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daniel9005
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4 months ago

Disable Private or default to a Shared

We're a family and are long time users of 1Password. 

Ever since 1Password introduced the "Private vault", its caused more trouble, as every time a new Chrome profile gets created, or a new browser Extension gets installed the default vault resets back to "Private vault".

These days, its common to get a new device (new Ipad, or new computer) and along with it a new browser, and we're always finding we have to reset our preferences for the default Vault to save new logins into, it gets reset back to "private vault" by default on any new installation.

This leads to confusion and lost passwords, and duplicate accounts, because we expect the accounts to be synced. And we end up finding it in someones Private vault later on by accident. 

It's been an ongoing frustration, and I think the issue lies in how we have to choose the default Vault in settings for every extension, instead of having a global 1Password setting to choose the default vault account-wide. 

I'd love a solution here, as it's become a bigger and bigger issue and keeps coming up. 

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  • daniel9005's avatar
    daniel9005
    New Contributor
    3 months ago

    That doesn't help keep the setting "Default Vault" synced or at least defaulted to what we choose. 

    Seems there's an 1Password App setting for "Default Vault".
    And then another "Default Vault" setting on each extension you install on each browser. When you install the extension, it doesn't default to your app Setting. It just lets you choose another one, and seems to land on Private..  

    Thats what causes the confusion. 

    • 1P_Dave's avatar
      1P_Dave
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      3 months ago

      daniel9005​ 

      That's correct, you'll need to choose the default vault separately on each device and browser. I can see how being able to set it once for all of your devices would be useful and, while I can't make any promises, I've filed a feature request with the team on your behalf. 

      -Dave

      PB-49238610

  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    3 months ago

    Hello daniel9005​! 👋

    Thanks for reaching out! I have a suggestion that might help, have you looked into using Travel Mode? With Travel Mode, you can set certain vaults as "safe for travel" and then hide all of the other vaults from the 1Password app. You can read more here: 


    So in your case, you would have each family member (who doesn't want to see the Private vault) only mark the Shared vault as "safe for travel" and then turn on Travel Mode. They'll see the Private vault disappear from the 1Password app on all of their devices.

    Let me know if that doesn't work for you.

    -Dave