✅ Archive items: exclude from search/autofill

gfolgert · November 9, 2025, 8:12pm

+1 Very interested in this as well

Joe7 · November 11, 2025, 4:59pm

Users have been asking for this since 2019!! It has more than 450 votes…. why has Bitwarden not spent time to look into this and make it happen?!? It is so annoying to scroll through old (that should be archived) items during search? An yes, I have created a new folder and moved all those in it, renamed all of them to start with something like ZZZ or AAA so I know they have been “archived”! Why do I need to move them to another password manager in order not to see them during the search in Bitwarden?

It just makes no sense!

Nail1684 · November 11, 2025, 5:06pm

@Joe7 … I would recommend to have a look into the posts above your post – then maybe it all makes sense in the end.

Joe7 · November 11, 2025, 5:21pm

@Nail1684 I did… after I posted my rant .. my bad! I just hope that it will be what we’ve asked for all these years.

superdave · November 12, 2025, 3:25pm

can you tell me ETA ?

Nicolas · December 10, 2025, 9:43am

The branch was merged into main on Github on September 22, however - if I’m not wrong - the archive feature still isn’t available on the webapp (current version 2025.12.0). Any idea when this will be released?

grb · December 10, 2025, 3:52pm

@Nicolas Welcome to the forum!

There is a feature flag:

github.com/bitwarden/clients

libs/common/src/enums/feature-flag.enum.ts

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            VaultLoadingSkeletons = "pm-25081-vault-skeleton-loaders",
            BrowserPremiumSpotlight = "pm-23384-browser-premium-spotlight",
            MigrateMyVaultToMyItems = "pm-20558-migrate-myvault-to-myitems",
          
            /* Platform */
            IpcChannelFramework = "ipc-channel-framework",
            InactiveUserServerNotification = "pm-25130-receive-push-notifications-for-inactive-users",
            PushNotificationsWhenLocked = "pm-19388-push-notifications-when-locked",
          
            /* Innovation */
            PM19148_InnovationArchive = "pm-19148-innovation-archive",
          
            /* Desktop */
            DesktopUiMigrationMilestone1 = "desktop-ui-migration-milestone-1",
          
            /* UIF */
            RouterFocusManagement = "router-focus-management",
          }
          
          export type AllowedFeatureFlagTypes = boolean | number | string;

Nicolas · December 10, 2025, 4:29pm

Hello @grb , thanks for your answer! Hopefully available soon for everyone then

Nail1684 · December 10, 2025, 4:34pm

@Nicolas @grb Additionally, they’re still working on some things, as it seems… e.g. this PR [PM-26514] Archive With Non Premium User by Jingo88 · Pull Request #17820 · bitwarden/clients · GitHub and this one [PM-27884][PM-27886][PM-27885] - Add Cipher Archives by jaasen-livefront · Pull Request #6578 · bitwarden/server · GitHub are still open…

superdave · January 29, 2026, 3:42pm

bad news, seems like archive will be available only for premium users

github.com/bitwarden/clients

[PM-26514] Archive With Non Premium User

main ← PM-26514-non-premium-user-archive

opened 06:39PM - 04 Dec 25 UTC

Jingo88

+219 -89

## 🎟️ Tracking [PM-26514](https://bitwarden.atlassian.net/browse/PM-26514) … ## 📔 Objective This PR adds logic for users who's subscription has lapsed and they no longer have premium, however they have items in archive. - Archive Items will only show (Edit, Unarchive, Delete) in the more options menu - If a user were to edit the item inside of Archive, that item will be unarchived and be in their individual vault - If the user no longer has premium and there are items in archive show an info banner on top with the link to restart their premium subscription - Edit modal will have a button saying “Unarchive and Restore” or “Unarchive and Save” - Edit modal will have a “Archived Item Icon” at the top next to item name NOTE: most of the changes in `vault-item-dialog.component.html` are updating the `ngIf` statements. Can be found in [this commit](https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/commit/dabbbffcdab80893c0751458d82a53ba4bdb00ce) NOTE 2: `hasPasswordToCopy` and `hasUsernameToCopy` were unused methods. Removed. ## 📸 Screen Recording https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8daf679b-d76a-4136-9ec5-e6d3950e0c02 ## ⏰ Reminders before review - Contributor guidelines followed - All formatters and local linters executed and passed - Written new unit and / or integration tests where applicable - Protected functional changes with optionality (feature flags) - Used internationalization (i18n) for all UI strings - CI builds passed - Communicated to DevOps any deployment requirements - Updated any necessary documentation (Confluence, contributing docs) or informed the documentation team ## 🦮 Reviewer guidelines - 👍 (`:+1:`) or similar for great changes - 📝 (`:memo:`) or ℹ️ (`:information_source:`) for notes or general info - ❓ (`:question:`) for questions - 🤔 (`:thinking:`) or 💭 (`:thought_balloon:`) for more open inquiry that's not quite a confirmed issue and could potentially benefit from discussion - 🎨 (`:art:`) for suggestions / improvements - ❌ (`:x:`) or ⚠️ (`:warning:`) for more significant problems or concerns needing attention - 🌱 (`:seedling:`) or ♻️ (`:recycle:`) for future improvements or indications of technical debt - ⛏ (`:pick:`) for minor or nitpick changes [PM-26514]: https://bitwarden.atlassian.net/browse/PM-26514?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNWRkNTljNzYxNjVmNDY3MDlhMDU5Y2ZhYzA5YTRkZjUiLCJwIjoiZ2l0aHViLWNvbS1KU1cifQ

clausimausi · January 29, 2026, 4:06pm

@superdave Well, it depends. Good news that Bitwarden works on this highly needed feature, and maybe, maybe this year it will be released. And if it is important enough for you, I recommend to get the Premium.

clausimausi · February 4, 2026, 6:23pm

Roadmap - Updated January 2026:

from here:

Nicolas · February 18, 2026, 1:26pm

So we’ve been waiting for this very basic feature for years, and when they finally release it they make it premium only… Quite disappointed with Bitwarden

MetBril · February 28, 2026, 5:26am

That together with the price hike.

clausimausi · March 5, 2026, 10:37pm

Release Notes | Bitwarden 2026.2.1: “Item archiving: Users on paid subscriptions can now archive vault items to exclude them from search and from autofill without removing them from the vault.”

I installed Version 2026.2.1 (57189) and there is no “Item archiving”.

Any idea why it is not available?

Nail1684 · March 5, 2026, 10:46pm

New features often have feature flags… Bitwarden probably will “activate” this feature in the next few days…

clausimausi · March 6, 2026, 9:10am

In the update text for 2026.2.1. (MacOS App Store, never a version 2026.2.0) nothing is written about “Item Archiving”, in the update text for iOS “Fixed issues affecting vault exports and archived items”. Confusing. Also because of offering fixes for a function which does not exists. And no version 2026.2.? Well, we will see …

dwbit · March 10, 2026, 3:29pm

Hi everyone, this feature is now available on all paid plans.

Rolling out now and may take time to be available for everyone.

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