As a recent Bitwarden subscriber, it’s quite disheartening to see that this feature request—sorting items by creation and/or modification—was first suggested back in 2018 and still hasn’t been implemented, despite the clear interest and support from the community.
Given that Bitwarden already stores this data, it seems like a straightforward feature to add. It would really help users like myself who are managing an ever-growing vault, making it easier to keep track of recently added or modified entries.
Is there any update on whether this is being considered? It’s a bit frustrating to see such valuable suggestions go largely ignored.
Seconding this, an update (or even an outright rejection) would be nice. Like many before me I’m now forced to export an unprotected password file just so I can do the sorting I want in Excel, and I’m not thrilled about it…
I switched back to LastPass because of this. I’m sure others have as well. Philosophically I am much more in line with BitWarden plus it’s cheaper, but I have found the lack of this feature combined with the relative dev silence on it so annoying I left.
Developers: If for some weird reason implementing this would require a complete re-engineering of the architecture please let us know. Just that would make a lot of us happier.
@djbclark I’m with you on all of your points but holy christ, you switched to LastPass? You lost me there. Literally the worst possible choice in every way.
Seems like some kind of sorting (by collection/item name, groups, and permissions) will be coming soon to the Admin Console. Perhaps this will serve as a stepping stone or building block for the types sorting being requested in this thread.
It would be really helpful to have the Created by and Edited by dates available as sortable or filterable columns when managing older passwords. I have passwords that go back so many years and it’s helpful sometimes to review what my older accounts are. Especially passwords that have very old creation dates but haven’t been updated in a long time. Ideally, last accessed date would be available as well, but this is a first step.
+1 from me on this feature. Seems like it would be basic from a technical standpoint. Any way we can help??
Even if it starts with the Web Vault - I can manage from there.
This worked for me. A down & dirty PowerShell script that generates a CSV file you can sort in Excel as you wish. I chose Name, Creation and Revision as columns:
Export your Bitwarden json
Copy its contents using notepad or other editor
Open PowerShell ISE as Administrator
In the script enter the path to where you want your CSV output
Paste JSON text into this PowerShell script where indicated
$jsonContent = @’
[ Insert contents of your JSON here
]
'@
$data = $jsonContent | ConvertFrom-Json
$sortedData = $data | Sort-Object -Property name | Select-Object name, creationDate, revisionDate
$outputFile = “C:\PATH-TO-YOUR-OUTPUT-FILE\File.csv”
$sortedData | Export-Csv -Path $outputFile -NoTypeInformation
Write-Output “CSV file successfully exported to $outputFile”
Run it. Smile at the results. Wonder why it was so easy.
Destroy the JSON you exported.
Don’t save the script after adding your JSON info to it, destroy it, too.
I would like to request the ability to sort entries in Bitwarden by “Recently Added” and “Recently Modified”. This functionality is currently missing and would be extremely useful for users managing a large number of credentials.
Expected Behavior
Users should be able to sort their vault entries by the date they were added.
Users should be able to sort their vault entries by the date they were last modified.
These sorting options should be available in the web vault, desktop app, and mobile app.
Use Case
I recently switched to Bitwarden from Enpass, which offers these sorting options. I found them extremely helpful in quickly accessing recently created or updated entries. Currently, in Bitwarden, I have to manually search for a recently added or modified item, which is inefficient.
Additional Notes
This feature would be beneficial for users who frequently add or update credentials and need quick access to recent changes. Many password managers, including Enpass, already support this feature, making it a standard expectation for modern password managers.
Would love to see this implemented! Thanks for considering.
