Changing a Login’s Password
Changing your weak passwords to strong passwords is quick and painless
Sometimes you just need to change your password. Maybe some of your Logins still use weak passwords from The Old Days, or maybe you shared your credentials with a tech support rep, and now you want to update your password to sleep better at night. Whatever the case, 1Password makes it easy to update your website passwords and replace them with strong new unguessable passwords created with the Strong Password Generator.
Before we begin, remember that each website is designed differently, so our instructions are written as generally as possible. On the right is an example of what the ‘change your password’ form looks like at most websites.
To update your password for a website and automatically save it to your existing Login for that site, please log into the site, find the ‘change your password’ form, and follow these steps:
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Enter your existing password: If you were using a not-so-strong password, don’t worry; we’ll look the other way while you type it in. Optionally, if you want to copy your existing password out of 1Password to paste it into the form:
- Click the 1Password key button in your browser’s toolbar
- Click the right arrow next to Login you want to update
- Mouse over the password and click to copy it to your clipboard
- Paste the password into the ‘current password’ box on the page
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Click the 1Password key button in your toolbar, then the Strong Password Generator tab (it has a rotary padlock lock icon)
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Adjust any features of the new strong password you’re creating
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Click Fill to automatically fill your new password into any ‘new password’ and ‘verify password’ fields
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Click Save and the 1Password AutoSave Bar should ask if you want to save this Login
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Click the gear menu, mouse to the ‘Replace Existing Login’ section, and click the relevant Login you want to update with this new password
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Sleep better at night
That’s it! You now have a strong password for this website. Feel free to rinse and repeat for all the Logins you need to update, especially the ones from The Old Days. You know the ones. :)
Safety Net #1: Login Password History
If you ever need to know the original passwords you used for a Login after you updated it, you can check the Password History section in a Login’s Details pane. Just find the Login in the 1Password app and scroll to the bottom to view its previous passwords.
Every time you update a Login’s password, the previous password will be automatically added to that list.
Safety Net #2: Generated Password History
If you accidentally forget to save the new password for a Login, you can find every password 1Password has generated and filled for you in the application’s Generated Passwords section. Every time a password is generated and filled it will be added here automatically. The visibility of this section is controlled by the 1Password General preferences.