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RJSmith
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2 years ago

Finding and removing duplicates in Windows

Is there an easy way to do this? I've searched forums here and online and don't seem to be able to find anything. I have hundreds of duplicates (possibly after migrating from another password manager) but I really don't feel like manually sifting through 1200+ password/logins and removing them one at a time, especially when it looks like roughly half of them are duplicates.
It appears there's a way to do it on Mac, but can't find anything for Windows.

_1Password Version: 8.10.26
_Extension Version: 2.20.2
_OS Version: Windows 10
_Browser: Firefox

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  • noragoddard's avatar
    noragoddard
    New Contributor
    2 months ago

    Hello, I'm having this same issue, but when I go to Watchtower it does not show any duplicates. When I search for one of the items that I know has duplicate entries, nothing shows up. I just imported from another password manager and I know I have many duplicates.

    • 1P_Dave's avatar
      1P_Dave
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      2 months ago

      noragoddard​ 

      Thanks for reaching out! If the duplicate items are exactly the same, including the metadata, and in the same vault then you can also use 1Password's Watchtower tool to clean them up:

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


      If you don't see items being flagged here then it means that the items aren't exact duplicates (or they're in different vaults) and you'll need to clean those up manually by making sure that one of the items has all of the information that you need to keep and then deleting the other item. 

      -Dave

      PB-48245278

      • noragoddard's avatar
        noragoddard
        New Contributor
        2 months ago

        Hi Dave, to clarify-

        I mean I have duplicate entries for the same website. IE, when I navigate to the website I have multiple entries with the same username and different passwords, most of which are incorrect. I want to remove those "extra" passwords for those entries. 

        When I go to Watchtower I see absolutely nothing that says "Items with duplicates." Nothing at all is there.

        If I search for the name of the website, nothing shows up.

        So, how can I find and delete these extra passwords?

  • RJSmith's avatar
    RJSmith
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    Thanks for getting back to me. I'll give that a go this weekend and report back.