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Share Vaults across accounts [Feature request]
I have a family account that I share with my wife and two kids. My sister (let's caller Alice) has a personal account. I have a friend (let's call him Bob) who has a personal account. Let's call m...
Hello jupiters_spot! 👋
Thanks for reaching out! Have you considered inviting Alice and Bob as guests (not family members) to your 1Password Families membership? Guests are given access to a single shared vault and they can continue to use their own 1Password accounts for their own logins and other items. You can read more about guest accounts here:
That being said, I can see how it would be useful to be able to just share a vault with another person, who already has their own 1Password account, without having to invite them as a family member or guest. I've passed along your feedback and request to our product team who will consider adding such a capability in the future.-Dave
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ModeratorHello jupiters_spot! 👋
Thanks for reaching out! Have you considered inviting Alice and Bob as guests (not family members) to your 1Password Families membership? Guests are given access to a single shared vault and they can continue to use their own 1Password accounts for their own logins and other items. You can read more about guest accounts here:
That being said, I can see how it would be useful to be able to just share a vault with another person, who already has their own 1Password account, without having to invite them as a family member or guest. I've passed along your feedback and request to our product team who will consider adding such a capability in the future.
-Dave
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Thanks for your note Dave. When I looked in to sharing a vault with a guest, it appeared that if the other party (Alice, say) already had a 1Password account she would have to create a second 1Password account that was useful only to for guest access of my shared vault. Am I wrong about that?
If I'm not wrong, then the solution you offer, while workable, is clunky because Alice now has to make an informed choice of which account she's logging into in order to find the correct credential. This get messy when you're in a browser, having already logged in to your 'base' 1Password account but now need a credential that is stored in the OTHER account where it's accessible in the vault I shared to Alice.
- 1P_Dave
Thanks for the reply. A guest would indeed receive a new Secret Key and choose an account password for their guest account. However:
- They can use the same account password that they already use for their regular account.
- They can add both their regular account and the guest account to the 1Password app (or the browser extension) at the same time to access all vaults at once. If they use the same account password for both the regular and guest account, or use biometrics to unlock 1Password, then all vaults will unlock at once.
I hope that helps!-Dave
