When I manually type a new password into a website’s password field, the Bitwarden inline autofill icon (the little blue shield inside the field) sits directly on top of the website’s own “eye” icon that toggles password visibility.
This makes it hard or impossible to click the eye icon to reveal what I’m typing.
Is there currently any way to move or hide the inline Bitwarden icon just for password fields, or otherwise prevent it from overlapping the site’s reveal‑password eye button while still keeping autofill functionality?
Additionally, Bitwarden doesn’t play nice with Chrome. Every time when manually edit or create a new login/card etc, when I click SAVE Chrome wants to save that as my default password for Bitwarden which is kind of dangerous.
However, I am curious about why you are manually typing passwords into the password fields, instead of generating and/or autofilling the password using Bitwarden. Could you please explain your use-case?
It’s unclear what you are describing. Where and how are you manually editing or creating vault items? Are you doing this in the Web Vault?
And what do you mean by “my default password for Bitwarden”? There is only one Bitwarden password (your master password), which is usually not saved anywhere (unless you have deliberately created a vault item for storing the master password — if you have done this, please confirm).
My guess is that you are simultaneously using the Bitwarden Web Vault and the Bitwarden browser extension, and that you have configured things in such a way that edits made in the Web Vault are being captured by the browser extension. If I am correct, then the easiest fix may be to open your browser extension, go to Settings >Notifications > Excluded Domains, click ⊕ Add domain, then enter vault.bitwarden.com and click Save.
@grb Thanks for the link. My searches didn’t turn up that thread.
I’ll try the Esc workaround; that sounds like a practical way to get the Bitwarden inline icon out of the way when it blocks a site’s password “eye”/reveal button.
On why I sometimes type passwords manually: some financial institutions issue a temporary password or block copy and paste functionality and explicitly instruct “DO NOT COPY AND PASTE,” so manual entry is required in those cases. I also like being able to use the site’s own reveal/eye toggle to verify what I typed or automatically generated via auto-fill, which is exactly where the Bitwarden in-field icon overlaps.
Regarding “Web Vault” vs extension: I may be mixing terms, but I use both the Bitwarden web interface and the Bitwarden browser extension, and I also have Chrome’s built-in password saving/autofill enabled. The prompts/UI can look similar, and I’ve had moments where I clicked “Save” thinking it was one system when it was the other. My concern is mainly that Chrome will save Bitwarden-related credentials, which feels risky. I had to change my Bitwarden password a few times because it was overridden by Chrome.
I also tried excluding domains, but it doesn’t seem to prevent every prompt in my case. For example, even after excluding, I was updating information in the Bitwarden web interface and still got a Chrome “save” prompt. At this point, it seems like the remaining issue is mostly Chrome’s password manager behavior, but I wanted to mention it for completeness and should others have this issue.
To clarify: I’m not saying my Bitwarden master password actually changed. I mean Chrome/Bitwarden prompts can be easy to confuse, and I’m trying to avoid accidentally saving Bitwarden-related credentials in the browser. Exclusion of the domain doesn’t always work especially if using the extension.
And what do you mean by “my default password for Bitwarden”? There is only one Bitwarden password (your master password), which is usually not saved anywhere (unless you have deliberately created a vault item for storing the master password — if you have done this, please confirm).
I’m not sure how to check to see if I created a master vault password. Maybe I have?
I would recommend adding those sites to the “Excluded Domains” list (under Settings > Notifications), and also to the “Blocked Domains” list (under Settings > Autofill).
This is asking for trouble. Besides the confusion and the security risks, having the Chrome password manager enabled can interfere with the proper functioning of the Bitwarden browser extension. I strongly advise that you disable (and delete all passwords from) the Chrome/Google password manager, and disable the Chrome browser’s autofill functions (at a minimum, for password autofilling).
Using the “Excluded Domains” list in the Bitwarden browser extension (under Settings > Notifications) will absolutely always prevent Bitwarden from prompting you to save or update passwords submitted on that domain. Of course, if you have the Chrome/Google password manager also enabled, all bets are off. The only way for Bitwarden to control what the Chrome/Google password manager does is for you to enable to option “Make Bitwarden your default password manager” (under Settings > Autofill).
