Locked out of my password manager

I assume you learned (what could have been a very painful) lesson, then?

Best practice is to create an Emergency Sheet (in two or more copies, securely stored in different locations), which at a minimum, should document the following information:

  • Your Bitwarden server URL (bitwarden.com or bitwarden.eu, or self-hosted server URL)
  • Your Bitwarden the username (email address)
  • Your Bitwarden master password
  • Your Bitwarden two-step login recovery code
  • The file password for your vault exports (backups).

Also helpful information to record would be:

  • Username/password required to log in to your device.
  • Username/password required to log in to your email account (the email address used for your Bitwarden username).
  • Username/password required to log in to your authenticator app.
  • Authenticator keys (TOTP “secret”/“seed”) used for 2FA to access your Bitwarden account or your email account.
  • User verification PIN for passkeys.
  • Contact information for any Emergency Access grantees.
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