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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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1P_Dave
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7 months ago

Hello folks,

Thank you to everyone for the continued feedback regarding 1Password automatically filling your email address in the username field for faster item creation. In the most recent beta version, I'm happy to share that we're testing a new setting to allow users to turn off automatic username filling if they wish:


UPDATE May 15th, 2025: The feature is now available in the beta version (8.10.78) of 1Password. Once testing is complete in the beta, the team hopes to release the feature to the stable version as well: Use 1Password beta releases

-Dave

  • Tezcatlipoca's avatar
    Tezcatlipoca
    Occasional Contributor
    7 months ago

    Thanks, Dave. I'll be very happy when this hits Production!

    As mentioned by so many others, this "feature" is annoying and actually slows things down... 

  • prime's avatar
    prime
    Dedicated Contributor
    7 months ago

    I see this in beta now. Thank you. Now for the fun part: moving people back to 1Password. The fact that you listened to users makes me happy to help my friends and family do this. 

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      1P_Dave
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      7 months ago

      Thank you, I've updated my post above to let folks know that the feature is indeed available in the latest beta version (8.10.78). 

      -Dave

  • aurora9SATISFY's avatar
    aurora9SATISFY
    New Contributor
    7 months ago

    This is great, thankyou. Will this setting work it's way into the mobile apps (and browser extensions) too at some point or is this an account wide flag i.e. once set somewhere it applies everywhere/across all apps?

    Cheers

    • 1P_Dave's avatar
      1P_Dave
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      7 months ago

      aurora9SATISFY​ 

      Thanks for the question! The setting will be available for the mobile apps as well, you'll have the choice to enable or disable the feature on each device where you're using 1Password. 

      -Dave

      • aurora9SATISFY's avatar
        aurora9SATISFY
        New Contributor
        7 months ago

        Great thanks. 

         

        It's really good to see the community can influence the direction of the product. 

         

        Cheers again

  • prime's avatar
    prime
    Dedicated Contributor
    7 months ago

    I can’t wait! Thank you!