The easiest way to ensure you have strong passwords for each of your accounts is to let Dashlane create them for you.
Every time you create an account online or update a password, you can choose to have Dashlane automatically generate one for you and save the new password in Dashlane for that account.
You can also use the Password Generator to produce passwords to specific standards of length and complexity and use these instead. Finally, you can use Password Changer to quickly and automatically change the passwords for one or even all compatible websites in your vault.
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Generating a strong password from the password field
You can use Dashlane to create and store secure, unique passwords for every account you have.
- Navigate to a website and click the new password field when you register or update your password.
- Click Use password to generate a new strong, randomly-generated password.
To view the generated password, click the eye icon.
To generate a new password, click the circling arrows icon to the right of the current password.
The customization icon on the right allows you to show the full password generator settings directly in the popup, which will save you a trip to the extension window if the website you're visiting has specific password requirements.
Don't forget to save the new password into Dashlane!
- In the window that pops up, click Save (for a newly added credential) or Replace (for an existing credential).
Learn how to edit or delete the password you just saved.
Generating a custom password using Dashlane's Password Generator
You can generate a custom password using the Password Generator, available in our browser extension on desktop and in our mobile apps.
- On iOS, go to Tools > Password Generator.
- On Android, access the Password Generator from the main application menu.
- On desktop, click the Dashlane icon in your browser to open the extension. The Generator tab allows you to generate strong passwords at any time. You can choose the desired length of the password, whether it will contain letters, numbers, or symbols, and whether you wish to avoid using characters that resemble each other such as "i" or "l".
To generate a new password, click the circling arrows icon to the right of the current password.
If you change the generator settings, you can save them by clicking Save as default at the bottom of the window. That way, all of the passwords generated in this tab or directly on web pages will use these same settings automatically.
Once you have generated the password you need, click Copy and paste it where you need it.
Using Password Changer to generate a new password
Note: Password Changer is a paid Dashlane feature. If you currently have a free plan, you'll need to upgrade to one of our paid plans to use this feature.
Password Changer allows you to change multiple passwords automatically in one click from the Dashlane app. To learn more about the feature, read Password Changer for the web app or Password Changer for mobile.
How to see a list of all your generated passwords
You can always view the passwords generated previously.
- In the browser extension's Generator tab, click Show history to see a list of the last 20 generated passwords.
- In the Dashlane web app, click View history at the top of your password vault to see the passwords generated and changed over time.
- In our Android app, access the password generator and click Generated previously to access the history.
Note: Password history is not currently available in our iOS app.
Learn more about finding any password that Dashlane generated on a website.