Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-03)

EDITITEM

Youcanmanually

changeexisting

informationandadd

newinfo.Previous

passwordsare

retainedtoo.

LISTOFLOGINS

Thecurrently

selectedtypeor

folder’scontentsare

listedhere– click

onetoviewandedit

itsproperties.

GROUPINTO

FOLDERS

Grouprelated

information

together– click‘+’

nexttoFoldersto

adda newfolder.

MORECONTROLS

Buttonsbeneaththe

edititemfields

enableyoutosave,

share(withother

organisations)and

deletetheitem.

QUICK TIP

Switching to

Bitwarden from

another password

manager?

Bitwarden can

import your

passwords from

most managers

• first log into
  your old account
  and export the
  data in JSON,
  XML or CSV
  format. Then
  log into your
  Bitwarden vault
  through your
  browser and
  choose Tools >
  Import data to
  import the file,
  which you should
  securely delete
  once done.

browsers,youshouldseeanoptiontoautomaticallyinput
therelevantpasswordfromyourBitwardenvault.
Youcanalsoinstalla standaloneBitwardenapponyour
PC– thedownloadis a straightforward.exefile.Theapp
sportsa similaruserinterfacetotheweb-basedvault,butit
isn’ta substituteforthebrowserplugin– whileyoucanright-
clicka loginandchooseLaunchtojumptothatpageinyour
webbrowser,it can’tautofillyourlogindetails.Itsmainuseis
formanagingyourexistinglogins.
Asyourcollectionofpasswordsincreases,youmayfind
yourvaultbeginstolooka bitmessy.It’snota problem

• thesearchboxmakeszeroinginona specificlogineasy

enough,butBitwardenoffersyoutheoptionoforganising
passwordsintofolderstomakebrowsingyourcollection
easier – the annotated image above reveals what options
are available.
You’ll see a Types category in the left-hand pane, which
reveals that Bitwarden can also be used for storing credit card
information and personal contact details, for quick-fire form
and payment-field filling on websites. These work in the
same way as your logins but are obviously optimised for the

informationtheycontain– theCardsoptionprovidesfields

forcardnumbers,expirydates,securitycodesandsoon.

There’salsoa genericSecureNoteoption,whichletsyou

storeallkindsofsensitiveinformationlikeofflinepasswords,

productkeysandsoon.

Whicheveroptionyouuse,don’tfeelconstrainedbythe

fieldsoffered– scrolldowntothebottomandyoucanadd

customfields.Thesecanbeplainorhidden(likepasswords)

textorBoolean(acheckboxallowingyoutoseta yes/nofield).

LoginsalsoenableyoutosetmultipleURIs,whichareweb

addressestheusername/passwordcombinationwillbe

recognisedon.

Onefinalfeatureworthnotingis Organisations– settheseup

viatheweb-basedvaultunderSettings> Organisations.This

enables you to share logins and other information with others

via collections, which are shared folders. Free users can share

with one other user only, with a limit of two collections. A

Families paid-for tier – $1 a month – raises this to unlimited

collections with five users. If you’re running Bitwarden on your

own server, there are no limits – you can have as many

organisations and collections as you wish.

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows 7

At a glance

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“Bitwarden stores your passwords on its own servers by

default. All data is encrypted both in transit and at rest,

and your encryption keys remain in your possession”

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