking of using a password manager for the first time or are unhappy with your current provider, 1Password should be top of your list. 

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The Best Password Managers

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Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security—including password managers, VPNs, security keys, and more—for over a decade.

Almost everyone should use a password manager. It’s the most important thing you can do —alongside two-factor authentication —to keep your online data safe. We’ve evaluated dozens of paid and free password managers, and we’ve concluded that 1Password offers the best combination of features, compatibility, security, and ease of use. You don’t have to pay for a good password manager, but if you can, 1Password is worth the $36 per year. If you prefer free software, Bitwarden does everything you’ll need and doesn’t cost anything.

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The best password manager

1Password offers attractive and straightforward apps. Newbies will like its plain-language security recommendations and colorful interface, while the technically inclined will appreciate its advanced features and security.

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The best free password manager

The free version of Bitwarden covers all the basics of a good password manager and doesn’t cost anything. But features like advanced security reports and encrypted file storage cost extra.

What to know

A password manager creates a unique password for every account, which helps protect you from data breaches.

Password managers automatically fill in the username and password details for you, simplifying and speeding up the login process.

You’ll be able to access passwords from anywhere, including different computers, tablets, and your phone.

Password managers are locked behind a single password, so make it hard to guess and use multi-factor authentication on your account.

1Password has easy-to-use, polished apps that work on Windows PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and the major web browsers. The Watchtower feature helps you identify and change weak, reused, or compromised passwords, and 1Password walks you through correcting these problems in clear, digestible language. 1Password uses strong encryption and good security practices , which sometimes leads to tedious interactions.

The free version of Bitwarden gets the basics right and doesn’t cost a thing, but it lacks a few features that make 1Password such a standout option. Many of those features, such as password checkups and 1 GB of encrypted storage, are available with Bitwarden’s reasonably priced, $10-per-year premium plan. Bitwarden isn’t as polished overall and lacks the in-app guidance of 1Password, which makes it harder for beginners to get the hang of. But the free version of Bitwarden offers the core features you need in a password manager, including the ability to sync as many passwords as you want across as many devices as you own, support for software multi-factor (or two-factor) authentication , and sharing between two people with separate logins using a two-person organization . Bitwarden works on the same devices as 1Password, so you can use it with any computer, phone, tablet, or browser.

Regardless of the password manager you use, it’s important to protect your data with a strong master password—we have advice for how to do that below.

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Max Eddy is Wirecutter’s senior staff writer covering privacy and security. He previously worked at PCMag for 11 years, where he also wrote about password managers and other tools for improving personal security.

Thorin Klosowski has spent a decade writing about technology, with a focus on software for many of those years. He has written about privacy and security for the bulk of that time and has tested countless password managers.

Andrew Cunningham spent years testing, reviewing, and otherwise writing about computers, phones, operating systems, apps, and other gadgets for AnandTech, Ars Technica, and Wirecutter. He has been building, upgrading, and fixing PCs for more than 15 years, and he spent five of those years in IT departments buying and repairing laptops and desktops as well as helping people buy the best hardware and software for their needs.

Passwords are as annoying as they are necessary, and a good password manager can keep you secure while making it easier to juggle the sheer number of passwords you need to be a person on the internet. Using a password manager is one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself online , aside from using multi-factor authentication and keeping your operating system and web browser up to date. If any of your passwords are weak and easy to guess, if you reuse any of your passwords across multiple sites, or if the sites you use are ever hacked and your account is compromised, you risk losing access to your accounts and your data. In fact, if you reuse passwords, chances are good that your password is already out there. You can even check to see if your email address or password has been involved in a data breach.

Password managers generate strong new passwords when you create accounts or change a password. They also store all of your passwords and, if you want, your credit card numbers, addresses, bank accounts, and other information in one place, secured with a single strong master password. All you need to remember is your master password, and your password manager can remember everything else, filling in your username and password for you whenever you log in to a site on your phone or computer. The best part is that once set up, a password manager makes your digital life easier, speeding up the login process and simplifying managing your online accounts. Getting started can be intimidating, but once you’ve done that, it’s a (mostly) painless experience.

For this guide, we’re focusing on the password managers that work best for individuals, rather than those intended for businesses to deploy and manage. To separate the great ones from the merely okay ones, we use the following criteria:

• Good protection for your passwords: You’re trusting your password manager with your entire digital existence, and your password manager should store your data securely . A good password manager needs to use strong encryption to protect your data on your computer, on your password manager’s server, and when your data is moving between the two. But those promises of security only go so far, so we require that any password managers we recommend participate in regular third-party security audits (preferably audits that they make public) and have a bug-bounty program. Security audits aren’t perfect—they offer just a snapshot of the software and infrastructure—but they are a signal of trust and transparency.
• Privacy: A password manager shouldn’t share data with third parties for advertising, so we check both the privacy policies and the mobile apps to confirm that they aren’t sharing data they aren’t supposed to.
• Unlimited password storage: Any paid password manager should be able to store an unlimited number of passwords and other records, and enough free ones offer unlimited storage that you shouldn’t settle for less.
• Sync between devices (and no limits on the number of devices you can use): You probably have more than one device that you use every day, between your home computer, your work computer, your phone, and your laptop. A good password manager should offer cloud syncing so that your passwords remain accessible anywhere on an unlimited number of devices.
• Desktop and laptop compatibility: A password manager should have a Windows and macOS app that you can use to browse, add, and edit your information. We note Linux compatibility but don’t require it. Support for Chrome OS is generally covered by Chrome browser extensions.
• Web browser compatibility: We prefer those password managers that offer browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. The extensions are responsible for autofilling passwords and other forms, as well as for generating and saving new passwords when you change one or make a new account.
• iOS and Android compatibility: A password manager should have apps for both iOS and Android that are easy to use and capable of autofilling passwords in browser windows and within apps. The apps should walk you through the process of setting them up and giving them the permissions they need to work.
• Ease of setup and use: A password manager should make it easy to get started or to transition from using browser-based password autofill, as well as to set up all the apps and browser extensions required. And once you’ve set up your password manager, it should be easy (not annoying) to use when you need it.
• Tools to fix your security problems: Once your data is in your password manager, it should be able to identify weak, reused, and compromised passwords, and it should give you clear and easy-to-follow directions for changing them.
• Support for biometric logins: If your phone, tablet, or laptop has a fingerprint reader or face-scanning camera, you should be able to unlock your password manager with that, rather than a password or PIN, for convenience’s sake.
• Price: The paid password managers we evaluated usually cost between $10 and $60 per year for one person to use, though decent options are available for free. Password managers that offer family plans usually cover four or five people, so they’re generally a good deal even if your family has only two people. Although password managers often advertise a monthly subscription fee, the fees are typically billed yearly.
• Password sharing: A good password manager should make it easy for you to securely share login data with someone else you trust for accounts that multiple people may need to access—for example, sites for paying your family’s bills, or shared email and social media accounts for a small business. This feature is common in paid password managers but rare in free ones.

After searching and consulting sites such as CNET , PCMag , Tom’s Guide , and Wired , we assembled a list of about 40 free and paid password managers. We dismissed most of them because they weren’t compatible with all of the operating systems and browsers we wanted or because they didn’t take part in third-party security audits.

In 2024, we tested 11 password managers: 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, Enpass Premium, Keeper, mSecure, NordPass, Proton Pass, RoboForm Premium, Sticky Password, and Zoho Vault. We installed each of these password managers on a Windows PC, a Mac, an iPhone, and an Android phone.

1Password offers the best combination of compatibility, ease of use, features, and price of any paid password manager we’ve tested. It has polished apps that work on just about any computer, tablet, phone, or web browser. We like how easy it is to identify and change weak, reused, or compromised passwords through the Watchtower feature, and we like how 1Password walks you through correcting those problems in clear, easy-to-follow language. The company has good security practices and uses strong encryption to protect passwords. 1Password costs $36 a year for individuals or $60 a year for families of two to five—on the high end of average for paid password managers—though it does offer free accounts for politicians and activists as well as journalists .

