I have several logins that somehow have been duplicated in 1Password 8. This may have happened in different times when I've attempted to migrate my 1Password 7 data to my 1Password.com account. In any case, I have a load of duplicates in 1Password 8 and it would be very helpful if there were an efficient tool or feature to help me merge/dedupe these entries (and ideally test them to make sure that I'm preserving the correct credentials). Any thoughts/ideas for how to handle this situation? 1Password Version: 1Password for Mac 8.5.0 80500017, on BETA channel Extension Version: 2.1.4 OS Version: macOS 12.0.1 (21A559)

Hello everyone! 👋 With the release of the latest beta for Mac, Windows, and Linux you can now see a list of your duplicate items in the app. Choose “Items with duplicates” in your Watchtower dashboard to see or delete all of your duplicates. Make sure that you're running the latest beta to see the feature. As always, please let us know if you find the tool useful and if you have any suggestions for the team. 🙂 -Dave

My Duplicates occurred when I upgraded from V7 standalone on my least used machine to V8. I was already using V8 on two other Macs an iPhone and two iPads. That upgrade process was terrible. It wanted me to create a new 1Password membership (I already have a membership which there was no obvious way to connect to.). I ended up downloading V8 and installing it. It said I had to convert my V7 data to V8. It was not at all clear that I could have just skipped that step. Now I've got about 800 duplicates. The upgrade process needs to be more clear so duplicates are not created in the first place. We also need a duplicate finder/remover tool.

In an ideal world, nobody will duplicate data at import time, but actually it will happen. I will not discuss how it can happen or can be avoided, only that it will happen - proof is this thread and others. Duplicate items are not always user error. Switching to a decent password manager often means merging from multiple sources, then consolidating: import from previous password manager plus Chrome's plus Firefox's plus Safari's internal password managers. One does import once directly after account creation, then never again. You at Agilebits do it never again, so you don't see really any need for postprocessing aid. However, for a new user it's crucial, it's a barrier. With duplicate items I mean login items that contain the same userid+password combination. What I propose you can do about this: - give an overview how many items match above description, in a similar way Watchtower does this. Also create filters, so the user can see a list of only matching entries. - also give an overview how many items match with url+userid, but different password. These might represent current and obsolete entries of the same login. The category could be something like "unable to merge", "merge conflict" or "password mismatch". Also make a filter for these. - explain if duplicates are distributed over multiple vaults. If 2 vaults contain the same, because the user imported the same 2 times, the user should see this and the easy fix for the user is to just delete one of these vaults - make it clear over how many different vaults how many duplicated entries are distributed - add the opportunity to "merge" duplicate entries in one vault, in spirit similar to functions to merge different address entries in address books in other apps. Merge only items within the same vault. - this merging would be available from the context menu you get if you select multiple entries. Merging candidates are only taken from the entries the user selected. - This merging functionality could find login entries with same userid+password combination, then choose the oldest entry as "merged" entry. Then merge all URLs from the other entries to this entry, the same with any custom fields and sections with different values (don't add custom fields with same title+value multiple times). And merge the password history of course. Also skip merging for history entries with identical password+timestamp combinations. After merging, add the tag "merged " to the merged entry (so the user can find all processed entries and can check if all is ok). Then delete the items their content was merged into the merged item. It's an investment in getting new users. I bet the turnover rate from ex-Lastpass users would be higher if you had such a functionality. When I was new, I merged entries from Password Safe and Chrome. I almost gave up, because it was so tedious - after all, Chrome autofill wasn't that bad, and Password Safe for just a local vault also wasn't that bad for all non-browser login items. A month after the trial expired I gave it a second shot and decided to do the tedious work.

Tool for detecting and removing duplicates? [Available in 8.10.18]

Former Member
3 years ago
Hey WaltDittrich — that makes sense but is a bit impractical given that I've got 6000+ items (with the dupes. That said, I have created a few new vaults (for Work and Family sharing), and those are indeed much cleaner!

All in all, I can search and generally get to the items I need... the real bother is when I go to update a password and I have to pick the item I want to hold on to! It can be hard to sort through the recent items when all these dupes are floating around.
PeterG_1P
1Password Team
3 years ago
Just wanted to say thanks for the information on your use cases here, folks. This is an area we hope to improve and we appreciate the chance to understand the scenarios you're running into!

ref: IDEA-I-615
loyed256
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago
Where is the tool to resolve duplicates in v 8?

There is no Help > Tools any more. In fact I don't see Tools anywhere or any command to help resolve duplicates. Somehow in the move to v8 many of my 1000+ entries duplicated.

1Password Version: 8.7.0
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Not Provided
PeterG_1P
1Password Team
3 years ago
Hi loyed256, thank you for the question - and I'm sorry to learn you've run into this duplicate issue! 👀

I'd like to connect you with one of our specialists teams who will be best positioned to help with this. Can you send a brief email to support+tradein@1Password.com, with a link to this discussion? They should be able to advise on the best solution, given the current state of your data.

And while 1Password 8 doesn't currently have a duplicate removal feature, I have put in a request for this with our development team and will be happy to add a vote on your behalf to that issue.

I hope this is helpful - and we'll look forward to resolving this for you! 👍
Former Member
3 years ago
Please add another vote for me. This is an important feature that I would have thought would have been included in the initial release, as it had been in previous versions of 1password.
Former Member
3 years ago
Same issue here. Just upgraded to v8 and have many, many duplicates. What is the best way to resolve?
Lew
New Contributor
3 years ago
PeterG_1P...

Your specialist offered the following to my request for assistance with duplicates:

As your all your data is still in your account, the option we suggest is to manually sort the vaults as this is not something we can do for you on our end.

I've been a 1PW user since version 1 and have required very little support over the years. I find the current level of support very disappointing.
1P_Tommy
Moderator
3 years ago
Lew

My apologies. It could have been a misunderstanding of the questions. I'll get this before a team lead to see how best to proceed. I appreciate your patience as I work to find you the support you need.
ctphoto
New Contributor
3 years ago
Having same issue here, duplicates! The remove duplicate tool is gone!
PeterG_1P
1Password Team
3 years ago
Hi folks, sorry to learn that you have encountered an issue with duplicates as well. The best immediate solution will be to contact our specialist team at support+tradein@1Password.com, who can provide the most specific advice on a solution for you individually.

To add to that, I have cast votes on behalf of everyone in this thread for a Duplicate Detective🕵️ feature in 1Password 8. Thank you for letting us know that this is valuable to you!

ref: IDEA-I-615

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