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Former Member
4 years agoUnlocking 1Password with special char in Password
Hello,
we upgraded to 1Password8 yesterday.
Now i have an problem to unlock 1Password8.
My Password contains a tilde char (~) which cannot be entered in the password input.
Or better: It ca...
1P_PeterG
Community Manager
4 years agoHi @codmdu, I'm sorry to learn of the frustration regarding this. I can understand why it might not feel ideal to need to change an account password going from one generation of the app to another, and I do apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
This was a change that needed to happen in the app for the sake of maintaining compatibility across devices (among a number of other technical reasons), and as the apps evolved this was a change we needed to make. So @ag_will's recommendation is still the way to go in this case.
In case it's helpful, here are the characters you can use to create your new password.
- Letters:
A-Z
anda-z
- Numbers:
0-9
- Space:
space
(entered by pressing Space bar) - Symbols:
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / \ : ; ? @ [ ] ^ _ { } ~
I also think that a Master-Password can't be secure enough, because with that password you have access to other thounds of password..
I very much agree! And fortunately, it's quite possible to create a very strong, but still usable password (especially if you keep in mind the qualities that make a strong password: random, unique, and memorable). And while I'm sorry not to be able to offer a more immediate solution from our end, our Strong Password Generator can help you come up with a new password that will meet those requirements.
I hope this is helpful.