Search items by password

@veruska: Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry for the confusion! It depends on what you're using and how you're "searching". Unfortunately without some basic information you've omitted from your post it's hard to say what might be going wrong and how we might right it! Please tell me the OS, 1Password, and device versions you're using, the exact steps you're taking, and what is (or is not) happening the way you expect so we can figure out the best plan of action:

Find your version

The more information you can give, the better. Let me know!

Also, I do have to say though that if you're remembering a password to search for it in the first place, it isn't going to be very strong. I'd encourage you to use 1Password to create and save and fill unique passwords for each site which no one could guess, since that's what it's here for. :)

Change your passwords and make them stronger

@veruska: No worries! We just need the current information since you were using very different versions back when you first joined. :) Thanks for the info. That helps me give a more specific answer. Since you're using 1Password for Mac version 7, you should see something like this when you search in the main 1Password window:

Note the button to "Expand the search to all fields". If you search for a password, you'll want to click that to show items with that text in the password field, rather than the usual stuff like title, URL, etc.

I can definitely understand the desire to do some spring cleaning! I will say though that I have mostly given up on this. I've got a lot of data in 1Password like you do, and since I can find what I need by searching instead of using the "hunt and peck method", I've decided that I'll use my time for stuff other than trying to go through everything in my vault to clear things out. After all, it's all secure there anyway, and since 1Password shows me results only for the current website when I use it in the browser, I just use that time for other stuff -- work or play -- that's more important to me. Of course, that's a very personal decision, so you don't have to do what I do. But I thought I'd mention it in case it helps you too. Cheers! :)

That's correct. 1Password for Windows doesn't have that kind of granularity for searching, so you will find all items containing the string. But it's something we'd like to offer advanced options for in the future. Thanks for your feedback!

It is not possible to "clear out" password history from an item, but if you duplicate it the new copy will not have the password history. It's an important safety net to avoid getting locked out of an account if a password change fails, so I don't expect we'll be changing that.