Generate or change a password using Dashlane Expand Sections

The easiest way to make sure you have strong passwords for each of your online logins is to have Dashlane create them for you.

Each time you create a login online or update a password, you can choose to have Dashlane automatically generate a password for you and save the new password in Dashlane for that login.

You can also use the Password Generator to produce passwords to specific standards of length and complexity.

More about password strength

Generate a strong password from the password field

You can use Dashlane to create and store secure, unique passwords for every login you have.

Important: If you use Safari as your browser, you won't have the option to generate passwords when in a field. You can open the web app or extension to access the Password Generator to create and save the new password.

1. Navigate to a website and select the new password field when you create or update your password.
2. In the pop-up, select Use generated password to generate a new strong, randomly-generated password. In the same pop-up, select the customization icon, shown as three horizontal lines with circles, to open the full Password Generator. Then you can make changes to the generated password.

To view the generated password, select Show, shown as an eye icon.

To generate a new password, select the circling arrows icon next to the current password.

You can choose the length of the password and whether the password contains letters, numbers, or symbols. You can also choose not to include characters that resemble each other, such as "1" and "l."

Remember to save the new password in Dashlane. In the pop-up, select Save for a newly added login or Replace for an existing login.

Edit or delete the password you just saved

Note: If Dashlane doesn't automatically update your newly generated password in your vault, log out and back into the website where you changed the password. A pop-up appears after Dashlane detects a successful login and asks if you want to Replace this information in your vault.

Generate a password in the Safari, iOS, and Android apps

Safari

To generate a password in the Safari app on a Mac computer, select Password Generator in the Tools section.

You also see the generator when you manually add a new login to Dashlane.

Important: If you use Safari as your browser, Dashlane can autofill existing logins only. If you create a new login or password on a website, make sure you make the change in your vault as Dashlane won't capture the update.

iOS (Apple)

To generate a password in the iOS (Apple) app, access the Password Generator when you manually add a new login to Dashlane. Select Generator in the toolbar.

If Dashlane doesn't automatically update your newly generated password in your vault, you need to manually edit your login.

Edit your logins

Android

To generate a password in the Android app, access the Password Generator when you manually add a new login to Dashlane. Select Generate next to the Password field.

If Dashlane doesn't automatically update your newly generated password in your vault, you need to manually edit your login.

Edit your logins

Generate a password in the web app

Generate a password in the extension pop-up:

1. Select the Dashlane D icon in your browser’s toolbar and enter your Master Password if prompted. In the extension pop-up, select the Generator tab.
2. You can choose the length of the password and whether the password contains letters, numbers, or symbols. You can also choose not to include characters that resemble each other, such as "1" and "l."
3. To generate a new password, select the circling arrows icon next to the current password.

   If you change the generator settings, you can save the settings. Select Save as default to automatically use these settings to generate any password in this tab or directly on web pages.

4. After you've generated the password you need, select Copy and paste the password where you need it.

   

Generate a password in the web app:

To generate a password in the web app, access the Password Generator when you manually add a new password to Dashlane.

View a list of all your generated passwords

Password history isn't currently available in our Safari app.

You can view the passwords generated previously.

In the extension pop-up's Generator tab, select Show history to view a list of the last 20 generated passwords.

In the web app, select View history in your vault to view the passwords generated and changed over time.

In the Android and iOS (Apple) apps, access the Password Generator and select the clock with a circling arrow icon to view previously generated passwords.

View an individual password in password history

You can view an individual password in one of two ways based on where you view the password history. For example, in the iOS (Apple) app, select the dots that conceal the password. In the extension pop-up and Android app, select Show, shown as an eye icon. 

Find any password that Dashlane generated on a website