1Password is compatible with the most-used operating systems and browsers. Standalone apps for Windows , macOS , iOS , and Android all allow you to view and edit all the items in your vault. 1Password also has browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Microsoft Edge that handle basic functions like autofilling passwords and creating new ones. If you use Safari on Mac, you need to download the desktop app, which includes the extension for Safari. We recommend downloading the desktop and mobile apps for your operating systems, along with the browser extensions for whatever web browsers you use. 1Password’s desktop apps for Windows and Mac are also far superior to what you get with Bitwarden, which requires the web app for features beyond password generation and search.

It’s easy to set up and use. We know that password managers can seem overwhelming to set up, but we think everyone should use them, not just the technologically savvy. 1Password does the best job of making it easy to incorporate a password manager into your daily habits with a user interface that’s simple to understand even for people who are new to a password manager. You can quickly view and change saved passwords and other information. Your default “vault” stores login information, credit card numbers, and data for autofilling forms. And if sorting items alphabetically or by tag isn’t good enough, you can create any number of vaults to organize your information (if you want to store logins for your personal accounts and work accounts separately, for example). This is especially important for 1Password Families or Business accounts, where you might want to share the contents of one vault with other 1Password users while keeping other vaults private.

All versions of 1Password and Bitwarden support logging in with your face or fingerprint, depending on what biometric authentication options your computer, phone, or tablet offers. We recommend using this feature on iOS and Android especially, where typing in a long master password multiple times a day will cost you time and annoy you. Both apps can replace iOS’s and Android’s built-in password-autofill features and can work in apps as well as on websites.

No password manager has a foolproof introduction that teaches you everything you need to know, but 1Password’s extensive support articles —which usually include large screenshots or video tutorials—make it a solid choice for people new to password managers. It’s easier to learn than most free options, including Bitwarden.

It's affordable for individuals and families. 1Password costs $36 a year for one person or $60 a year for families (regardless of whether your family has as few as two or as many as five people); it’s more expensive than some of our other finalists but about average for an excellent password manager. LastPass Premium costs the same amount for individuals but only $48 for families of up to six. Bitwarden’s free plan and $10-per-year Premium plan allow you to share with one other person for no extra cost, but if you want to share with more people than that, you need to sign up for a family plan for $40 a year. If you decide not to renew your 1Password account, you can still access your passwords, but you can’t create new ones.

When you set up a 1Password family plan, you put your passwords and other information in your shared vault instead of your personal vault to give access to everyone else on your plan. “ Family organizers ,” a group that includes the 1Password account that created your family’s account plus anyone they designate as a “family organizer,” can recover the accounts of other family members if they forget their master password or secret key, which is useful for helping kids or less technically inclined folks. 1Password doesn’t have any sort of emergency-access feature in cases where you or another family member cannot access their account; if you want your account shared after death, storing the Emergency Kit in a shared safe is the only way to do so.

1Password has strong security policies. By default, all of your information is backed up to 1Password’s servers; the data is protected under end-to-end 256-bit AES encryption, which means that no one but you can read it on 1Password’s servers (including 1Password employees) or when the data is in transit between 1Password’s servers and your device. Additionally, you need to present your master password and a “Secret Key” each time you set up a new device. This is a little tedious, but 1Password says it allows the company to better secure your data and ensure attackers can’t steal the means to decrypt your vault from 1Password. (For details, you can read more about 1Password’s security model .)

1Password has comprehensive features that improve your online security. 1Password’s Watchtower feature—which is both a dedicated section of the app and a collective name for all the ways in which 1Password tries to protect your logins—identifies weak and reused passwords, passwords for websites that don’t use the secure HTTPS protocol, passwords for sites that have been hacked, passwords that are about to expire, and accounts for which two-factor authentication is available but has not been enabled. 1Password told us that Watchtower can also highlight sites in your vault that now offer passkey authentication. In all cases, the app offers straightforward directions for solving the problem. Bitwarden has a similar feature, called Vault Health Reports, that’s available only for paid subscribers.

Other handy 1Password features include 1 GB of secure online storage for sensitive files, such as scans of sensitive documents, and Travel Mode , which allows you to temporarily remove selected vaults from your device if you’re worried about your device being searched or stolen while you’re traveling. 1Password integrates with Privacy , a service for creating one-time-use credit cards, which is convenient when you’re shopping online at sites you’re not confident in or testing out subscription services you don’t want to auto-renew. It also allows you to securely share anything in your vault , including documents, even if the recipient doesn’t use 1Password. Recently, 1Password added the ability to store passkeys . Version 8 of 1Password added the ability to autofill passwords in desktop apps on both Windows and Mac with its Quick Access tool, which simplifies logging in to all sorts of software.

Flaws but not dealbreakers

It’s the least awkward, but it’s still quirky. In our latest round of testing, 1Password sometimes struggled to recognize password fields on Android. No password manager we tested was free of these types of little peculiarities, though, and 1Password was less glitchy than most.

The quirks of 1Password start the second you prepare to install it. You can install just the browser extensions and get most of the basic features that people usually need, or you can also install the desktop apps and get advanced features for organization and benefits like Face ID or Windows Hello support. Or you can install both the extension and the desktop app, which is what we typically recommend, even though it can sometimes be difficult to know which one to use and when.

On iPhone and iPad, 1Password offers two methods to access your passwords, either through the Safari extension or the autofill menu . The Safari extension lets you interact with 1Password through the same small icon placed on the login field as it does on desktop, which is a little difficult to navigate on the smaller screen of an iPhone. Enabling both isn’t necessary and just adds confusion, so we recommend sticking with autofill. The same goes for Bitwarden, or any other third-party password manager you use.

Its security features can sometimes cause headaches. 1Password’s requirement of a Secret Key and a password to set up a new device is annoying, and we also found that 1Password frequently locked itself and re-prompted us for authentication. When it locks depends on the device, but logging in several times a day can be a pain. It’s good security for a password manager to lock itself periodically, but we know that most people don’t want to use something that they find more irritating than helpful. You can easily change this behavior in 1Password’s settings, or you can enable biometric authentication to log in faster.

There’s no free version. 1Password’s features are worth paying for, but Bitwarden shows that it’s possible to offer a free password manager that leaves off a few features without feeling too restrictive. That said, we’ve concluded that 1Password more than justifies its expense.

If you don’t want to pay for a password manager, if the added features in 1Password aren’t appealing to you, or if you’d like to self-host your password manager, use Bitwarden . The free version of Bitwarden is missing a few features in comparison with 1Password, such as comprehensive password checkups, security-key support, and 1 GB of encrypted storage. But it has all the important features of a password manager: You can sync with as many devices as you want and store unlimited passwords, and the free account allows you to share password collections with one other person. And Bitwarden has the same wide-ranging compatibility as 1Password, so you can use it with just about any device. Bitwarden’s security protocol is similar to 1Password’s, so even if Bitwarden’s servers are compromised, your passwords are safe. Bitwarden now undergoes annual third-party security audits , similar to the repeated security audits 1Password does . If you’ve never used a password manager before, Bitwarden doesn’t teach you the basics as well as 1Password does, but its documentation is thorough and easy to search.

It’s widely supported across platforms. Bitwarden supports the same operating systems and browsers as 1Password does, including Windows , macOS , iOS , and Android . Bitwarden, like 1Password, supports logging in with your face or fingerprint, whichever method your device supports. It offers browser extensions for Chrome , Edge, Firefox , and several other browsers. Like 1Password, Bitwarden packs its Safari extension into the desktop app. You can also self-host Bitwarden, in which case it’ll never upload your password to the company’s servers, but setting that up is a complicated process .

It has clean, usable apps and extensions. Functionally, the Bitwarden extensions and desktop apps do the minimum we ask of a password manager: They store and generate passwords. They’re not as polished as 1Password’s apps, they don’t alert you about weak passwords when you log in (you can click an icon in the extension to check when you visit a login page, though), and they don’t support Bitwarden’s premium password-audit features (you need to use the web app for those). On top of that, free accounts don’t get any password reports aside from a data-breach report, which checks Have I Been Pwned? for your email address. To scan your accounts for breaches, reused passwords, exposed passwords, and unsecured websites, you need to visit the Bitwarden website and have a $10-per-year premium account.

