I'm finally moving to Bitwarden. What are some mistakes I shouldn't make so I don't lose my account? (lemmy.world)

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I have finally decided to move to a proper password manager. But it's kinda scary, you know, to export all you passwords in one place and if you mess up a bit you might lose all of your passwords especially when they said once I lose my master password there is no way to recover it.

So, what are some precautions I should take before moving to Bitwarden? Did you ever lose your account? Share your experiences.

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[-] schwim@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago

I've used a password manager for many years (1password then bitwarden) and have never had an "oh shit" moment. I use a master password that I'll never forget, have never needed a hint and have never lost or corrupted a password. I feel that as long as you treat your password manager as something that's important and deserves your careful management, you'll be a-ok. I have never once had an issue that was created by the manager itself.

[-] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

Out of curiosity, why did you switch from 1password to bitwarden?

[-] schwim@piefed.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

Not for any reason having to do with security or usability, 1P had always been great for me in those areas. The reason I left them is because, while I was fine being unimportant in regards to their future improvement plans, when they wanted to charge me 30% more for new features that only benefited their business users, I was unwilling to stay with them. This article is a good example of what I mean. An entire update post regarding all the changes for business users and for the personal user? It goes on to say "don't worry, your experience won't be negatively impacted". I will never agree to that kind of price hike for what is basically "we won't make your experience shittier".

https://1password.com/blog/a-unified-future-whats-next-for-our-end-user-experience

this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026

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