You can securely share one or more logins and Secure Notes with other people who use Dashlane. You can share with one person or multiple people and groups from the web or mobile app.
Find information and a video about how to share items with other Starter, Team, or Business plan members in this article.
Sharing groups in Starter, Team, and Business plans
Is sharing in Dashlane secure?
Unlike emails and text messages, Dashlane is a secure way to share data.
Emails and text messages travel unprotected over the internet and cellphone networks. The email provider or messaging app also copies the message in several places, like their servers and the device of the person you're writing to. Anyone with access to these places can access what you wrote.
When you send a login or Secure Note with Dashlane, we "encrypt" or scramble what you send with the best security system available. No one but you and whoever you choose to share with can access your data.
We recommend never sharing a password or personal information by email or text message. Use Dashlane secure sharing instead.
Share your data
You can share your data from the web app or the Android or iOS (Apple) mobile apps with other people who use Dashlane. The people you share with receive an invitation by email and an alert in the Notification Center in their Dashlane apps. Select the bell icon in any app to access the Notification Center and the shared item.
The people you share with need to have a Dashlane account, and you need to share with them using the email they use with Dashlane. They also need to accept your invitation before accessing the shared item.
Select the app you use to learn how to share items in Dashlane.
Share a single login or Secure Note in the web app
- Select the login or Secure Note you want to share.
- Select the Share button.
- Enter or select the email address of the person or people you're sharing with. To share items with a person for the first time, enter the person's full email address and select Add new contact. The person appears in the contact list only after the first share. Select Next.
- Choose between two permission levels: Full rights or Limited rights. Then select Share.
Note: All shared items have a special icon next to their names. You can see who the item is shared with by selecting the item in the web app and then selecting the Shared access tab.
Want to share from your Safari browser?
Share multiple logins and Secure Notes in the web app
- In the Sharing Center section, select Share item. Or go to Logins or Secure Notes and select the Share button.
- Select the checkboxes next to the items you want to share. Then select Next.
- Enter or select the email address of the person or people you're sharing with. To share items with a person for the first time, enter the person's full email address and select Add new contact. The person appears in the contact list only after the first share. Select Next.
- Choose between two permission levels: Full rights or Limited rights. Then select Share.
Note: All shared items have a special icon next to their names. You can see who the item is shared with in the web app by selecting the item and then selecting the Shared access tab.
Want to share from your Safari browser?
Revoke access for a shared item in the web app
If you share an item with the wrong person or change your mind, you can edit the permissions or revoke access. Dashlane never notifies a person when you revoke their access to an item. But they won't see the item the next time they log in.
- Select the shared item. Then select the Shared access tab.
- If the person hasn't accepted your sharing request, you can cancel your request. Select Revoke invitation and then Revoke. If the person has already accepted your sharing request, select Edit permissions next to the name of the person whose access you want to revoke.
- In the Edit permissions for this item pop-up, select Revoke access and Change rights.
- In the next pop-up, select Revoke access to confirm.
You can also revoke access from the Sharing Center.
- Select the person or group you want to stop sharing an item with.
- In the row of the item you want to stop sharing, select Edit access.
- In the Edit permissions for this item pop-up, select Revoke access and then select Change rights.
- In the next pop-up, select Revoke access to confirm.
Note: If you delete an item someone shared with you, Dashlane won't delete the item from the creator's Dashlane account.
Permission types for shared items
When you share items, you choose whether you want the people you're sharing with to have Full rights or Limited rights:
- Full rights means the people you share with can see, use, edit, and share the item. They can also edit sharing rights and revoke the sharing rights of others, including you.
- Limited rights means the people you share with can use the item but can't edit, share, or change sharing rights.
Important: If you don’t want someone to be able to view or edit your login at all, we don’t recommend sharing it. When you share a login with limited rights, the person the login is shared with can’t directly view or edit it in their vault. But they may be able to view it in other ways, or overwrite it if they update the login on another website and then replace it using the Dashlane pop-up. If this happens, you can view the login's history.
View a login's history
Starter, Team, and Business plan members: When you share with a group, all group members receive the same permission type you choose.
Share a single login or Secure Note on Android
- Go to Logins or Secure Notes, and select the 3-dot menu for the item you want to share. Select Share.
- Enter or select the email address of the person or people you're sharing with. To share items with a person for the first time, enter the person's full email address. The person appears in the contact list only after the first share.
- Select Change to choose the permission type: Full rights or Limited rights. Then select the send arrow.
Note: All shared items have a special icon next to their names. To see who the item is shared with, select the item in the Android app. Then select the information icon, shown as i, in the Sharing section.
Share multiple logins and Secure Notes on Android
- Select the menu icon, shown as three lines, and select Sharing Center. Then select the plus (+) icon.
- Select the items you want to share and then select the Share icon, shown as a person with an arrow.
- Enter or select the email address of the person or people you're sharing with. To share items with a person for the first time, enter the person's full email address. The person appears in the contact list only after the first share.
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Select Change to choose the permission type: Full rights or Limited rights. Select the send arrow.
More about permission types
Note: All shared items have a special icon next to their names. To see who the item is shared with in the Android app, select the item. Then select the information icon, shown as i, in the Sharing section.
Revoke access for a shared item on Android
If you share an item with the wrong person or change your mind, you can edit the permissions or revoke access. Dashlane never notifies a person when you revoke their access to an item. But they won't see the item the next time they log in.