Of course you have a master password — this is a requirement for having a Bitwarden account. Are you asking if you’ve created a login item for storing your master password in your Bitwarden vault? If so, you could try to find it by copying and pasting the following search expression into the search box:
Thank you for your suggestions. It appears I don’t have the main password inside the vault.
I find I need to have both Chrome and Bitwarden password managers as I must have close to a thousand passwords etc.. Depending on the website, I choose whichever manager wants to autofill even though they both contain my passwords. Basically, I use Bitwarden as a backup and just enable or disable the extension as needed or if Bitwarden starts misbehaving.
Just moments ago I couldn’t sign in. Neither Chrome or Bitwarden had a valid password and I had to reset it, but I used the pw previously used.
Unfortunately, neither password managers are ideal. Not sure if using a paid premium version like 1Password or Roboform will behave better for me in Chrome.
Additionally, I noticed quite a few negative reviews recently about the Chrome extension in the Chrome Store.
I would recommend exporting all of your Chrome/Google passwords, and importing them into Bitwarden, then deleting & disabling the Chrome/Google password manager.
You’re just going to create problems for yourself by running both password managers simultaneously. You’re likely to have similar problems if you switch out Bitwarden for 1Password or Roboform, but keep the Chrome/Google password manager enabled.
Case in point. It is likely that the Chrome/Google password manager interfered with the functioning of Bitwarden, preventing Bitwarden from saving the password properly.
I’ve been using the Chrome extension for 3 years with no major issues. At the start of this year, Bitwarden made a major revamp of the look-and-feel of the browser extension UI, which was unpopular with many existing users — I believe that negative reactions to this change is what may have spawned retaliatory reviews. Firefox users may have a better reason to complain, as the Firefox extension has been beset with a number of serious bugs this year.
You’re likely right that it’s Chrome password manager interfering. I disabled it but didn’t go nuclear and delete all my Chrome passwords. I need access to them on other devices where I’m not running or can’t run Bitwarden extension.
Even after disabling (offer to save passwords) I thought it would also disable auto-fill. It hasn’t. I finally disabled it and I’ll see how Chrome behaves with just Bitwarden Extension.
Well Google password manager insists on prompting me to fill (versus auto-fill) passwords. There’s no way to disable it completely aside from going nuclear and deleting all my passwords (export to csv before doing so) via clear data.I checked Chrome flags and there’s no such feature. Argh.
Auto-fill is the background process where Chrome automatically populates text boxes (username and password) the moment the page loads, before you even click anything
Fill is the dropdown menu or “key” icon that appears inside or below a text box when you click it. It usually lists your saved accounts for that specific site.
Thank you for clarifying your terminology. In the context of the Bitwarden browser extension, the two functions you have described are considered two different forms of autofill:
Automatic autofill (known as “Autofill on Page Load”); and
Inline autofill menus (known as “Autofill Suggestions on Form Fields”).
So if I understand correctly, the Chrome Password Manager is still displaying inline autofill menus, but is not doing automatic autofill.
It would help if you could post a screenshot of your settings from chrome://password-manager/settings (enter this into your Chrome browser address bar to see your settings).
In addition, please open your Bitwarden browser extension, and post a screenshot of the settings found under Settings > Autofill (in the “Autofill Suggestions” section at the top of the Autofill settings).
Chrome Password Manager is confirmed disabled. See the pic.
Chrome is still showing inline password/user id suggestions. According to AI this can’t be prevented in consumer versions of Chrome.
And it would be extremely helpful if you could post a screenshot of an example of where you are getting prompted to fill a password using a “dropdown menu or “key” icon that appears inside or below a text box when you click it”. You can/should redact any personal information that appears in the screenshot before posting it.
Unfortunately, as new user I am limited to the number of uploads I can add here.
As previously mentioned, AI feels that it’s not possible to mute the Chrome PW manager inline password/user id suggestions aside from deleting all my Chrome passwords from my browser. They suggested using another browser.
by which you meant that Google was not automatically autofilling, only displaying an inline autofill menu for selecting an account (per your clarification here).
But in your most recent response, you seem to be saying that you are seeing automatic autofill by the Google Password Manager. Could you please clarify?
