Using Dashlane to autofill your passwords and data

Dashlane does more than help you make strong, unique passwords and keep track of them for you. It also can automatically fill in those passwords when and where you need them as well as fill in forms and speed up your online purchases.

The autofill engine is what Dashlane uses to analyze the content and identify the different types of fields on the web pages you visit. It enables Dashlane to offer the most relevant information for autofill and contextual help when you create an online account or change a password, for example.

Previously Dashlane's autofill option was run by a semantic rule engine, which used a set of rules our engineers developed to identify fields on web pages. That means that if a website didn't match those human-set rules, the engine may not recognize the fields properly. Therefore, it requires heavy maintenance work and has an impact on your computer's performance.

As we are focusing more on a web-based environment, we have introduced a new autofill engine powered by machine learning. Instead of using a set of rules, we "fed" the engine with a large number of websites that we classified manually, and the engine used those examples to learn how to recognize fields on its own. As a result, this new engine is more efficient when identifying fields in different contexts.

The main advantages of this new engine are:

• Improved accuracy
• Faster adaptation: The engine powered by machine learning can better adjust to web standards changes.
• Lower maintenance cost: More resources are available to build upon instead of just maintaining.
• Faster and lighter: The engine has less impact on your computer's performance.

Note: Because the Machine Learning engine is no longer in the beta phase, we have shut down the beta email address, ml-beta@dashlane.com. You can share your feedback about the Machine Learning engine directly with the support team by emailing support@dashlane.com.

Easy one-step log in

Dashlane can log you into all your accounts with one simple click. When you go to a website, look for the Dashlane D icon in the login fields. A dark green D icon means that we have the information already, and a gray one means that we don't and that you'll have to enter it manually. Find out how to add your login information to Dashlane.

Click in the field and Dashlane will display a drop-down list for you to choose the information or identify what you want to use. Make your choice and Dashlane will automatically fill in the fields based on the information you've saved in the app.

For example, if you click in the "Email address" field and then click on your login.

Dashlane will log you in automatically.

Automatically fill in forms

Tired of filling in the same registration information every time you sign up online? Let Dashlane do the work! Just click in a field and select the information you want to use to fill in the form.

Click one of the choices in the drop-down menu, and Dashlane will automatically fill in the form.

Speed up online purchases

Dashlane lets you complete your purchases in seconds.

Click in the field where you need to enter your credit card, choose which of your credit cards you want to use, and then Dashlane will fill in the information for you. Note that for security reasons you will be required to enter your Master Password before the information is filled in.

How to manage subdomains in Dashlane

A domain is an identifier used to name a location on the internet. For example, our domain is dashlane.com. A subdomain is a domain with a prefix, which is located before the main domain's name. For example, you are currently reading a page that is located on our subdomain support.dashlane.com.

Dashlane allows you to assign passwords to specific subdomains (such as bugzilla.mozilla.com and addons.mozilla.com) and make sure that they're kept separate, as opposed to suggesting the same login credentials for any site with the same domain (in this example, mozilla.com).

You can configure Dashlane to use the correct login information among all of your credentials that share the same domain or even associated domains as well (more info in next paragraph). For example, if you have saved one credential for user.dashlane.com and one for support.dashlane.com, by default Dashlane will propose both of these when you sign in to user.dashlane.com.

Follow these steps to ensure that Dashlane displays the correct credential for the appropriate subdomain:

1. Open a credential.
2. Make sure the website address field is correct and contains the subdomain.
3. Click Autofill options at the bottom of the window.
4. Enable Autofill only on exact URL.

Note: Dashlane currently supports only one level of subdomain. For example, support.dashlane.com is supported, but a site such as user.support.dashlane.com (which has 2 subdomain levels: user and support) is not supported.

Associated websites

Some online accounts can be used on multiple websites or domains. For example, you need only one Amazon account but you can use it on amazon.com, amazon.fr, amazon.co.uk, and so on.

Dashlane will make a single credential available for autofill on different websites or domains when appropriate. This feature works with a list of associated websites that we maintain and update manually on our end. This list cannot be edited from the app for now.

Follow these steps to see which websites are associated with a credential:

1. Navigate to the web app.
2. Select the credential to open its details.
3. Click Autofill options to expand the list of options. You'll be able to see how many websites are associated with the credential.
4. Click the blue associated websites panel to see the list of websites.

If you want to have the credential offered for autofill only on the domain you saved it for originally, select the Autofill only on exact URL check box. For more information about this setting, see How to manage subdomains in Dashlane.

We'll share the full list of associated websites below, but please keep in mind that when we update this list, it's implemented into each of our apps with the next update, which most of the time is released at a different time for each platform. Therefore, please wait for the next update if you do not yet have the updated list as it is shown below.

In addition, the list may not contain all the associated websites that you need and that you know. If you find one that is not there yet, feel free to use this survey to let us know by entering your suggested associated websites in the provided field and click Done.