- Go to Logins or Secure Notes, and select the shared item. Then select the information icon, shown as i, in the Sharing section.
- Select the 3-dot menu next to the name of the person whose access you want to revoke. Then select Revoke their access. If the person hasn't accepted the sharing request, you can also select Cancel your request.
- In the next pop-up, select Revoke access to confirm.
You can also revoke access from the Sharing Center.
- Select the person or group you want to stop sharing an item with.
- Select the 3-dot menu next to the item you want to stop sharing. Then select Revoke their access. If the person hasn't accepted the sharing request, you can also select Cancel your request.
- In the next pop-up, select Revoke access to confirm.
Note: If you delete an item someone shared with you, Dashlane won't delete the item from the creator's Dashlane account.
Permission types for shared items
When you share items, you choose whether you want the people you're sharing with to have Full rights or Limited rights:
- Full rights means the people you share with can see, use, edit, and share the item. They can also edit sharing rights and revoke the sharing rights of others, including you.
- Limited rights means the people you share with can use the item but can't edit, share, or change sharing rights. However, if they change a shared login outside of Dashlane, we'll update the login in our app.
Important: If you don't want someone to be able to view a password at all, we don't recommend sharing it. When you share a login with limited rights, we hide the password from the people you share with. But they may still be able to view the password in other ways.
Starter, Team, and Business plan members: When you share with a group, all group members receive the same permission type you choose.
Share a single login or Secure Note on iOS
- Go to Logins or Secure Notes, and select the 3-dot menu for the item you want to share. Select Share.
- Enter or select the email address of the person or people you're sharing with. To share items with a person for the first time, enter the person's full email address. The person appears in the contact list only after the first share.
- Select Permission and choose either Full rights or Limited rights. Then select Send.
Note: All shared items have a special icon next to their names. To see who the item is shared with, select the item's 3-dot menu and select Share.
Want to share from your Safari browser?
Share multiple logins and Secure Notes on iOS
- Select Tools in the menu bar and then select Sharing. Select the plus (+) icon to create a new share.
- On the New share screen, select the items you want to share and select Next.
- Enter or select the email address of the person or people you're sharing with. To share items with a person for the first time, enter the person's full email address. The person appears in the contact list only after the first share.
- Select Permission and choose either Full rights or Limited rights. Then select Send.
Note: All shared items have a special icon next to their names. To see who the item is shared with, select the item's 3-dot menu and select Share.
Want to share from your Safari browser?
Revoke access for a shared item on iOS
- Go to Logins or Secure Notes, and select the shared item. In the Contacts section, select the right-pointing arrow to see the people you've shared with.
- Select the 3-dot menu next to the name of the person whose access you want to revoke. Then select Revoke access.
- In the next pop-up, select Revoke access to confirm.
You can also revoke access from the Sharing Center.
- Select Tools in the menu bar and then select Sharing.
- Select the person or group you want to stop sharing an item with.
- Select the 3-dot menu next to the item you want to stop sharing. Then select Revoke access.
- In the next pop-up, select Revoke access to confirm.
Note: If you delete an item someone shared with you, Dashlane won't delete the item from the creator's Dashlane account.
Permission types for shared items
When you share items, you choose whether you want the people you're sharing with to have Full rights or Limited rights:
- Full rights means the people you share with can see, use, edit, and share the item. They can also edit sharing rights and revoke the sharing rights of others, including you.
- Limited rights means the people you share with can use the item but can't edit, share, or change sharing rights. However, if they change a shared login outside of Dashlane, we'll update the login in our app.
Important: If you don't want someone to be able to view a password at all, we don't recommend sharing it. When you share a login with limited rights, we hide the password from the people you share with. But they may still be able to view the password in other ways.
Starter, Team, and Business plan members: When you share with a group, all group members receive the same permission type you choose.
Sharing groups in Starter, Team, and Business plans
Starter, Team, and Business plan members can share multiple items with multiple members at the same time with sharing groups. The steps provided throughout this article also apply to sharing groups.
Only Starter, Team, and Business plan members can share within groups. Your admin creates sharing groups and adds plan members to the groups.
For admins: Create and manage groups
Take a video tour of sharing groups
This video shows how Starter, Team, and Business plan members can use sharing groups and choose the correct permission. In the Sharing Center, plan members can see the groups and people they've already shared items with.
This video shows the My account menu in the lower portion of the screen. This menu now appears at the top of the screen next to the notifications icon, shown as a bell.
Find shared items in a Starter, Team, or Business sharing group
After a plan member shares items with a group, all group members automatically accept and receive access to the items. Shared items appear in the Sharing Center and in the Logins or Secure Notes sections.
Shared items may take several minutes to appear within a sharing group. If an item doesn't appear, go to My account, then Settings, and select Sync now. You can also log out of the Dashlane Password Manager and log in again to see the update.
Revoke shared access in Starter, Team, or Business plans
If an item isn't shared by a plan admin or is shared with limited rights, only the person who shared the item can revoke access.
Items are shared and attached to a group and not to you. If you're removed from a sharing group, you no longer have access to shared items in that group.
If you want to revoke access for a single plan member, ask your admin to remove the person from the sharing group.
If you're removed from a Starter, Team, or Business plan, any items in your Dashlane Password Manager account shared through a sharing group are removed. Sharing groups are available only for plan members.