Afraid of deleting vault
I've been using 1password for forever, always with standalone programs on my mac, iphone, and ipad with all the passwords sync via dropbox. I've just opened a family account and everything seems to have been successfully migrated, but i'm afraid to delete my original vault. Is there a way I can "turn it off" or whatever so that it doesn't show up, but is stored somewhere until I feel good about this family subscription thing?
1Password Version: 6.8.6
Extension Version: 4.6.12.90
OS Version: OSX 10.11.6
Sync Type: Dropbox
Referrer: forum-search:switching to families
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Hi @reebs26, that's a great question. I'm admittedly a bit biased, but 1Password Families has been absolutely rock solid, in my experience, the past two years I've been working here. But you can always hide the original, Primary vault, without deleting it.
To do that: Open and unlock 1Password for Mac, and go to Preferences > All Vaults. Then you can select which vaults to include in the default
All Vaultsview. Also, be sure thatVault for Savingis set to your newer, Personal vault. :)The steps to do this on your iPhone and iPad, are pretty much similar to the steps above.
Hope that helps!
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Thanks guys! This was giving me a stomach ache! : )
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@reebs26 - yeah, change is a little scary, especially when it's your most valuable data you're considering changing -- or at least, the way you store it. But you will always have those older backups in
~/Library/Application Support/1Password 4/Backups. So, experiment away without fear. :)0 -
If I delete my primary vault, how would I recreate it if necessary?
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@rlgleason51 - it's important to understand that the suggestions and steps given here are addressed to specific users in specific situations. I would suggest no one take a step like deleting one's own Primary vault without understanding very clearly why they are doing it, what the (potential) risks are, and what specific steps they're taking.
A Primary vault can ONLY be deleted in 1Password for Mac if you are signed into a 1password.com account also; the Primary vault is the very first (default) local vault that is created when you first begin using 1Password in standalone mode. So, if you're running 1Password with only standalone (local) vaults, you can't delete Primary because by definition that would mean you would have no other data in 1Password.
If you ARE using 1Password for Mac with both a Primary vault and a 1password.com account, you can delete it by going to 1Password's Preferences > Advanced the gear icon at the top right of the main Preferences window, then UNchecking the box marked "Allow creation of accounts outside of 1Password vaults."
To re-create a Primary vault once you've done that (if you need or want to do so), you would open Preferences > Backup and choose the most-recent automatic backup made by 1Password, then click "restore."
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Thanks. I have held off deleting it fearing it would be difficult to restore if I dropped my 1p.com account. I would like to hide it from my list of vaults when NOT in all vaults view, but that apparently is not possible, unless.....
If my primary vault is empty when I uncheck "Allow creation of accounts outside of 1password vaults", would checking it recreate it?
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@rgleason51 - UNchecking that box marked "Allow creation of vaults outside of 1Password accounts" will remove your Primary vault (if it's the only local vault you have). Once you've done that, REchecking it will not restore your old vault, it would create a new, blank Primary vault.
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Great, that's what I needed to know,. Since my primary vault has been 'moved' to my account, it is blank now, so removing it and creating it later (if needed) would not be a problem.
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@rlgleason51 - nope! Perfectly fine. Glad we were able to help clarify things for you. :)
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