So I don’t know why but sometimes BitWarden creates a duplicate entry from a site that already has a password. Lovely. Don’t care. Other sites make me change my password every 30 days and BitWarden promptly creates a new entry. It got to the point where it’s absurd.
I use the web vault (mac) and also the application itself (Mac and PC). Only it’s a real pain in the butt. I have 30 or 40 for the same site. Which one is the new one. It should (IMHO) show the date. I’ve clipped this one to just show two, but there’re 14 (and more than one like it). Why can’t it have either a date created or a “495 days old” or something. Do you know how laborious it is to open each one and try to figure it out.
I made this separate because it’s not “removing duplicates” like another user posted. They aren’t identical. The passwords are different. And because there’s plenty of real estate, simply putting the date where the person can see it is very useful.
[I do not know if the fact BitWarden isn’t updating the original entry and creating a new one is a bug or not, but this happens on my Mac and PC using multiple browsers…..]
This is my first post here, so I’ve done something incorrectly feel free to let me know.
Could you share more details of your workflow for logging in to accounts?
What exactly are you doing when you want to login to an account? Do you get any prompts or popups by Bitwarden then?
That never happens completely automatically with Bitwarden. So, what exactly are you doing here? I guess you are using the BW browser extension then? Do you get a popup? What does it say and where do you click etc.?
PS: Could you also please make a screenshot of the Admin Dashboard of your self-hosted Bitwarden server?
You can get duplicate entries under some conditions, if you have enabled the option Ask to add login (found under Settings > Notifications in the browser extension).
If you disable this option, then the creation of duplicates should stop.
If you cannot live without this function (having Bitwarden prompt you to save a new account), then you must get in the habit of never logging in to or performing any password changes for your existing accounts unless your Bitwarden browser extension is first unlocked.
Basically, what happens is that whenever the browser extension is locked, all of your vault data is encrypted (unreadable), so it is impossible for the browser extension to know that there is already an existing account in the vault that could be updated (instead of creating a new account).
Possibly. It happens to a lot of sites. I don’t care that it happens. I just want to see a date so I know which ones to delete. I am happy with my workflow
I often do not log into Bitwarden. I add passwords to it by unlocking and adding one when it reminds me “unlock to add” (screenshot) – I use Firefox’s built-in password manager on my home desktop. I unlock Bitwarden on other machines.
I don’t think I have an admin dashboard. It asked me how I hosted BitWarden which confused me. I am a user and was directed here by tech support when I emailed them. (I pay for my Bitward subscription because I really like it except for this one thing.)
I use the BW extension in multiple browsers, so it collects passwords at home. Then I can log in and collect them if I am somewhere else. Maybe I am at work and need to log into my doctor’s site. While my work computer is secure, it is monitored by IT, so I don’t store passwords on it. I have the Bitwarden desktop app there as well as extension plugins, but Firefox/Edge/Google do not collect most passwords (just a few like work’s Dropbox).
Sorry this is so incoherent. I’m better than this, but I’m relatively new to BitWarden (under two years), having deleted robo-something and switching.
Thanks a lot for taking an interest in my suggestion to add dates and helping me through this.
Feature requests are posted in the Feature Requests category of the forum. FYI, there is an existing feature request thread that you may wish to support (you will be able to vote for it after your forum membership status has been upgraded from “new user” to “basic user”):
Well, I’m glad for you – but I’m confused about what we might do here for you then if you don’t want to change anything (and go on with producing duplicates).