By contrast, 1Password’s audit notes and suggestions are visible throughout its apps and don’t require you to visit the website. On free accounts, Bitwarden Send , a feature that lets you share encrypted files, is limited to text sharing, but on premium accounts you can share other files, as well. Both the free and premium versions of Bitwarden include built-in support for multiple email alias services , including our favorite , SimpleLogin and Fastmail. This integration allows you to create an email alias and password when creating new accounts, a feature that’s limited to Fastmail accounts in 1Password . Like 1Password, Bitwarden can also store passkeys.

It gives you pretty much everything you need from a password manager. The biggest features you’re likely to miss in the free version are password audits, the option to grant emergency access to a person you choose, the ability to send files securely , priority tech support, and the 1 GB of secure storage. If you’re new to password managers and you want to try Bitwarden, the service is worth the $10 for at least one year so you can improve any weak passwords you have right now. Unlike most free password managers, Bitwarden allows you to share a collection of passwords with one other Bitwarden user for free; you have to pay if you need to share with more people. This feature is handy if you want to share certain logins with a partner or roommate, for example, whether that’s for banking access or just your video-streaming account.

It doesn’t restrict the number of devices you can use or passwords you can store like other free password managers do. According to Bitwarden’s privacy policy , the company doesn’t sell or share any personal information for commercial purposes, (Bitwarden does gather some anonymized usage data, but it’s nothing we’re concerned about), though the free version does show you an ad for the premium account.

It has unique onboarding and support options. Bitwarden’s documentation has improved over the years , even introducing video tutorials , but 1Password still does a more comprehensive job of onboarding people who have never used a password manager before. Bitwarden does offer some tools that 1Password doesn’t, including occasional training events that walk you through the setup process and features. If you can’t attend, you can replay the event video. We think 1Password is easier to get the hang of using if you’ve never used a password manager before, but Bitwarden isn’t far behind.

The main benefit of using a password manager is that you need to remember only one password, instead of dozens, to access all of your accounts. But the one password you do need to keep track of—your master password—must be a good one.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recommends that passwords be at least 16 characters long or comprise five to seven individual words. 1Password suggests making a long but memorable password, perhaps composed of multiple random words with dashes, periods, or some other easy-to-remember punctuation in between. The password generators from 1Password and Bitwarden offer a handy way to make one of these passwords regardless of the software you use.

The argument for creating a memorable but unique password is that you can memorize it yourself without making it easy for others to guess; you should try to memorize your master password if at all possible. But in case of emergencies, you should also write it down on a physical piece of paper and put it somewhere safe—storing it digitally, especially using a cloud service like Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, or OneDrive, risks exposing it to hackers, which would defeat the purpose. 1Password even gives you a handy Emergency Kit printout on which you can write your account information, your secret key, and your password, along with a QR code you can scan when you set up 1Password on a new phone, tablet, or computer.

Of course, your master password shouldn’t be the only thing protecting your account. You should also protect your password manager by using two-factor authentication. An app such as Authy or a security key can secure your account further. When you log in, you’re asked to supply both your password and the second factor—either a code from an authentication app or a physical security key—before you can log in on a new device. This means that if someone gets your master password, they still won’t be able to log in to your account without the second factor. This extra step might sound like a pain, but it’s necessary only when you sign in from somewhere new—such as a new browser, laptop, or phone—so it doesn’t cause friction daily.

Most web browsers offer to save your passwords for you, and some—including newer versions of Chrome , Firefox , and Safari — offer to generate new ones for you, just like a password manager. They can even alert you to password reuse and breaches.

Using your browser’s password storage is far better than doing nothing; most major browsers support some kind of syncing across devices, offer encryption and two-factor authentication for password data, and can fill in other forms for you. But using a standalone password manager has one primary benefit: It can work across multiple operating systems and browsers depending on what you prefer. Interoperability is improving (you can now save a password in Chrome and access it in Safari on mobile, for example), but browser-based password managers still sometimes work only in that browser, and if they do offer support across platforms, that feature tends to be awkward to use. But those restrictions can be a strength, too: Built-in password managers are often easier to use for newcomers, and since they’re integrated at a system or browser level, they are less clunky and require less setup than standalone software.

Good standalone password managers also include features not often found in browser-based password managers, such as mechanisms for easily sharing passwords with family members and friends when many people need to log in to a single site. And because the password managers we recommend include standalone apps as well as browser extensions, you can easily use a password manager to store other data, such as software product keys, addresses, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers (some browsers also offer to store these things for you; others don’t).

If you have been using your browser’s built-in mechanism for saving passwords and want to move on to a standalone password manager, both 1Password and Bitwarden can import saved passwords so you don’t need to start from scratch.

Protecting all of your passwords with a strong master password is convenient, but what happens if your password manager’s servers are compromised and your data is stolen?

Both 1Password and Bitwarden are transparent about their security models and what they’re doing to keep your data safe even in the event of a hack . Both use 256-bit AES encryption to make your data unreadable to anyone without your master password, whether your data is stored on your personal phone or computer, stored on 1Password’s or Bitwarden’s servers, or in transit between your devices and the servers. Both also claim to have a “zero-knowledge” security model, where no one working for 1Password or Bitwarden can ever see your master password, so no employee (and no one who has broken into their systems) could decrypt your data and see it even if they had access to it. 1Password routinely subjects itself to third-party security audits to make sure that its systems are secure and that it follows security best practices. Bitwarden does security audits every year, completing its most recent audit in 2023 . Both 1Password and Bitwarden also interact with security researchers through public bug-bounty programs.

Using a password manager that stores data in the cloud comes with some inherent risk, but we think 1Password and Bitwarden manage it well. If you absolutely must keep your passwords stored locally, KeePassXC may be a good fit.

The privacy policies of 1Password and Bitwarden lay out what information the companies gather and in what circumstances third parties might be involved. We didn’t see anything that gave cause for concern. Both companies told us directly, and state in their documentation, that they will not sell or share customer data for commercial purposes.

1Password and Bitwarden both support generating multi-factor authentication codes for your logins—storing what’s called TOTP codes just like a standalone authentication app would—but we do not recommend using this feature in your password manager. Although the feature provides some convenience by autofilling the code for you, the result is that if an intruder gains access to your password manager, they can also get into all your accounts. You should enable multi-factor authentication for the password manager itself, so you might as well use that same authenticator app (or security key) for the rest of your authentication needs.

LastPass Free was once an easy recommendation, but in December 2022, LastPass announced a data breach that exposed encrypted password vaults along with personal details , including names, email addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, and some billing information. Account passwords weren’t exposed, but hackers can theoretically access password vaults by guessing master passwords. If a master password is weak, that exposure could happen quickly . The breach was so bad that security experts recommended that anyone who uses LastPass change all their passwords and consider moving to another password manager . In February 2023, the company revealed that an attacker had also gained access to a LastPass employee’s home computer , snagging the employee’s password for a corporate vault in the process. This doesn’t affect the already bad state of customer accounts, but it does make the company look even worse. Since then, the company has changed some policies to improve the security of vault data.

Dashlane Premium is as polished as 1Password and also has a free version, but that version is limited to one device, and most people have multiple devices. At $60 a year, Dashlane’s most popular plan is expensive; the $90-a-year family plan that covers up to 10 people is a better deal, but that’s still $30 more annually than 1Password’s family plan.

Proton offers a password manager called Proton Pass alongside its family of privacy-focused products that also includes email, online storage, and the best free VPN we’ve tested. The service has improved greatly with expanded support for desktop apps as well as browsers, email aliases, and a reduced price. Proton Pass has a surprisingly feature-rich free plan, but still lacks the advanced tools of our top picks and doesn’t offer an affordable family plan.

