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April 28, 2025
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iOS change of device

  • April 28, 2025
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Hello there,

I have changed my iPhone from model 7 to model 15, and have configured the new device by transferring the backup of the old phone to the new one.

To my surprise it was not necessary to activate the new phone in my 1Password account, but the 1Password app on my new phone instantly worked and obviously had taken along all it’s necessary information from the backup copy.

Is this simplicity really intentional? 

Best regards

Best answer by 1P_Dave

Hello @Justanyname! 👋

Thanks for reaching out! This is expected behaviour on iOS, if you transfer a backup of your old iPhone you also transfer the apps and app data of that old iPhone. For the 1Password app that includes the encrypted local cache that existed on your old iPhone and that you transferred over to the new iPhone. 

1Password for iOS caches your data locally so that they can still access it even when offline.

-Dave

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1P_Dave
1P_DaveAnswer
1Password Employee
July 3, 2025

Hello @Justanyname! 👋

Thanks for reaching out! This is expected behaviour on iOS, if you transfer a backup of your old iPhone you also transfer the apps and app data of that old iPhone. For the 1Password app that includes the encrypted local cache that existed on your old iPhone and that you transferred over to the new iPhone. 

1Password for iOS caches your data locally so that they can still access it even when offline.

-Dave

July 4, 2025

Hi Dave,

Thank you for your explanation, this is much appreciated.

Best regards

Justanyname

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
July 4, 2025

I'm happy to help! 🙂

-Dave