Installing and securing 1Password on all your devices

1Password works in your browser, as a program on your computer and as an app on your phone. You see the same vault everywhere. The apps are available in English. This lesson uses the English names of the buttons.

Where do you get 1Password?

• Browser extension: for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Brave from your browser's store. Brave uses the extension from the Chrome Web Store. For Safari on the Mac, install 1Password for Safari from the Mac App Store.
• Computer: 1Password for Windows, Mac and Linux from 1password.com/downloads. On Linux, choose the package for your system (such as .deb or .rpm). The Snap and Flatpak versions can't work with your browser and can't unlock with your system password.
• Phone: the 1Password app in the App Store or the Google Play Store.

Please note: Only install from these stores or from 1password.com. Check that the developer is 1Password (AgileBits). There are fake extensions out to steal your passwords.

Signing in on a new device

The first time, you sign in with your email address, your Secret Key and your account password. You'll find these in your Emergency Kit (see Creating a 1Password account on 1password.eu). For the region, choose 1password.eu. On your phone it's quicker with Scan Setup Code: scan the QR code on your Emergency Kit. After that, you only need to type your account password.

Setting up the browser extension

1. Install the extension and pin it to the toolbar (in Chrome and Edge via the puzzle piece and the pin next to 1Password).
2. Click the 1Password icon and sign in.
3. In the extension window, click your account at the top left and choose Settings, then General.
4. Turn on Make 1Password the default password manager in this browser. That way, you won't have two managers offering to save your password at the same time.
5. Do you also have the 1Password program on your computer? Then turn on Integrate with 1Password app. In the program, under Settings, Browser, also turn on the browser connection (Connect with 1Password in the browser). Then close the program and the browser completely and restart them. Now you unlock the extension and the program in one go.

On a login page, 1Password shows an icon in the input field. Click it and choose your login details. Does 1Password suddenly not fill anything in on a site where it always worked? Don't copy your password by hand. First take a good look at the address in the address bar: you may be on a fake site. Read more in the lesson Choosing and using password managers of the Safe online course.

Unlocking with Touch ID or Windows Hello

You don't have to type your account password every time. On your computer:

1. Open 1Password and unlock it.
2. Click your account at the top of the sidebar and choose Settings, then Security.
3. On the Mac, turn on Unlock with Touch ID. On Windows, turn on unlocking with Windows Hello.
4. Lock 1Password once and unlock it with your account password. After that, your fingerprint or face will work.

On Windows, 1Password still asks for your account password after a restart. If you don't want that, turn on Use the Trusted Platform Module of your device to unlock. On the Mac, 1Password asks for your password now and then, after the time you choose under Confirm account password. Leave it that way: it keeps you practising your password.

Using Safari without the Mac program? Then in the extension, go to Settings, Security and Privacy and turn on Unlock with Touch ID.

Auto-lock

Set 1Password to lock automatically on every device. This setting applies per device.

• Computer: under Settings, Security: turn on Lock on sleep, screensaver, or switching users and under Auto-lock after the computer is idle for choose, for example, 10 minutes.
• Browser extension without the program: under Settings, Security and Privacy, Auto-lock 1Password. When you close the browser, 1Password always locks.
• Phone: under Settings, Security: Lock when device locks and Lock on exit.

On your phone

1. Install the app and sign in, or scan your Setup Code.
2. Turn on unlocking with your face or fingerprint under Settings, Security. On Android, this is called Unlock with biometrics.
3. Let 1Password fill in details in other apps and in your browser:
   • iPhone: open your iPhone's Settings app, go to General and then to AutoFill & Passwords. Turn on AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys and tick 1Password. Turn off the built-in Passwords app there if you no longer use it.
   • Android: in 1Password, tap your account at the top right and choose Settings and Autofill. Tap the button to open the Android settings and choose 1Password as your autofill service. If you use Chrome or Brave on Android, also turn on autofill using another service in that browser's settings and restart the browser.

Tip: Use only one manager to fill in passwords. If the Google or Apple manager is also turned on, you can't be sure where a new password gets saved.

Two-step verification for your 1Password account

With two-step verification, 1Password asks for an extra code when you sign in on a new device. Your Secret Key already protects you well, but this makes it even stronger. You can read what two-step verification is in the lesson Two-step verification: codes, apps and SMS of the Safe online course.

1. Install an authenticator app on your phone. Don't use 1Password itself: then the key to your vault would be inside your vault.
2. Sign in at my.1password.eu, click your name at the top right and choose Manage Account.
3. Click More Actions and then Manage Two-Factor Authentication.
4. Click Set Up App. Next to the QR code is a secret code of 16 characters. Write it down and keep it with your Emergency Kit.
5. Scan the QR code with your authenticator app, click Next, enter the six-digit code and click Confirm.

You can also add a security key such as a YubiKey. It doesn't work on a fake site, which makes it the strongest option.

Please note: If you lose the phone with your authenticator app, turn off two-step verification on a device where you're still signed in, then turn it back on. With the 16-character code, you can also set up your codes on a new phone. If neither works, only a family organiser or administrator can help you (see Forgot your master password? What you can still do).

Tip: Already have passwords in your browser or another manager? You can move them over in one go (see Importing passwords from Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari and Switching from LastPass, Bitwarden or another manager).