Keeper and NordPass have many of the same paid features as 1Password does, but we found both apps less intuitive to use than 1Password. The pricing plans of both are confusing, relying on annual discounts or doling out specific features piecemeal.  Zoho Vault is especially intriguing because it’s completely free for one person, but we found it was overly complicated and clearly intended for enterprise use. And although we found Enpass Premium too complex for most people, it’s an intriguing option for anyone who wants to keep control of their password manager data.

We dismissed most other password managers for lacking one or more features, such as not participating in third-party security audits or not supporting one or more of our desired operating systems. That list includes Ascendo DataVault Password Manager , Avira Password Manager Pro , Bitdefender Password Manager,  eWallet , F-Secure ID Protection , LogMeOnce , McAfee True Key , mSecure , Norton Password Manager , oneSafe , Password Boss , Password Safe , RoboForm Premium , SaferPass Premium , SplashID Pro , and Sticky Password .

This article was edited by Caitlin McGarry.

Additional reporting for this guide was contributed by former Wirecutter editor Thorin Klosowski.

Should I use the two-factor authentication codes my password manager provides?

1Password and Bitwarden both support storing two-factor authentication codes, but we don’t recommend using that feature. If a snoop or intruder does somehow access your password manager, they would then also get into all the accounts with two-factor authentication enabled. You should enable two-factor authentication to protect your password manager account anyway, so you might as well use that same 2FA app (or key) for the rest of your authentication needs. (Note that Bitwarden now offers a stand alone 2FA app.)

Can I use a password manager with a YubiKey?

Usually, yes. Both 1Password and Bitwarden Premium accounts support security keys as a second factor for login.

Are “suggested passwords” safe?

Yes. Suggested passwords are randomly generated, so it’s very unlikely that someone could guess them. Both of our picks allow you to set up different rules for password creation—such as what sorts of characters to include or whether to use real words—but the default settings are secure enough for most people. However, if one of your suggested passwords is swept up in a data breach, you should still change it.

Doesn’t prefilling passwords mean that anyone at my computer can log in to my accounts?

That’s true only if you unlock your password manager and then walk away from your computer. Password managers are generally designed to “lock” after a period of inactivity, requiring your master password before they’ll work again.

You can also avoid the problem by locking your computer whenever you walk away from it. You can do so by putting your computer to sleep, or by pressing the Windows+L (on Windows) or Control+Shift+Power (on MacBooks) keyboard shortcut.

Can I access my passwords on a public computer?

Yes. 1Password and Bitwarden both have web apps that you can log in to from anywhere—they don’t support the same convenient autofill capabilities as the browser extensions, but they do provide easy access to your passwords and any other information you have stored. Remember to log out of them when you’re done using the public computer.

Does a password manager work on my iPhone or Android phone?

Yes. Most password managers with iOS and Android apps can autofill usernames and passwords both on websites and in apps, replacing (or augmenting) the built-in autofill features in those operating systems. You can find directions for setting this up in 1Password on iOS and Android , as well as directions for Bitwarden on iOS and Android .

What if I forget my master password?

A good password manager is designed so that a person who doesn’t know your master password will never be able to get into your account and access your data—and that includes yourself. Make sure to write down your master password (and we mean actually write it down, with pen and paper) and store it somewhere safe to prevent this from happening.

If you have forgotten your master password, your options depend on which password manager you’re using. In Bitwarden, you need to delete your entire account and start again from scratch. 1Password gives you a couple of other options, including resetting your master password from another family member’s account. If you do need to start from scratch, the process is annoying and time-consuming, but it isn’t the end of the world—you’ll need to reset every password on every site you use, but once you’ve done that, you’ll be back where you started.

Can I share passwords with a family member?

A 1Password family plan allows family members to share different vaults, so you can share some logins (for paying bills or managing finances, for example) but not others (for personal email or sites you use for work, say). Bitwarden offers the same features for less money, though it’s less user-friendly; you need to set up an “ organization ” to create and share password vaults. A two-person organization is free, while larger organizations cost $3 per month per person.

How do password managers work with passkeys?

Passkeys are a new secure authentication technology, endorsed by Apple, Google, and Microsoft, that is designed to replace passwords. That might lead you to think the days of password managers are numbered, but that isn’t the case. For one thing, passkeys are very new and still aren’t widely supported. For another, you need a place to store your passkeys, and several password managers—including 1Password and Bitwarden—now let you do just that. You can even log in to a Bitwarden account with a passkey, and the same feature is currently available in beta on 1Password .

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Meet your guide

Max Eddy is a senior staff writer at Wirecutter specializing in security and privacy. He was previously lead security analyst at PC Magazine.

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Password managers: Is it OK to use your browser’s built-in password management tools?

These days, the ability to keep track of the passwords you use with secure online services is a basic feature for web browsers. The feature is typically turned on by default, which means you probably have a random collection of passwords saved in the cloud along with your bookmarks and settings for your default browser.

If you regularly switch between browsers (Chrome on the desktop, Safari on your iPhone), you might even have multiple sets of saved passwords scattered across multiple clouds.

It's time to clean up that mess.

You have two choices. You could decide to get serious about adopting that feature and using it deliberately across every device you own. Or you could switch to a third-party password manager and shut down that feature in the browser.

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In either case, it's prudent to track down outdated saved passwords and delete them from the cloud.

Years ago, security experts cautioned against saving passwords in a browser. Today, the case for using one of those built-in password management tools is stronger. Consider the advantages of allowing your favorite browser to take over this task:

• No extra download is required, as is the case with third-party password management utilities.
• Your passwords sync automatically along with all your other data. When you sign in to your browser on a new device, your passwords are already available for you.
• There's no subscription fee for these built-in password managers.
• Your saved/synced data is secured by the same encryption and two-factor authentication features you use with your email, cloud storage, and device security features.

The list of disadvantages is shorter, but these factors are worth considering. The most obvious drawback is that browser-based password managers don't work with alternative browsers. If you routinely switch between browsers on different devices, you'll find yourself frustrated when you change a password on one device only to discover days or weeks later that your secondary browser is now offering an outdated set of credentials.

The bigger problem is that free, browser-based password managers generally have a basic feature set that can't compete with paid alternatives. They've all stepped up with password checkup features that alert you if your password was part of a data breach, and they can typically also track things like addresses and credit card numbers for quick form-filling. But they fall short on other, more interesting features.

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For example, every browser I looked at is capable of generating a strong, random password that you can use when you create or change your credentials for a new site. But none of them offer the ability to customize that password by choosing a specific length, allowing or disallowing symbols, and so forth, as you can with the third-party 1Password utility shown here.

Browser-based password managers don't offer advanced features like these options in the paid 1Password utility.

Likewise, free browser-based password managers lack a feature that's crucial for families: the ability to share passwords so that any family member can access a subscription service or place an online order using the same account.

With a full-featured password manager, you can also add notes to each saved entry, manage bookmarks, enter alternate top-level URLs that use the same credentials, and so on.

The bottom line? For anyone whose online demands are modest, who uses the same browser on every device, and who can live with the limitations of these basic features, a browser-based password manager is probably good enough. If you've read this far, that description's probably not you. In that case, the challenge is to transfer your currently saved passwords to a new utility and then disable the feature in favor of your preferred third-party password manager.

I've studied each of the four leading browsers: Google Chrome, the new (Chromium-based) Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple's Safari. Here's how to find the password management settings for each one, export any saved passwords to a safe place, and then turn off the feature. As a final step, I explain how to purge saved passwords and stop syncing.

Google Chrome

Chrome's built-in password manager is, not surprisingly, tied to whichever Google account you used to sign in to the browser. When you're signed in, passwords sync to your Google account and are available in Chrome on your PC or Mac, on Android devices, and on iPhones and iPads. If you're not signed in, passwords are saved locally.

You can manage password settings from the Chrome browser on a PC or Mac. Make sure you've signed in using your Google account, and then go to the Autofill > Passwords page at chrome://settings/passwords.

1) Use this shortcut to go straight to Password options; 2) Turn both these switches off; 3) Use these menus to export all passwords or remove individual saved items. 

