Sharing vault with another, existing 1Password user

Once you are logged in you can view all vaults and accounts. 1Password works a lot like discord. It is not as disjointed as it may sound. You can view individual accounts or all Accounts. There is not any more work once set up. However I hated discord for its unintuitive layout so there is that. But I am not needing to log in to multiple accounts all the time, barely ever. The accounts link very nicely.

The more I think about it the more sense their approach makes. One thing you can do very easily is drag items from one vault in one account to another vault in another account, or copy. Although copying does lead to the issue of what one updates if you change a password.

Hi martim​, thanks for joining the conversation and sharing your feedback on this. 

I get your frustration here. For some context each families account has it's own set of "keys", so giving someone outside that account access to vaults within isn't as simple as it would seem on the surface. Currently adding guests to your account is usually the easiest way to share those "keys". That said, our team is exploring different ways to facilitate use cases like yours, such as what one of our product managers mentioned in a recent AMA on Reddit. I'll note that I don't have any specifics to share regarding if or when this feature will be implemented. 

I'm now telling each of them that they have to create multiple 1P accounts for each vault I want to share (on top of their own account)

I definitely get that adding multiple accounts can feel unintuitive, or even be intimidating. I've personally experienced similar uphill battles with tech-averse family members. 

If you find there are a lot of vaults and items you need to share with a family member, one option to consider would be adding them to your families account instead of creating multiple guest accounts. 1Password Families includes 5 accounts and 5 guests by default but you can add more members for an additional fee. Another approach to reduce how many vaults you're sharing with guests would be to move anything you want to share with a family member into one vault, then use tags to help keep things organized rather than different vaults. 

now they have to manage multiple 1P accounts instead of having all their passwords and logins are under one—ahem—password.

We typically recommend using the same account password for all 1Password accounts, whether they're full accounts or guest accounts. This means you can still access everything with one password (or fingerprint, FaceID, device unlock, and so on!). Once setup and signed in you can quickly switch between accounts or view everything in All Accounts (example below). 

We have a guide with an overview on using multiple accounts, as well as steps to add additional accounts on each platform. 

If there's anything we can help with here, just let us know. I've also gone ahead and shared your interest in additional vault sharing options with the team. Thanks again!

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