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New item login field already populated
Hi, When I create a new item in the Linux, Android and iOS 1Password apps, the login field is already populated with an email address and focus is set on the password field. How to change that? I w...
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
I seem to have this exact issue as well both on the iOS and mac 1password app. I click + New Item to create a new login for a website. Then I select login. And in the username field, it's a username that I used for another account already. but it's always that exact username that automatically shows up in the username box. Deleting and reinstalling the iOS app seems to have resolved the issue temporarily. but it shows up again after a few days
- 1P_Dave
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Thanks for reaching out. You're seeing the new item creation flow, you can read more about it on our blog under "Better item creation and navigation": 1Password product enhancements [Winter edition]: Mobile improvements, better item creation, and even more security features
When you create a new Login item in the apps, 1Password will now automatically fill your email address in the username field and generate a password so that you don't have to do those steps yourself. If you'd like to use another email address or username then you can click into the username field and change the username to a different one.
-Dave
I see, I appreciate the response! I guess the new feature is a bit problematic though because what pre-populated in the username field is a username that is specific to only one of my accounts. So I’d never use that username for any new account I create. Maybe a drop down menu of most frequently used usernames could be a better implementation of that feature. But yea I can see how it might me useful if people use the same username in all of their accounts
