Add Your New Passwords

You've got this nice new empty vault. What do you do with it? Let's start by moving in all the passwords you've created along the way with this process. If you've followed along in order, those should be:

• Email account password
• Authy backup password
• Bitdefender Central password
• Laptop or Desktop password
• Mobile device password

Using any of the Bitwarden tools we discussed in the previous page (the web vault, desktop apps, mobile apps, or browser extension), log in to your vault and add a new item.

Take a look at Bitwarden's easy, helpful guides to create your first vault item:

• Add an item in the web vault
• Add an item in the desktop apps
• Add an item in the mobile apps
• Add an item in the browser plugins

Repeat this step with all the passwords you've been storing on the card or paper. Once all five of your new passwords are in the vault, move on to the next step.

To be sure that you successfully moved your passwords into the vault, try accessing your vault on another app or device.

For example, if you used the web vault to add all of your passwords, try using your mobile app or browser extension to view them.

Bitwarden should automatically sync passwords between the different devices and apps. In some cases, though, it could take a few minutes or have trouble. Take a look at their help page about vault syncing if you don't see your passwords within a few minutes.

When you browse to a website that you have a login stored for in Bitwarden, the browser extension should show you a small indicator to let you know that it can auto-fill your username and password for you. “Auto-fill” is what Bitwarden calls it when the username and password is automatically filled after you click the account you want to log in to.

This shouldn't be confused with “Auto-fill On Page Load” which will automatically fill your credentials without your intervention. This is a setting you can enable in Bitwarden, but I recommend that you keep this disabled for extra security.

Follow along with the appropriate guide below to learn how to use your stored passwords from your preferred apps or devices:

• Auto-fill Logins in Your Browser
• Auto-fill Logins on Android
• Auto-fill Logins on iOS

If you've been using another password manager and would like to move all of your logins to your new Bitwarden vault, good news: it's usually pretty quick and simple. This includes most web browsers.

Take a look at Bitwarden's helpful Import Guides.

If you've been storing passwords in your browser, get them moved over to Bitwarden and cleaned out of the browser (see above).

If you've just been clicking “No” on the popups where your browser asks to store passwords, this step is for you, too. Let's get all of that disabled.

Take a look at Bitwarden's guide on Disabling a Browser's Built-in Password Manager.