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JBjr
3 years agoNew Contributor
Password complexity to require a special character?
Recently the auto-generated password is insufficient for certain systems.
The generated password is long enough and has a variety of character types, but no "special" characters.
In each case I s...
andrew_l_1P
1Password Team
3 years agoI think that's a great idea, @kswisher! I've added your feedback to our internal tracker on the topic. If you're working in your browser, I could suggest an alternative workaround:
Open the password generator from the 1Password browser extension
From here you can regenerate a password. Since symbols are highlighted in red you can spot which ones are being used currently and regenerate until you find a password that works for you:
You can then copy this password into the appropriate field and let 1Password save it, this way you won't have to go back and edit the item afterwards. I'd love to see the option to choose which symbols are used though, so thanks for sharing that! Let me know if you have any questions. 🙂
ref: IDEA-I-1506