(You can also manage this setting from your online Google account. Go to https://passwords.google.com/options, where you'll find the same limited set of options. Or use the Password Settings option on an Android device.)

Back up your saved passwords: If you have any saved passwords, I recommend that you export a copy before you adjust any settings. There's a big Export button on the Google Account page; on the Autofill > Passwords page, click the More Actions button (three vertical dots) to the right of the Saved Passwords heading to reveal the Export command. The resulting file is in CSV format, which you can save or open in Excel or Google Sheets for printing.

Turn off password saving: Turn off both options on the Autofill > Passwords page: Offer To Save Passwords and Auto Sign-In. That will stop Chrome from saving any additional passwords, but it won't stop the browser from trying to fill in passwords that are already saved.

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Purge saved passwords: From the Autofill > Passwords page, you can delete individual saved credentials. Click the More Actions button to the right of any entry and then click Remove. That action deletes the saved item from your Google account and from every other device where you're signed in using that account and have sync turned on.

If you just have a few saved passwords, deleting them individually is not such a big deal. If you have dozens of passwords (or more), it's a tedious process, but there's no other way to delete all saved passwords from your Google account short of deleting the account. You can delay the process by turning off password syncing and then clearing all locally saved passwords: After turning off password sync, go to chrome://settings/clearBrowserData, click Advanced, choose All Time from the Time Range menu, select the Passwords And Other Sign-in Data check box, and click Clear Data.

Turn off password syncing: To avoid having a password you accidentally save on another device sync back to the current one, go to chrome://settings/syncSetup/advanced, choose Customize Sync, and turn the Passwords switch to the Off position.

The New Microsoft Edge

Because the new Edge is based on the same open source Chromium engine that Google Chrome uses, the procedures for configuring the password manager feature are very similar to those in Chrome.

You can manage password settings from the Edge browser on a PC or Mac. Make sure you've signed in using your Google account, and then go to the Profiles > Passwords page at edge://settings/passwords. Unlike Google, Microsoft does not provide online access to your saved passwords from your Microsoft Account page.

Back up your saved passwords: On the Profiles > Passwords page, click the More Actions button (three horizontal dots) to the right of the Saved Passwords heading to reveal the Export command. The resulting file is in CSV format, which you can save or open in Excel for printing.

Turn off password saving: Turn off both options on the Profiles > Passwords page: Offer To Save Passwords and Auto Sign-In. That will stop Edge from saving any additional passwords, but it won't stop the browser from trying to fill in passwords that are already saved.

Purge saved passwords: From the Profiles > Passwords page, you can delete individual saved credentials. Click the More Actions button to the right of any entry and then click Remove. That action deletes the saved item from your Microsoft account and from every other device where you're signed in using that account and have sync turned on.

As with Google Chrome, you must delete saved passwords individually to clear them from Edge on other synced devices. If you just want to clear all locally saved passwords, first turn off password sync, then go to edge://settings/clearBrowserData, choose All Time from the Time Range menu, select the Passwords check box, and click Clear Now. If you want to remove all data that was transferred from the legacy version of Edge, including saved passwords, scroll to the bottom of the list and select the All Data From The Previous Version Of Microsoft Edge option.

Turn off password syncing: To avoid having a password you accidentally save on another device sync back to the current one, go to edge://settings/profiles/sync and turn the Passwords switch to the Off position.

Be sure to turn off password syncing before clearing this data, or Edge will quickly restore all your saved passwords from the cloud.

I confess, it has been a while since I used Firefox as my primary browser. Specifically, it must have been before October 22, 2019, which is when Mozilla released Firefox 70, with the browser's internal password management tools rebranded as Firefox Lockwise.

Mozilla has rebranded the password management features in Firefox as Lockwise, with separate mobile apps available for iOS and Android.

What makes Lockwise different from its browser brethren is that it saves passwords in Firefox but allows you to access those saved passwords via apps for the two dominant mobile platforms. In theory, that architecture makes this a more versatile solution, but the reviews I've read aren't encouraging.

One important note about Lockwise: It works only if you're signed in to your Firefox account. If you're not signed in, your passwords aren't saved.

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Back up your saved passwords: Sorry, Firefox doesn't include an export option with Lockwise. There are workarounds (including a two-step process that uses the Brave browser ) but no built-in functionality for this important option.

Turn off password saving: After signing in to your Firefox account, go to about:preferences#privacy and clear the Ask To Save Logins And Passwords For Websites option.

Purge saved passwords: In Firefox, go to about:logins, where you'll find a list of all your saved credentials, with a navigation bar in the left pane that shows the current selection in the right pane. Click Remove to delete a saved password from your Firefox account in the cloud. There's no way to remove more than one password at a time, so if you've got a very large collection of saved passwords, you'll need to do a lot of clicking and confirming.

Turn off password syncing: To stop syncing passwords to your Firefox cloud account, go to about:preferences#sync, click Change, and clear the Logins And Passwords box. Note that this doesn't remove your previously saved passwords.

Safari on Mac

Apple's Safari browser is based on WebKit, which makes it a first cousin to the Chromium-based alternatives. But unlike Chrome or Edge, Apple doesn't allow its flagship browser to manage passwords independently of the operating system. Your passwords are saved in Apple's iCloud Keychain, which works on Macs, iPhones, and iPads.

There's no Safari browser for Windows PCs or Android devices, so Safari's password manager is appropriate only for those who are fully committed to the Apple ecosystem. If you've got an Apple Card because that 3% rebate represents big bucks for you, read on.

Back up your saved passwords: Apple does not make it easy to export data from its Keychain. The Keychain Access utility includes an export function, but the resulting files aren't readable by mere mortals, and it's really only appropriate for backing up from one Apple device to another. As with everything Apple, there are workarounds, but none I can confidently recommend.

Turn off password saving: To turn off password saving in Safari, go to Safari > Preferences > AutoFill, and clear the User Names And Passwords check box.

Purge saved passwords: Everything else about Apple's Keychain is difficult, but this is a major exception. To delete the saved passwords from a Mac, go to Safari > Preferences > Passwords. Sign in using your user account password, press Command+A to select every entry in the list, and then click Remove. Shazam!

Safari is the only major broser that allows you to quickly delete all saved passwords from the cloud.

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Passwords App - Anyone like it?

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• Wednesday at 9:00 AM

I have been a 1Password app for a few years. I was hopeful the free Passwords app included with Sequoia would be robust enough to allow me to save some $$ by cancelling 1Password. My experience so far: - requiring my Mac password every time I access a PW is too cumbersome and overly protective with no way to disable. - no strong pw generator - sort of mediocre auto fill integration with Chrome - auto saving new PWs - I haven't found it. My impression is it does not compete with a good paid password manager. Has anyone found differently?. I would very happy to find I am overlooking some key settings.  

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• Wednesday at 9:03 AM

I like it as a whole. It is meant to be for the average user who just needs the basics of login information, I don’t like that you can’t edit a password title after it has been made.  

Cirillo Gherardo

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• Wednesday at 9:05 AM

I think you're overselling 1Password to be honest. I've paid for it for years and it is still rife with issues. It fails just as often as Apple's password manager to save new passwords or present itself for autofill. I've already stopped paying for 1Password and will make do with Apple's Password management. The only thing that annoys me is that the import from 1Password to Passwords isn't as robust as I would have liked, and there is no way for me override the only passwords with the ones from 1Password that I typically view as more current.  

macrumors 68040

• Wednesday at 9:20 AM

Did the merge the functionality of Keychain Access into the Passwords app, or are there now 2 password apps?  

macrumors 6502a

• Wednesday at 9:54 AM

Mbergie said: - requiring my Mac password every time I access a PW is too cumbersome and overly protective with no way to disable. Click to expand...

Mbergie said: - no strong pw generator Click to expand...

Mbergie said: - sort of mediocre auto fill integration with Chrome - auto saving new PWs - I haven't found it. Click to expand...

• Wednesday at 10:20 AM

Brien said: Did the merge the functionality of Keychain Access into the Passwords app, or are there now 2 password apps? Click to expand...

