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Former Member's avatar
Former Member
4 years ago

Password generation

I am trying out the new 1password 8 beta release. I am really missing the possibility to generate a password by right clicking on the tray icon. Right know the only way to generate a new password i...
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bernieo's avatar
bernieo
New Contributor
4 years ago

These are the steps I'm using to generate a new password with v8 in Windows 10. Hopefully, this will be streamlined with a future update.

  1. Click 1Password icon in System Tray or Chrome 1Password extension to open 1Password v8.
  2. Click '+ New Item" in upper right corner of screen.
  3. Click 'Password icon'.
  4. Click in 'password' field and then
  5. Click 'Create a New Password'.

Once new password is generated. Then...
6. Copy new password to clipboard.
7. Cancel out of 1Password without saving (a few more clicks).

All in all, I'm very pleased with v8 and the 'Create a New Password' dialog is much improved. Especially with the 'Random, Memorable, an Pin' password options.

I just wish it didn't take so many clicks to get there :(.