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December 24, 2021
Question

Where is the password generator?

  • December 24, 2021
  • 99 replies
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The password generator used to have a right click option on the 1Password notification tray icon. This was useful as an IT admin having to constantly generate passwords fast.

I am not sure why it got removed from this right click one and I can't seem to find it in a quick manner inside the app itself either - only the web page https://1password.com/landing/password-generator/


_1Password Version:8.5.0-57
_Extension Version:Not working
_OS Version:Windows 10 21H2

99 replies

February 28, 2023

I shall add my +1 for an easy access password generator.
Having used 1Password on our business account over the last couple of years I migrated my family account from Lastpass to 1Password a month or so ago. The password generator was a feature I regularly used in both Lastpass on my own desktop and in the older version of 1Password on my business laptop.
Not having this feature anymore is a right pain when having to create passwords for users which are never stored form my end.

March 1, 2023

Add me to the list of those who have come from Lastpass, and would love to see a simple button-press to generate a password.

I suppose my question to 1P would be, why wouldn't you want it to be as easy as possible for people to generate decent passwords, regardless of the situation? Sure, in 90% of cases it will be done via adding the credentials to 1P, but there are plenty of situations where a mobile app or a website or an enterprise system won't interface with 1P, or won't result in stored credentials, and having an easy ability to generate a pw seems like a no-brainer.

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
March 1, 2023

Hello @miken101 and @JForce,

Thanks for your support of this feature to bring the password generator to the 1Password 8 app as an easier to access functionality. I've included your requests for the team. 👍

ref: 31359223
ref: 31359352

March 2, 2023

How is this a missing feature in 2023? Looks like I'll have to use bitwarden after all :(

March 2, 2023

Coming from lastpass, I do miss this feature. My use cases will be similar to mpavitt -- mostly acrobat docs for opening / editing or seriously long ones to prevent people from "editing" them in Illustrator. Otherwise would be for zip files and other public distributable content.
Of course, when I reset passwords for users, I may need to generate decent enough passwords for 1 time use like "w2hgY%6&k" so a customizable generator would be helpful. Perhaps it can be toggled "show advanced options" -- I do encounter some sites, mostly municipal types or small biz that don't accept all punctuations.

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
March 2, 2023

Hello @jk123456 and @ekh00,

Thanks for your feedback.

@jk123456, while feature continues to exist in 1Password in the browser (Create a custom password) and the app, the app version is tied the creation of a new item. I'm sorry to hear the lack of a standalone version of the password generator in the app has deterred you from using 1Password.

I've included the feedback from both you, for our Product team.

ref: 31395928
ref: 31396033

March 11, 2023

I only just migrated to Ver 8 from my stand alone lifetime license (Ver 7). Have posted comments elsewhere on that move :)

I used the password generator regularly for documents, other files and even folders. I can ofcourse use a third party tool but was useful using 1Password.

Add my vote.

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
March 16, 2023

Hello @Unsafenow,

Thanks for your message and migrating over to 1Password 8 for Windows. With regard to your feedback about your use cases for the password generator, I've passed this along to the team. 👍

ref: 31715673

March 20, 2023

doesnt matter 1password suspended the account with no notice, and i cant login at all. so long then, will move on to a better vendor

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
March 22, 2023

Hello again @jk123456,

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