• Wednesday at 11:28 AM

Other option for storing secure notes is Apple Notes for free.  

• Wednesday at 3:16 PM

Apple_Robert said: I like it as a whole. It is meant to be for the average user who just needs the basics of login information, I don’t like that you can’t edit a password title after it has been made. Click to expand...

• Wednesday at 3:52 PM

macboy17 said: You CAN change the title on the desktop version. Click to expand...

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• Wednesday at 4:46 PM

Apple_Robert said: I am using an iPad Pro. I am not given the option. Click to expand...

• Wednesday at 4:49 PM

iStorm said: Are you referring to 'Test Title' in this example? I'm able to change the title when in edit mode on my iPad. View attachment 2421005 Click to expand...

macrumors member

• Wednesday at 5:23 PM

I switched from 1Password to Minimalist after the Mac app for 1Password was going to be sunsetted, and forced subscriptions and syncing with their servers as the only way to go. I love that  has done this and included a menu bar app. Without TouchID it would be a pain, but as a version 1, it has a lot of benefits for the non techies out there. It will only get better as time goes on. For the vast majority, locked Notes and Passwords together will improve their security hygiene. For now, having all my eggs in 2 baskets is the way to go, as Minimalist has done everything I needed from 1Password, but day to day having the Passwords app is going see 99% of my usage time going here. As an aside, everyone I know that has updated to iOS 18 has commented on how much they love the new Passwords app. The majority of them don’t know a thing about 1Password and have never used a password system. It is the classic 90% of the people 90% of the time approach from  and I am thrilled to see it. One person was using 1Password and asked me to help them migrate. I was stunned to find that they had no clue about individual logins in 1Password. They had their entire database in one single secure note. Us nerds are not the norm, that’s for sure. I showed them how to use locked Notes and the new app in harmony.  

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• Wednesday at 8:24 PM

The app has some quirks that I hope will be resolved. It doesn't seem to save and restore its window size or column width nor its window position. A bigger issue I found is that when you start editing an entry you have to click "Save" before doing anything else. If you switch to a different entry before you saved, which is what I did to copy password data to merge several entries, it will cancel the edit and discard everything you've changed in, added to or removed from that entry – without a warning. I can't help but think that this is because the edit screen is a full-screen dialog on iOS/iPadOS (see iStorm's screenshot above) that you can't get around whereas on macOS the edit screen is just a column.  

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• Wednesday at 8:30 PM

May want to try Bitwarden. Free, open source.  

• Wednesday at 11:21 PM

Apple_Robert said: Yes. I don’t have the ability to edit a title after it has already been created. I tap on edit and the title and nothing happens. Edited to add: I just tried for the 5th time and it started working. Must be a bug because I didn’t do anything different this time than the previous ones. Click to expand...

Horizon Man

• Yesterday at 12:14 AM

Cirillo Gherardo said: I think you're overselling 1Password to be honest. I've paid for it for years and it is still rife with issues. It fails just as often as Apple's password manager to save new passwords or present itself for autofill. I've already stopped paying for 1Password and will make do with Apple's Password management. The only thing that annoys me is that the import from 1Password to Passwords isn't as robust as I would have liked, and there is no way for me override the only passwords with the ones from 1Password that I typically view as more current. Click to expand...

• Yesterday at 12:16 AM

like it  

• Yesterday at 12:17 AM

Macbookey said: I switched from 1Password to Minimalist after the Mac app for 1Password was going to be sunsetted, and forced subscriptions and syncing with their servers as the only way to go. I love that  has done this and included a menu bar app. Without TouchID it would be a pain, but as a version 1, it has a lot of benefits for the non techies out there. It will only get better as time goes on. For the vast majority, locked Notes and Passwords together will improve their security hygiene. For now, having all my eggs in 2 baskets is the way to go, as Minimalist has done everything I needed from 1Password, but day to day having the Passwords app is going see 99% of my usage time going here. As an aside, everyone I know that has updated to iOS 18 has commented on how much they love the new Passwords app. the majority of them don’t know a thing about 1Password and have never used a password system. It is the classic 90% of the people 90% of the time approach from  and I am thrilled to see it. I person was using 1Password and asked me to help them migrate. I was stunned to find that they had no clue about individual logins in 1Password. They had their entire database in 1 single secure note. Us nerds are not the norm, that’s for sure. I showed them how to use locked Notes and the new app in harmony. Click to expand...

• Yesterday at 1:34 AM

Horizon Man said: Minimalist looks interesting, thanks for the recco. I've held on to 1PW for too long, and have disabled most of what made it useful in the past. Click to expand...

• Yesterday at 2:32 AM

Does it support passkeys?  

• Yesterday at 6:02 AM

Macbookey said: It is not cross platform though. Click to expand...

• Today at 7:32 AM
• Today at 7:34 AM

BigBlur said: Are you not using Touch ID (or double clicking the side button on your Apple Watch if you have one)? You don't need to type in your Mac password. It does have a strong password generator. View attachment 2420789 This can be a bit clunky compared to the seamless integration with Safari, but seems to be working okay for me in Edge. Did you download the iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome? Click to expand...

• Today at 7:50 AM

Mbergie said: Not overselling. I've used several password managers since they became available over the last 10 yrs.. All I'm saying is that, to date, 1Password is the best I've tested. I'd love to hear from anyone who has used 1Password and any other PW manager they prefer. Real world, not just reading reviews. Click to expand...

• Today at 8:00 AM

1Password is definitely more of a power user program. Roboform is another acceptable. I've just installed Minimalist to test. I'm all Apple so it may meet my needs. Testing for a few days will tell.  

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Move your icloud passwords from safari to 1password.

To export your iCloud Passwords, you’ll need a Mac with Safari 15 or later. You can’t export iCloud Passwords using Windows at this time.

1Password can import your iCloud Passwords from Safari on your Mac. When you import iCloud Passwords:

• Your iCloud Passwords will be converted into 1Password Login items.
• Only passwords will be imported. Credit cards, addresses, and other information won’t be imported.

Step 1: Export your iCloud Passwords on your Mac

Before you export your iCloud Passwords, temporarily turn off any backup software you may be using, so the unencrypted export file isn’t backed up.

To export your data from Safari, follow these steps on your Mac:

• Open Safari and choose File > Export > Passwords from the menu bar.
• Click Export Passwords .
• Save the Passwords.csv file to your desktop and enter the password you use to log in to your Mac.

Step 2: Import your data into 1Password

In the 1password apps.

Instructions for

• Open and unlock 1Password.
• Choose File > Import from the menu bar.
• Select Safari .
• Select Add File and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
• Choose the account to import into and select Import .
• Select Safari , then select Upload a CSV file instead .
• Choose the account to import into, select Add File , and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
• Select Import .
• Select at the top of the sidebar and choose Import .
• Select New Item and choose Migrate data into 1Password .

On 1Password.com

• In Safari or another browser, sign in to your account on 1Password.com.
• Select your name in the top right and choose Import .
• Choose Safari , then select Continue .
• Choose the vault you want to import your data into. If you’re importing data you don’t want to share with other people, choose the Personal , Private , or Employee vault. The name of this vault varies depending on your account type.
• Select Continue .
• Select inside the dotted rectangle to open a file browser. Browse to your desktop and select the CSV file you created earlier.
• Select Continue , then choose View imported items .

If you have any credit cards, addresses, or other information saved in Safari, copy them manually into 1Password. Open 1Password on your computer or mobile device and click the button to add items.

After you’ve imported your information into 1Password, delete the unencrypted CSV file, then turn on any backup software you turned off earlier.

Step 3: Turn off the built-in password manager in Safari

To prevent Safari from interfering with 1Password, make sure you have the 1Password browser extension installed , then turn off the built-in password manager in Safari .

Step 4: Delete your iCloud Passwords

Safari will continue to fill saved passwords even after you turn off the built-in password manager. To fill your passwords with 1Password instead of Safari, delete your saved iCloud Passwords.

