Forum Discussion
Vaults in migration, and duplicates
- 6 months ago
Hello syncwizard! 👋
I understand that you recently migrated to 1Password 8 and that you're seeing duplicate items in different vaults. If duplicate items are exactly the same and in the same vault then you can also use 1Password's Watchtower tool to clean them up:
- Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
- Click on Watchtower in the sidebar.
- Click on Show Items under Items with duplicates.
You can read more about Watchtower here: Use Watchtower to find account details you need to change - Find duplicate items
In your case, it sounds like the bulk of the duplicate items are in different vaults so the Watchtower tool won't help in that case. Instead those items will require manual review.
After eliminating duplicates, which vault should I keep in order to sync what's on the Mac mini with the two other devices?
The Personal vault is the default vault that comes with your 1Password account. I recommend that you review the duplicate items in the "Imported Default" vault and move any information that you need to keep to the Personal vault (if it isn't already there) before deleting the duplicate from the "Imported Default" vault. Once you've verified that you see a complete and correct copy of your data in the Personal vault, you can delete the "Imported Default" vault.
I hope that helps.
-Dave
I decided to try logging into the website, and lo and behold, I found the item and some others that went missing on the web app rather than a mobile or desktop app. I was totally unable to find them any other way. Why? This is unacceptable behavior for these apps. I went to ALL Vaults on the web. I'm really glad I was able to retrieve this information, but trying to find it was a pain in the B-hind.
- Jack_P_1P4 years ago
1Password Team
Hey @kram5819:
Glad to hear it's working now! Be sure to get in touch if you need anything in the future! :smile:
- Former Member4 years ago
Jack
I don't remember which site now it was that I did that on but I also made a new account somewhere else and it worked perfectly fine so I'm not going to worry about it I guess I still don't quite understand the manually typing in the one password field thing I've never had a problem with it It's always work good for me So I'll just keep on keeping it on
Thank you - Jack_P_1P4 years ago
1Password Team
Hey @kram5819:
This change smooths things out when creating new accounts. Instead of seeing both a generated password and a "Save in 1Password" button in the dropdown, you'll only see a generated password to fill into the password field and save a new Login, and only after manually typing in the password field will you see a "Save in 1Password" button. I'd be happy to investigate the issue with the site you mentioned and see if we can improve the state of play there! :smile:
Jack