Forget master password but have access to vault through chrome extention

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@drav3n Thanks for sharing your experience.

@drav3n

I have access to my account via passkey and and login in with other devices using this method

You may be interested in supporting the following feature request:

Options to allow Passkeys to authorize actions and account/security changes protected by Master Password

Currently, the only way to recover a vault when a user has forgotten their password is if they have set someone as an emergency contact with full access, and that emergency contact is available to change the password. Or, if a device is already logged in and can be unlocked, the user has to manually save all items, contact support to delete the vault, and then manually add all the items into a new vault. There should be additional options for recovery. My first thought would be, since the PRF …

 

Also, now that you can do an export, you may wish to consider migrating your vault data to a new account, so that you can set up a new master password. If you export in JSON format, this will preserve all of your vault data except for file attachments, items in the Trash folder, Sends, or any settings for the “Autofill on page load?” option that you may have customized for individual login items.

[Damariobros]

@grb

now that you can do an export,

He said he only has access via a passkey. Passkeys cannot yet authorize an export, it’s still master password only.

@drav3n

cant export the vault

Sorry to say this, but you’re going to have to manually copy down all of your passwords to a text document, and then manually set up a fresh bitwarden account, adding your accounts back in one by one.

Copy the website url, the username, and the password, each to its own line of text. Once you have all your credentials copied down, you will have to go to https://vault.bitwarden.com/#/recover-delete to have your account deleted. You can then recreate your account (you can use the same email address, no need to create a new one), set a new master password, and then manually add all your accounts back in one by one.

Wishing you the best of luck!

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@Damariobros

He said he only has access via a passkey.

@Damariobros You seem to have misunderstood this thread, and especially the recent comments made by @drav3n and myself.

The posted solution to this topic is a method to bypass the master password requirement for exporting vault data, and @drav3n just confirmed that they were able to use that solution (with some minor modifications) to successfully create a vault export.

In my response, I was simply suggesting that they should now use their ability to export as a way to migrate their vault into a new account for which the master password would no longer be unknown.

I also recommended that they support your feature request for allowing exports to be authorized using only a passkey.

[Damariobros]

Holy wow Complex solution! Okay

[adrienrichmond (Adrien)]

Thank you so much, really. I was desperate because I was connected everywhere, and I was able to recover everything. You’re my savior, I love you man (still working in January 2026). Just the line is around 620 plus 250

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Glad I could help, and thanks for the update.