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'Read-only user' mode: Is there one?
I have to look after an elderly relative's stuff, and have set-up a separate Vault in my account with just their items within it (Logins, Bank Accounts, Secure Notes, Identities, et al.). Q: Is the...
There isn't a way to share a vault in your 1Password individual account with another person since individual accounts are designed for just one person to use.
You can upgrade to 1Password Families, invite your relative as a family member, and share the vault with them: Change your 1Password account type
I hope that helps!
-Dave
1P_Dave
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ModeratorHello jimthing! 👋
Thanks for the question! If you have a 1Password Families membership then you can share a vault with your family member and manage their access so that they can view items but not edit or create items in that shared vault. You can read more here: Create and share vaults - Manage access
(NB: How long are we allowed to re-edit posts on these new forums; 10mins...20mins...more?)
I checked with our community management team and they confirmed that folks should be able to edit their own posts for 5 days.
-Dave
Thanks for the response, Dave.
Do you need to have a Families membership for this, as this Vault is part of my own Individual membership, so I don't really need extra separate family accounts for other people?
- 1P_Dave
There isn't a way to share a vault in your 1Password individual account with another person since individual accounts are designed for just one person to use.
You can upgrade to 1Password Families, invite your relative as a family member, and share the vault with them: Change your 1Password account type
I hope that helps!
-Dave
Upgrading to a Families account is going to be overkill for me just for this function alone.
But thanks anyway.
