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How do I disable 1Password guessing a username on new login item creation?
A somewhat recent update seems to have made 1Password make an assumption about the username for new login items. For a variety of reasons, it has been wrong 100% of the time for the dozen plus login ...
Hello everyone,
I'm happy to share that, with the latest update to the stable version of 1Password (8.10.78), our team has added a setting to turn off the prefilling of usernames when creating new items in the app:
You can find instructions on how to update here: How to keep 1Password up to date
Thanks again for all of the feedback and for always helping us make 1Password more useful for your needs and your workflows.
-Dave
1P_Dave
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ModeratorHello ProratedMongoose! 👋
Thank you for reaching out! When you create a new Login item, 1Password will now automatically fill your email address in the username field and generate a password. Username suggestions are based on the vault that you’re creating a new item in and are suggested based on frequency of previous use in that vault.
You can read more about this new feature on our blog: 1Password product enhancements [Winter edition]: Mobile improvements, better item creation, and even more security features
I've let the team know that you'd like an option to turn this feature off. The team plans to add ability to directly choose which email address is suggested based on your default identity. This new functionality is currently being tested in the beta version of the apps and will make it into the stable version soon.
-Dave
PB-46615313
Hi
Can you offer the possibility not to get any username suggested? I set a different username for every service I sign up for. Which means that the username proposed by 1Password is always wrong.
