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A Quicker Way to Sign In

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July 5, 2024
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After completing a website sign in, a pop-up appears saying “A Quicker Way to Sign In: 1Password will now sign in automatically after autofilling your credentials.” Disabling the “Sign in automatically after autofill” setting in the 1Password browser extension does not prevent the same prompt from appearing again for the same website, after the browser’s history is cleared and the browser is closed.

Is there a mechanism to permanently prevent the “A Quicker Way to Sign In” pop-up from appearing on all websites? (Thank you.)

P.S.: I am using 1Password browser extension 2.25.1 in Safari 17.5 (private windows) on macOS 14.5.

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Best answer by zaid_alian

Hello @Pleonasm

Thanks for following up with me. I appreciate it!

I understand your concern. For users who regularly clear their browser's cache, this pop-up will continue to appear frequently.

While I can't guarantee anything, I've logged your feature request internally to share it with the team. Our product team will review your feedback to assess its feasibility for inclusion in a future version of 1Password.

Currently, you should be able to exclude extensions from being cleared when you clear your browser's history:

Hold the Option key ⌥ while using Safari
Click on History from the menu bar
Select Clear history and Keep website data...

For some context, Safari has a unique behavior where clearing the history also clears out the extensions cache. In contrast, other browsers typically only clear the browsing history and leave extensions data intact.

Lastly, please feel free to provide your feedback to Apple regarding this unique feature, as it differs from how other browsers operate: https://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

-Zaid

ref: 2F40828092

zaid_alian

1Password Employee

Hello @Pleonasm,

My name is Zaid, and I am part of the 1Password Support. I'll be happy to help you.

This notification is generated by the 1Password for Safari app, which utilizes the browser's history to store user-specific information.

If you clear your browser's history or use a private tab, the notification may appear consistently because its settings are stored in the browser's history. Additionally, the indexedDB data (stored in "~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/WebKit/WebsiteData/") of 1Password for Safari, which contains all the settings and processes to establish 1Password's functionality, will also be wiped out when Safari clears cache/history.

Do you encounter this notification every time you autofill with 1Password during a regular Safari session where you haven't cleared your browser's history?

-Zaid

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PleonasmAuthor

@zaid_alian, thank you for your note. If the Safari history is not cleared, then the "A Quicker Way to Sign In" pop-up only appears the first time when signing into a website.

However, as expected, the pop-up reappears whenever Safari’s history is cleared – and, becomes an annoyance since it must be manually closed in order to remove it from the browser’s window.

Please consider finding a mechanism by which a user can optionally disable the appearance of this pop-up permanently and universally across all websites. In my opinion, a user who clears Safari’s history for privacy should not be forced to repeatedly experience the same pop-up. This annoyance did not previously occur, and I suspect it may be a recent "improvement" to the 1Password browser extension that perhaps can be reversed?

zaid_alianAnswer

1Password Employee

Hello @Pleonasm

Thanks for following up with me. I appreciate it!

I understand your concern. For users who regularly clear their browser's cache, this pop-up will continue to appear frequently.

While I can't guarantee anything, I've logged your feature request internally to share it with the team. Our product team will review your feedback to assess its feasibility for inclusion in a future version of 1Password.

Currently, you should be able to exclude extensions from being cleared when you clear your browser's history:

Hold the Option key ⌥ while using Safari
Click on History from the menu bar
Select Clear history and Keep website data...

For some context, Safari has a unique behavior where clearing the history also clears out the extensions cache. In contrast, other browsers typically only clear the browsing history and leave extensions data intact.

Lastly, please feel free to provide your feedback to Apple regarding this unique feature, as it differs from how other browsers operate: https://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

-Zaid

ref: 2F40828092

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PleonasmAuthor

@zaid_alian, thank you for your advice. I was unaware of the "option key" for Clear History in Safari. However, note that "Clear History and Keep Website Data" retains cookies, which is a privacy concern.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@Pleonasm

Thanks again for the feedback, I'm sorry that the suggested workaround isn't a complete fit for your use case. Hopefully the experience can be improved in the future for folks who regularly clear Safari's cache/history. 🙂

-Dave

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Mirv

I got this popup just now and have not cleared history or caches recently. It appeared on the first web site I used after opening Safari.

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Mirv

I also get this on my iPhone safari frequently. Why?

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georgebh

This (A Quicker Way to Sign in) is literally the most annoying pop up that is driving me crazy. I love 1password, but this one continuing, non-stop annoyance is enough to make me leave 1password. We ought to be able to permanently disable it and still be able to clear our cookies, etc.

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mdecorte

I see this is "Marked as a Solution". This issue isn't resolved yet. 1Password has added a "feature" to interrupt every login when users who choose to mitigate tracking attempts from companies.

An acceptable solution would be to either:

remove the "feature" entirely (few people enjoyed to be nagged by their software)
remove the dependency on cache/history

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