Following these steps will permanently delete your iCloud Passwords, and you won’t be able to recover them. Make sure all your iCloud Passwords are saved in 1Password before you delete them.

To delete your iCloud Passwords, follow these steps on your Mac:

• Open Safari and choose Safari > Settings from the menu bar.
• Click the Passwords icon, then enter the password you use to log in to your Mac.
• Select a password you want to delete. To select all your passwords, choose Edit > Select All from the menu bar (or press Command-A).
• Select Edit > Delete > Delete Password .

If you don’t see your iCloud Passwords in Safari on your Mac, learn how to sync your iCloud Passwords in Safari on your iOS device with your Mac , so you can move them to 1Password.

LastPass vs. 1Password: Which password manager wins?

Find out whether LastPass or 1Password is the password manager that's right for you

LastPass and 1Password are two of the best password managers available today. They are also comparable in price, features and compatibility, especially since 1Password released a full-fledged Linux version.

However, LastPass does have a leg up with its free tier. While it has most of the basic functionality you could want, it now limits syncing across device types (computers, smartphones and tablets) to its premium plan. Still though, 1Password’s user experience on Apple devices and its design improvements on other platforms put it in close proximity to the competition.

So which password manager should you get and should you use a password manager ? This LastPass vs. 1Password face-off is here to help you decide between these two top password managers. 

LastPass vs. 1Password: Specs

Lastpass vs. 1password: price.

LastPass and 1Password cost essentially the same amount per year — about $36 — for individuals who are looking for all the premium features each password manager has to offer. 

A family plan will set you back a little more with 1Password, which charges $59.88 per year for up to five people (and $12 for each additional login after that). That's compared to $48 per year for up to six users with LastPass.

What's more, you can save on those monthly fees with our LastPass coupon codes .

Where LastPass has a real edge, though, is with its free tier. Unfortunately, that free tier isn't quite the deal it used to be, as customers on this plan are now limited to syncing data only among computers or only among mobile devices . 

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But the value of LastPass's free tier is still high for users looking for password management basics at no cost. It includes unlimited password storage, one-to-one sharing, a password generator , automatic password saves, automatic form filling, secure note storage, multi-factor authentication and the LastPass Authenticator mobile app.  

1Password does not have a free option, but it does have a trial period of two weeks. LastPass' free tier lets you use the premium functions for a month.

Winner: LastPass

LastPass vs. 1Password: Platform compatibility

With the addition of 1Password's full support for Linux on desktop, the two password managers are roughly comparable in terms of compatibility with major platforms. 

To use the LastPass browser extensions, as LastPass recommends, you must be running Windows 8.1 and above, "the two most recent major macOS versions" (currently includes 10.15 Catalina and later), Chrome OS or one of the most common distributions of Linux.

Supported browsers include Google Chrome , Microsoft Edge , Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera. You can also download a Windows or Linux "universal installer" mini-app that will put the extension on every browser you have installed.

There are two types of LastPass browser extensions. The first is the regular kind you can find in your browser's extensions library. (Brave and Vivaldi can use this Chrome extension and SeaMonkey the Firefox one.)

The second type of extension, available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera, has a " binary component " that can log you in (and out of) LastPass on other desktop browsers and supports Windows fingerprint login. 

To get the "binary" extensions on Windows and Linux, use the universal installer. On Mac, the desktop app gives you the Safari binary extension, but there's a separate installer for the Chrome one.

Chrome OS can use either the regular LastPass Chrome browser extension or the LastPass Android app. The "binary" Chrome browser extension is not supported in Chrome OS.

On mobile, LastPass is available for iOS 13 and up. Full support with automatic form-filling requires Android 8.0 Oreo or later, but the app will run on Android 5.0 Lollipop and later.

The LastPass desktop app works on supported versions of Windows and macOS, although LastPass would rather you stick to the browser extensions. The Windows desktop app is only available in the Microsoft Windows Store .

1Password's options are a little less complicated, but just as robust. Its desktop app works best on the most up-to-date operating systems. It currently requires 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11. On macOS, you will need 10.13 High Sierra or later.

In May 2021, the 1Password Linux desktop app officially moved out of beta; it supports most major Linux distributions. Chrome OS uses the 1Password Chrome extension.

There's also 1Password X, aka 1Password in the Browser, a browser extension that does not require the companion desktop app. It works on Brave, Edge, Google Chrome (including Chrome OS) and Mozilla Firefox as well as Safari on Mac. 

It's not as full-featured as the 1Password desktop apps, but it does have Dark Mode and biometric-login support for Windows Hello, Touch ID on Macs and comparable Linux biometric-login systems.

There are also 1Password command-line interfaces for Windows, Linux, macOS/Darwin, FreeBSD and OpenBSD. 

The "classic" 1Password browser extensions for Brave, Chrome, Edge and Firefox that require a 1Password desktop app are also still available. On mobile, 1Password requires iOS 12.2 or later and Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Winner: Draw

LastPass vs. 1Password: Software

While both password managers offer full functionality via their websites and browser extensions (especially with the updated 1Password X), users have the option to download desktop apps as well. 

1Password's desktop version is minimal, but in a good way — it's unlikely to overwhelm you with options. The current app has just four main sections in the left toolbar to help you manage your account: Vault, Watchtower, Categories and Tags.

The Mac version installs a dropdown menu directly into the Mac menu bar, a third way to access your 1Password vault along with the desktop app and the browser extensions. A more modern design, similar to the look of the new Linux desktop app, has now arrived on Windows and Mac.

On the LastPass side, the desktop app has six primary and five secondary sections, making it a bit more like the web experience. While the macOS version is fairly robust, the Windows desktop app is no longer being developed and has some significant limitations. 

In our experience, the pairing of the LastPass browser extension with the web app is almost all you'll ever need.

Importing passwords from other password managers, both stand-alone and browser-based, is a breeze in LastPass, which supports imports from nearly 30 different platforms. Meanwhile, 1Password imports passwords directly from only a few other password managers, including LastPass and Dashlane .

If LastPass or 1Password doesn't support direct imports from a particular platform, then you have to export your password list from the other platform to a comma-separated-values (CSV) file (i.e., a spreadsheet's data table), which 1Password or LastPass can then take in.

LastPass vs. 1Password: Form filling

Both LastPass and 1Password offer robust form-filling — including logins, addresses and credit card information — on both desktop and mobile. 

LastPass' form-filling function on mobile devices works via a Safari browser extension for iOS 8 and above and as a built-in app feature for Android 8.0 Oreo or later. 

1Password users can turn on autofill for mobile browsers and apps in their iOS or Android settings. Full support for autofill requires the latest version of iOS and Android 8.0 or later. 

LastPass vs. 1Password: Cool features

LastPass previously had a handful of unique features that are no longer available, but one handy function that still exists is the ability to recover your account if you lose your master password. (With 1Password and many other password managers, you're out of luck.) 

There are several ways to do this, but the most secure is to generate a one-time recovery password on a device on which you already have LastPass installed. 

1Password's cool feature is Travel Mode, which is especially useful and potentially a lifesaver for frequent travelers who often face border controls. Travel Mode lets you denote Vaults as "Safe for travel" or "Remove for travel."

Once you toggle Travel Mode on, your "Remove for travel" vaults are deleted from your device until you turn Travel Mode off. This prevents anyone with access to your device — such as a border guard — from discovering your sensitive data when the device is powered on. 

Travel Mode requires the full 1Password desktop client app for Windows, Mac or Linux. The 1Password X/1Password in the Browser stand-alone extensions haven't gained it yet.

1Password also offers "masked" email addresses through a partnership with webmail provider Fastmail. You can sign up with a website using a "masked" address that will then redirect to your real address, but all the website will have is the masked one. The catch is that you have to subscribe to Fastmail as well as to 1Password.

1Password has a secure sharing service called Psst! as well. You can select any item you've already saved in 1Password — a password, credit-card number, passport information, etc. — and create a secure link where that information will be temporarily displayed. 

