Feature Request: Search in Archives

P.S. A question about collections: (I'm still new to 1pw.) If I archive something using your archive feature, I assume that auto-fill on Android and Chrome (and everywhere else) will not suggest those items. But what about items I put in a different vault? If I am viewing the vaults using the 1pw app, the collections can work for letting me isolate my "Archive" vault. But what about auto-fill? Will it use all of my vaults? Or can I tell it to only use the vaults in a collection?

If it uses all vaults, then using collections to create an archive is NOT a solution.

Hi @SeaMonster,

Thanks for your insight! I think you make a good point about how we think about archived items compared to deleted items, I'll share your feedback with our Product team.

Regarding the workaround and collections in general, the pool of items from which autofill will search varies depending on where you're using it, but in all cases you can customize this. On Android for example, if you tap on your account/collection icon in the top right > Settings > Autofill > Show filling suggestions from, you can choose an account or collection.

Collections aren't yet available in the browser extensions, but you can still choose which vaults are used for autofill by right-clicking the 1Password icon in your browser > Settings > Accounts & Vaults, and unchecking any you don't want included.

Let me know if you give these a try or have any questions and thanks again for sharing your feedback. 🙂

ref: PB-30985868

Any chance we'll see this feature anytime soon in the roadmap? Don't overcomplicate: when archive is selected in the left menu (main app, in my case "1Password for Mac 8.10.4") and a search in performed, it should automatically include (or restrict, whatever) the search scope to archived items. Intuitive and no need to change UI whatsoever! Please!

@uhuhleuh

Have you tried using the Find tool to search the Archive? Try these steps:

1. Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
2. Open the Archive.
3. Click Edit > Find.
4. Type in your search term in the Find field at the top of the item list (not the Search field at the top of the app).

Let me know if that produces the results that you'd like to see. 🙂

-Dave

Find does work, thank you. Still, it doesn't make any sense to me ("average user") to have both "Search" and "Find", with different behaviors.

@uhuhleuh

The Search field includes items, tags, categories, and vaults from the selected account or collection while the Find field searches only the current list whether that's a specific vault, a tag, or even the Archive. You can use shortcuts to engage the appropriate tool when needed:

• Search: Command-F
• Find: Option-Command-F

We plan to further iterate and improve the search tools that are available in 1Password and I've passed along your feedback to the team. 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-32856680

I'd like to express my support for the requests in this thread for improving the Archive feature as well.

The workarounds proposed by 1Password aren't really solving the issue:
* By bypassing the Archive functionality and replicating it, in a way, by creating Archive vaults, two issues are created: 1) The archived items will then still be showing up in the Safari extension because it doesn't support Collections. 2) It clutters the list of vaults.
* Watchtower will still report on archived items (unless you pick the right filtered view), while it's useless to update them.
* Find only searches in Titles, which is very limited and, for me personally, not enough to find back items in the Archive.

I'm hoping this issue has found its way to the top of the backlog by now, as it's been reported multiple times since the betas. Looking forward to any improvements in this area!

@Arnoud

I'm not sure where the request stands. I'd be happy to let the team know you are interested in these to further refine the archive search/abilities.

ref: PB-32936962