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Requirements:

• Bitwarden Account
• Bitwarden Extension
• Edge or Chrome

Overview:

This article will guide Smith + Howard on how to manage and use the Bitwarden extensions for simple password management

• Create a Folder
  
• Add a login
• Autofill a login
• Autosave a login
• Unlocking Bitwarden with PIN
• Pinning the Extension

Create a Folder:  

 

Folders are a great way to make sure you can always find vault items when you need to use them. To create a folder:

1. Select the Settings tab and choose Folders from the settings list. 
   
   

2. Select the Add icon. 
   
   

3. Give your folder a name (for example, Social Media), and select Save.

Add a login:  

 

Now let's add a login to your new folder. To create a new login item:

1. Navigate to the My Vault tab and select the Add icon. 
   
   

2. Choose which type of item to create (in this case, select Login). 

3. Enter the basic information for this login. For now, give the item: 
   Follow steps 2-6

   1. A Name to help you easily recognize it (for example, Twitter Account).

   2. Your Username.

   3. Your current Password (we will replace this with a stronger password soon).

4. In the URI 1 field, enter the URL where you log in to the account (for example, https://twitter.com/login).

5. Select a folder from the Folder dropdown. If you are following our example, choose the Social Media folder you just created.

6. Nice work! Select Save to continue.

Autofill a Login:  

 

The Bitwarden browser extension has a unique Tab view, which automatically detects the URI (for example, google.com) of the page displayed in your open tab and finds any logins with corresponding URIs.

Selecting the login inside the browser extension will auto-fill your username and password in the detected input fields.

There are a few other methods of auto-filling from your browser extension, including context menus and keyboard shortcuts. Learn more.

Autosave a login:  

 

When you log in to a website without using auto-fill, Bitwarden will offer to remember logins if:

• An item with that URI isn't in your vault.

• An item with that URI is in your vault, but has a different username or password.

When you see this banner, select Save to add a new login item with the username, password, and URI, or Update button to update and existing item with the new password or username:

Unlocking Bitwarden with a PIN:  

 

For fast access to your credentials, setup a PIN to unlock your vault. This can be used instead of your Bitwarden Master Password to unlock the extension

1. Open the Settings tab.

2. In the Security section, check the Unlock with PIN checkbox. 
   
   

3. Enter the desired PIN code in the input box. PIN codes can be any combination of characters (a-z, 0-9, $, #, etc.) 
   
   

4. The pre-checked option Lock with master password on browser restart will require you to enter your master password instead of the PIN when your browser restarts. If you want the ability to unlock with a PIN even when the browser restarts, uncheck the option.

Once set, you can change your PIN by disabling and re-enabling unlock with PIN.

When you log out of your browser extension, your unlock with PIN settings will be wiped and you will need to re-enable unlock with PIN.

Pinning the extension:  

 

Pinning the browser extension will ensure that it's easily accessible each time you open your browser. The procedure differs based on which browser you are using:

Edge:

• Navigate to your extensions Puzzle Piece Icon in the top right of your web browser
• From the extensions, find Bitwarden and look for the eye icon and ensure it is not disabled 
  
  

Chrome:

• Select the extensions Puzzle Piece icon next to the address bar
  
• Select the Pin icon next to Bitwarden 
  
  
  

If you are unable to find Bitwarden within the extensions tab, then you may need to install it. 

1. At the bottom of the Extenstions tab select, "Manage Extenstions".

2. Next select the Find New Extensions button

3. Finally search Bitwarden and Install. Follow the previous steps to pin the extension to your toolbar.