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prime
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11 months ago
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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...
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  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
    6 months ago

    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

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xio
New Contributor
8 months ago

I think it's about time the "solution" post was unmarked for this discussion.

This remains incredibly frustrating.

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1P_Dave
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8 months ago

xio 

Thank you for the feedback. I've posted an update here.

Does the new feature allowing you to set a default identity to always have the same email address be suggested help? Or are you using unique email addresses or usernames for almost all of your login? 

-Dave

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    xio
    New Contributor
    8 months ago

    Afraid not.

    Professionally, I have ~10,000 items in my primarily accessible vaults, spanning 3 live and ~15 acquired businesses. I have 6 different email addresses which I have to use daily. Personally, every website uses a different email address/username.

    There is no such thing as a default identity for power users.

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      1P_Dave
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      8 months ago

      xio 

      Thank you for sharing those details. While I don't have a timeframe to share, the team is looking into adding a setting to turn off username suggestions in the future.

      I've shared your feedback internally with the relevant team to help prioritize that work. 

      -Dave

      PB-47618893

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        xio
        New Contributor
        8 months ago

        Can you please ask them to consider a global option for all users associated with a personal/family/team/business account (maybe with an optional toggle for an end user)?

        It's not easy trying to get many people to change a setting, even if it is a recommended practice.