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Request: Turn off username guessing in the apps [RESOLVED]
When I go to create a new login, the user name is prefilled with an email address I haven’t used in years. This shouldn’t have any email address, especially when I use Fastmail’s masked emails. I hop...
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 folks,
I wanted to provide an update here where everyone can see it. As discussed, 1Password will automatically fill your email address in the username field and generate a password so that you can create new items faster. Username suggestions are based on the vault that you’re creating a new item in and are suggested based on previous use.
In the last month (March 2025) the team has made an improvement to the feature, you can now configure a default identity and always have the email address of that default identity be suggested when creating a new item: Choose your default identity and credit card items
The team will continue to iterate further based on everyone's feedback and are looking into adding a setting to turn off username suggestions in the future. We'll continue to keep the community updated on new developments. Thanks again for all of the feedback!
-Dave
Choosing a default identity in no way solves this issue, because the whole point is that we don't want a default username at all. Instead of enabling faster creation of new items, this just slows it down and creates an opportunity for incorrect information to be saved.
I couldn’t agree with you more. We don’t want a default email address in a profile, we just want an off switch. An off switch should have been done 1st then other improvements. All this is doing is making a lot of users mad, and I feel like 1Password doesn’t see this as an issue at all. 4 months and counting.