You can share that link with anyone you like, or with specific people, but none of them have to be 1Password subscribers. The link expires after a time of your choosing, ranging from after the first view to as long as 30 days.

LastPass also has a secure sharing service for items saved in its Vault, but the recipients need to be LastPass users as well.

Winner: 1Password

LastPass vs. 1Password: Security

Most password managers, including LastPass and 1Password, use powerful 256-bit AES encryption, and both password managers' vaults are unlocked on your device only after you've entered your master password. 1Password adds an extra layer of security with a 34-character Secret Key that works alongside your master password. 

LastPass paying users get to use the Security Dashboard, which analyzes all your stored passwords for weakness and whether any have been compromised in data breaches. There's a very similar feature in 1Password called Watchtower.

Both LastPass and 1Password have built-in password generators, offer 1GB of secure online storage and let you securely share passwords with others.

Both platforms are Service Organization Controls (SOC 2) compliant, meaning they have carefully documented security policies and undergo regular audits. (Here are our tips on how to protect your online passwords .)

However, LastPass recently suffered a data breach during which time, hackers stole customers' backups which is why many users of the service have begun to look at 1Password and other password managers as an alternative to the service. 1Password on the other hand, has never experienced a data breach.

LastPass vs. 1Password: Two-factor authentication 

Both LastPass and 1Password support two-factor authentication via authenticator apps (which use time-based one-time passwords, or TOTPs) and physical security keys. Neither sends 2FA codes via text message; trust us, that's a good thing.

LastPass' free plan works with authenticator apps like LastPass Authenticator, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Duo Security or Transakt. Those with a LastPass premium subscription can also use hardware authenticators such as Yubico's YubiKey, a fingerprint sensor or a smart-card reader. 

The platform also offers a multifactor authentication feature called Grid , a chart you can print out to generate security codes manually. 

1Password's options are a bit more limited, perhaps because this layer of security wasn't originally built in. Currently, its 2FA function is compatible with Authy and Microsoft Authenticator as well as physical U2F security keys like YubiKey and Google's Titan key. 

LastPass vs. 1Password: Bottom line

LastPass still has a slight price advantage over 1Password with its free tier, though that option's limitations when compared to Bitwarden 's unlimited free tier makes LastPass' value proposition a bit less attractive. 

LastPass has a leg up when it comes to importing passwords from other platforms, although few customers will use that function more than once. Meanwhile, 1Password still offers the most convenience for Mac users.

Because LastPass and 1Password now cost the same for all premium features, it's hard to ding 1Password's pricing. LastPass does have the edge when it comes to 2FA options, as well as the ability to recover your account if you lost your password. But it's hard to beat 1Password's unique Travel Mode, which could make 1Password essential for frequent international travelers.

Plus, with LastPass having lost a lot of its unique functionality and 1Password having caught up on design and compatibility, the two platforms are now much more similar than they are different. LastPass still has a slight edge, especially for Windows users, but 1Password is closing the gap quickly.

Following LastPass' recent security issues though, 1Password appears to be the better choice for now.

Anthony Spadafora is the security and networking editor at Tom’s Guide where he covers everything from data breaches and ransomware gangs to password managers and the best way to cover your whole home or business with Wi-Fi. Before joining the team, he wrote for ITProPortal while living in Korea and later for TechRadar Pro after moving back to the US. Based in Houston, Texas, when he’s not writing Anthony can be found tinkering with PCs and game consoles, managing cables and upgrading his smart home. 

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Now in beta: Save and sign in with passkeys using 1Password in the browser

Passwordless, 1password in the browser.

Last year, we joined the FIDO Alliance and committed to building safer, simpler, and faster login solutions for everyone. Today, we’re taking a major step forward and announcing that passkey support has started to arrive in 1Password. Using the public beta versions of 1Password in the browser , you can now save and sign in to online accounts with passkeys.

Our beta extensions cover the following browsers:

• Chrome (macOS, Windows, and Linux)
• Firefox (macOS, Windows, and Linux)
• Edge (macOS, Windows, and Linux)
• Brave (macOS, Windows, and Linux)
• Safari (macOS)

1Password for Mac, iOS, Windows, Android, and Linux have also been updated so you can view, edit, move, share, and delete any passkey you’ve created using 1Password.

If you need a quick refresher: passkeys are a new kind of login credential that entirely replaces passwords. Passkeys don’t need to be memorized, there’s no such thing as a “weak” passkey, and they can’t be stolen in a data breach. These passwordless login credentials also speed up the process of signing in to your online accounts. Research by Google shows that signing in with a password takes twice as long as a passkey login .

We’re proud to be leading the transition from passwords to passkeys, and can’t wait for you to start saving your own passkeys in 1Password.

Why you should create and store passkeys in 1Password

Passkeys aren’t just a new type of login. They’re a simpler, more secure alternative to passwords that will make it easier for all of us to protect our online accounts.

Here are just a few reasons why you should start using passkeys in 1Password:

Signing in with a passkey is fast and convenient. Unlike traditional passwords, there’s nothing to type out or memorize. You simply open the website you want to sign in to, find the sign in page or button, and let 1Password handle the rest.

Passkeys are secure. Behind the scenes, every passkey has two parts, and only one of them is shared with the website you’re signing in to. You need both parts of a passkey to authenticate, which means no-one can access your online accounts unless they have physical access to your devices – and a way to unlock them.

You can sync your passkeys between devices. Other solutions may lock your passkey to a specific device or only support syncing within a specific ecosystem. 1Password lets you use your passkeys on any device and any major browser.

Saving passkeys in 1Password will keep your digital life organized. Store your passkeys, passwords and other sensitive information in one secure and convenient place. That way, you know that everything you need is always at your fingertips in 1Password. You can also organize your passkeys with vaults, tags, and more!

1Password remembers where you’ve chosen to use passkeys. Signing in can be overwhelming when you use a variety of passkeys, passwords, SSO, and ‘sign in with’ services. 1Password will sign you in with the correct credentials every time, regardless of the website and login method.

You’ll know when it’s possible to secure your accounts with passkeys. In the latest 1Password beta apps, Watchtower will tell you when a website that you use has added passkey support.

You can share your passkeys. Need to give a co-worker or family member access to one of your passkey-protected accounts? Just put the passkey in a shared vault, or give them access via item sharing.

How to get started

Ready to start saving and signing in to accounts using the latest 1Password in the browser beta? Follow these steps:

• Open a website that supports passkey login. You can find passkey-compatible sites in our passkey directory . In the latest 1Password beta apps, Watchtower will also tell you when one of your existing accounts can be secured with a passkey.

Follow the account creation process and choose the option to create your account with a passkey, rather than a password. If you’re updating an existing account, sign in as usual and look for the passkey login option in your account settings.

An on-screen prompt will explain where your new passkey will be stored. If you already have an account with the website, you’ll see an option to update your current credential with the new passkey or save it as a new one. Once you’ve confirmed that the new passkey should be saved in 1Password … that’s it! You’re all done.

• The next time you want to sign in to the account, the beta version of 1Password in the browser will offer to use your newly-created passkey.

Coming soon: Unlock 1Password with a passkey

Earlier this year, we said ‘ goodbye, passwords ’ and announced you’ll also be able to unlock your 1Password account with a passkey, rather than a password.

We’ve been working hard on this functionality and will be launching it in beta later this summer! Here’s a sneak peek of how unlocking 1Password with a passkey is going to work:

The future is passkeys

Today’s public beta launch of saving and signing in with passkeys is just the beginning. We’ll continue to update 1Password so that passkeys are even more seamless and useful, regardless of which device or browser you’re using.

For example, you’ll be able to save and sign in with passkeys on an Android device later this summer, once Android 14 is available. This will work not only in Chrome for Android but also in other native Android apps that support passkeys.

We’re also hard at work bringing the same level of passkey support to iOS! That means you’ll be able to save and use passkeys in any app installed on your device, including Safari. (We’ll have more to share on this soon.)

Passkeys are the future. And the future has finally arrived.

Start using passkeys

Travis Hogan

Senior Product Manager, Authentication

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