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Merging Duplicated Password

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August 14, 2024
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Is there a way to merge duplicate entries in 1Password?

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Best answer by 1P_Dave

Hello @robertoborges! 👋

Thank you for the question! 1Password 8 includes a duplicate finder through Watchtower, try these steps:

Open and unlock the 1Password for Mac desktop app.
Click on Watchtower in the sidebar.
Click on Show Items under Items with duplicates.

The duplicates remover tool will only look for items that are exactly the same and that are located in the same vault. You can read more here: Use Watchtower to find account details you need to change

I hope that helps.

-Dave

1P_DaveAnswer

1Password Employee

Hello @robertoborges! 👋

Thank you for the question! 1Password 8 includes a duplicate finder through Watchtower, try these steps:

Open and unlock the 1Password for Mac desktop app.
Click on Watchtower in the sidebar.
Click on Show Items under Items with duplicates.

The duplicates remover tool will only look for items that are exactly the same and that are located in the same vault. You can read more here: Use Watchtower to find account details you need to change

I hope that helps.

-Dave

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earthsaver

When you say this tool will only look for items that are "exactly the same," do you mean also the identical title and website? The tool doesn't sound very useful if it is looking at more than the username, password, and domain.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@earthsaver

Thanks for the question! Watchtower's duplicate finder will only find exact duplicates, this means that every field and every piece of metadata needs to be the same in two different items for them to be identified as duplicates.

Regarding your feature request, my colleague replied to you here.

-Dave

TaoKao

What would be better is if we had the capability to MERGE entries, just as in Contacts. Ideally select two objects and Merge leaving all info but a single entry.

spinoza

There have been numerous requests for this over the past decade, but it’s very unlikely to happen in our lifetime. There’s never been a satisfactory explanation for this. Occasionally, someone will offer an explanation like, “Users are too stupid to not accidentally delete information they need.” However, the ability to restore the original items from the archive negates this concern, so the “accidental deletion” explanation is not the real reason.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@spinoza

The team is always interested in learning how 1Password can be made better, it's why we invested development resources in building a duplicate finder for 1Password 8's Watchtower feature.

Not all features that are requested can be implemented since development resources are limited. Which features are built, and when, depends on a variety of factors that include how popular the feature request is, how complex the work required will be, what other work has to be completed first, and our existing product roadmap.

-Dave

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@TaoKao

Thank you for the request, I've filed it with the product team on your behalf. Out of curiosity, what kinds of items do you find yourself needing to merge? Do you have multiple login items saved for the same account? Or are you needing to merge different types of items?

-Dave

ref: PB-41914466

TaoKao

Yesterday I had an existing Note with attached docs and a webpage with login info. I wanted to make them both into one item. I have also had mutilple login items for the same site especially as things such as login pages change.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@TaoKao

Thank you for sharing that use case, I've added your comment to the internal feature request that I've filed with the team. 🙂

-Dave

lol

Wow, I almost just posted the same feature request, and this is only a few days old! Good thing I searched first instead of creating my own post, as that would have been both redundant and a waste of everyone's time, including mine. Incredible.

Oh sorry, yes, I too want the "merge" feature as described. Search results on the forum show that many people do. 👀

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@lol

Thank you for the request! I've filed it internally with the team on your behalf. 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-42195920

PeteC

The feature request to merge entries has been asked for more than 3 YEARS!!! It is very disappointing that an obviously useful feature is not addressed.

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plmrry

I agree with all of this. I want to import all my stuff from Google and Apple, but I think that would give me hundreds of duplicate entries

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@plmrry

Thanks for reaching out, I can certainly file a feature request on your behalf. Just to clarify, were you saving passwords for the same websites into both Google and Apple at the same time?

-Dave

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earthsaver

I think that's pretty commonplace among users who use both Chrome on their Mac and Safari on their iPhone, for example, before adopting 1Password.

PeteC

Hello 1P_Dave,

Sorry but this is only a solution for a very specific case - a DUPLICATE finder. What we are looking for is a MERGE function, like in any good address-book app. Over time, "nearly duplicate" entries happen and there should be a way to merge them.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@PeteC

Thank you for the feedback. You wrote:

Over time, "nearly duplicate" entries happen and there should be a way to merge them.

Can you tell me a little more about how these "nearly duplicate" items are created? For example, if you're saving login credentials for a website 1Password should prompt you to update an existing Login item for that website before you create a new one.

-Dave

spinoza

I object to this question being marked as “Solved.” It’s widely known that the existing duplicate finder is deliberately extremely limited. While I commend the person who wrote that function a couple of years ago, I urge 1PW to complete or expand the project to make it more useful.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@spinoza

Marking a post as a solution to a thread doesn't mean that the issue/request/discussion itself is closed. It's a way to highlight the most up-to-date answer for anyone who stumbles onto the thread in the future.

-Dave

spinoza

Thanks for clarifying that. I suggest adopting terms similar to those Apple uses for its community forum, such as “1PW recommend answer” or “best answer.”

“Solved” is frustrating to see for an issue that’s still open.

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