Disabling Mac requiring entry of Mac password when using Bitwarden on Chrome

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Hi I have a MacBook Air and use google chrome as my browser. Whenever Bitwarden is going to autofill user name and password on website, I get a popup requiring me to first enter my MacBook password. Does any know any way to disable this?

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Hello ToddBRE and welcome to the community!

You may have set up to “Unlock with Biometrics.” You can possibly set it up to unlock with a shorter PIN instead. I personally don’t recommend leaving the vault unlocked all the time.

If this doesn’t work, I suggest posting a screen capture of your settings to allow others to help.

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Hi ToddBRE and welcome. When it asks for your Mac password, is there not a button (the left of three as I recall) that says “Always Allow”? That should dispense with further requests at least until your next reboot.

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Thx so much for your reply.
No I don’t see those buttons, it just looks like this:

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Looks like the password prompt is from Chrome, not from Bitwarden.

Have you tried opening the Bitwarden browser extension, going to Settings > Auto-fill, and checking the box for the option “Make Bitwarden your default password manager”?

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To clarify context for my own comment, I was referring to a MacOS prompt, not one from a browser or from Bitwarden. I see that is not the one appearing here.