Get watchtower to change my passwords for me

balupton
balupton
Community Member
in Mac

So watchtower says I have to change 229 passwords. No way. The only way I'm going to do such a tedious task, is when it won't take my entire life.

It would be nice if watchtower provided a service to change your passwords for you automatically, as that way, the entire process of keeping your passwords up to date and even more secure, would be automated. This would be killer.

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  • Megan
    Megan
    1Password Alumni

    Hi @balupton,

    Thanks so much for the suggestion! We'd honestly LOVE it if 1Password could automate the password change process. The tricky thing is that no website is designed the same way, and this includes the password change pages. It's no easy task to automate a process when there are so many variables involved.

    It's on our dream to do list though, and I'd be happy to mention to our developers that you're keen on seeing such a feature if it does become possible.

    In the meantime, I wish you luck with changing your Watchtower passwords, 1Password makes the process as easy as possible. Here's my workflow:

    • Go to the "change password" page of the website (this location depends on the way the website is set up, but it's often under the account settings section).
    • Copy and paste your current password from 1Password into the ‘current password’ field (if there is one)
    • When you are presented with the fields to change your password, you can click the 1Password extension, and choose the password generator (the icon that looks like a combination lock) to create a custom random strong password.
    • Click the Fill button.
    • After filling it on the webpage, 1Password should then prompt you to update your saved login for this site.
    • If 1Password does not prompt you to update your Login, that strong password you just generated has been saved to your clipboard by default when you clicked 'Fill', so all you have to do is open your Login in 1Password and paste the new password in the appropriate field!
    • Please note, that new password is also saved under your Passwords tab automatically.

    I hope this helps!

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