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January 24, 2024
Question

1Password Access after Death, Legacy Contacts

  • January 24, 2024
  • 131 replies
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I am not planning to die anytime soon, but sometimes things happen.

Beyond securing my 1Password details in an Escrow account, or with a lawyer, or in a bank lockbox, does 1Password offer any means of allowing one or more designated member of the 1Password Families account to access the 1Password account in case of the primary owner's passing?

Apple now offers the ability to add one or more https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631 so that in case of your untimely demise, an Access Key and a Death Certificate allows Apple to grant the holder of both of these to get a new Apple ID that has access to your Apple ID Account.

It may be something 1Password wants to consider, though I realize that reviewing Death Certificates may not be on the high list of priorities for the team!


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131 replies

May 20, 2026

Seriously folks, even if it's limited to only giving emergency access to people with a family, which would require a subscription, that would be better then nothing.

We already know the cryptography of it would work because a family admin can recover another family members vault already.