Change password without knowing the Master one

Once you move to your next vault, maybe you can use some of these to not have the problem again.

  1. Never neglect your emergency sheet, write your password down before you change it, write your recovery code down.

https://passwordbits.com/emergency-sheet.html

  1. You can store your master password in BW, but you will need to protect your device well and lock your BW often.
  2. You can put where you keep your emergency sheet in the Bitwarden password hint which can be emailed to you if needed.
  3. You can have your loved one keep your master password, without telling them your BW email address/alias.
  4. You can use Shamir secret sharing algorithm to split your password and have your friends keep separate parts.

https://simon-frey.com/s4/

  1. Make regular exported backups. This will keep you sane and help in starting over.
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