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May 3, 2023
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Same password, many sites, different username iterations

  • May 3, 2023
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Hi, I have a situation where, for work, we have internal systems that I sign into independently with the same password (conceptually they are the same account). Not all of these systems share the same sign in scheme, some use just a username, others an email. Most of them share some second level domain. Is there a good way to keep these as a single entry in 1password, but be able to handle these various username/email schemes? Currently, I use my username, but that means I have to manually edit in the case the form requests my email. My motivation is to reduce the number of copies I have of the same password to 1 (maybe 2 if needed), and not have to manually intervene at sign on time. Thanks!


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11 replies

June 6, 2025

This is a very common use case in with companies that have 1k+ employees and use some kind of SSO solutions connected with their AD. Over the past 6 years there have been multiple different threads about it both on 1Password Community or other places like Reddit:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/1635dy1/linking_the_same_password_to_multiple_unique/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/ci2s1n/entry_with_multiple_usernames/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/10eecbh/shared_password_across_multiple_login_entries/

There's no doubt this feature could be used by thousands of 1Password users - I guess it's mostly an issue of designing the UI/UX well. But once it's added I'd say it could easily be marketed as one more feature emphasizing why 1Password is a better password manager solution for businesses than alternatives  -  especially in companies which have policies requiring that you change your password frequently, so that you won't need to update each login entry's password separately.