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Former Member
4 years agoWhere is the password generator?
The password generator used to have a right click option on the 1Password notification tray icon. This was useful as an IT admin having to constantly generate passwords fast.
I am not sure why it got removed from this right click one and I can't seem to find it in a quick manner inside the app itself either - only the web page https://1password.com/landing/password-generator/
_1Password Version:8.5.0-57
_Extension Version:Not working
_OS Version:Windows 10 21H2
99 Replies
- 1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Thanks for this feedback, @mwade. I have submitted a vote on your behalf as well, and hope that future updates to 1Password 8 will meet with your approval.
- Former Member
Having the password generator in the tray icon is the reason I'm staying on the older version. I use that function often.
- 1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Hi @Philipbm, thank you for letting us know that you'd like to have the password generator in Quick Access. I have submitted a vote on your behalf for our existing feature request on the issue. We appreciate your feedback!
ref: IDEA-I-298
- Former Member
Why was the password generator removed from the notification tray icon in Windows? Please please bring back the password generator option on right click of the 1Password notification tray icon. We all require passwords for many places/purposes that have nothing to do with web sites/browsing. It is totally unnecessary to have to open a web browser to get to the 1Password plugin/extension in order to create a number of passwords. Such a hassle.
- Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
Hi @En1:
We have resolved the issue with being unable to add Duo-protected accounts to 1Password 8 for Windows with a server-side update on the 16th of December. If you're still running into issues adding a Duo-protected account to 1Password 8 for Windows, we'd be happy to dig into it further with you!
Jack
- Former Member
I can only see the fix in https://releases.1password.com/windows/beta/ beta?
- 1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Hi @En1, I'm sorry to learn of these troubles. As Jack mentioned, we've passed on your feedback about the password generator.
Also, to follow up - my understanding is that the Duo issue has now been fixed. Are you continuing to encounter problems related to that? I'll be happy to look into it for you if so. 🙂
- Former Member
Unfortunately between this and Duo not working with 1Password 8, I have been forced to go back to version 7 for now. Hopefully the feature is released once Duo works well with version 8.
- Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
Hi @En1:
Thanks for asking! Currently the way to generate a new password would be through creating a new Password item in the 1Password app. I can definitely see how being able to quickly generate a password would be useful however, and I've added your input to an existing feature request we have on this.
In the meantime, an alternative option would be to use the password generator in your browser:
- Click on the 1Password extension icon in your browser.
- Click on the Password Generator (Key Icon).
- Change the Type from Smart Password to Random Password.
- Adjust the password parameters to suit your needs.
Let me know how you get on with that!
Jack
ref: dev/projects/customer-feature-requests#804