Password manager

Using the Password manager, you can easily view, change, and delete your passwords in the Yandex app.

Viewing the passwordViewing the password

1. Tap  (profile icon) → Passwords on the home screen.
2. If you need to access the vault, enter the master password.
3. Tap the name of the site you want to view the password for.
4. For iOS devices, tap Show password in the line with the password.

Changing the passwordChanging the password

1. Tap  (profile icon) → Passwords on the home screen.
2. If you need to access the vault, enter the master password.
3. Tap the name of the site you want to view the password for.
4. Tap  (for Android devices) or Change (for iOS devices).
5. Edit your username, password, or comment.
6. Tap  (for Android devices) or Done (for iOS devices).

Deleting passwordsDeleting passwords

Master passwordMaster password

A master password provides an additional level of security for your passwords. The app will request it during an attempt to open password storage or enter a previously saved website password in a login form.

Instead of a huge number of passwords from different websites, you will have to remember only one master password. Passwords from websites will also be more secure. Access to the vault is locked by the master password, which cannot be stolen because it's not stored on devices.

Create a master passwordCreate a master password

Deleting a master passwordDeleting a master password

Time until the vault is lockedTime until the vault is locked

You can configure the time interval after which the browser blocks your password vault and requests a master password when someone is trying to access it:

If you forgot your master passwordIf you forgot your master password

If you have created a backup encryption key:

1. In the window for entering your master password, tap I forgot my password.
2. Tap Reset master password.
3. Enter the password from your Yandex ID.
4. Create a new master password.

If you haven't created a backup encryption key, you can't restore access to your passwords.

Backup encryption keyBackup encryption key

The master password provides more secure password protection, but what do you do if you forget it? Yandex Browser has a convenient and secure way to reset the master password.

The only function of the master password is to decrypt the encrypted key, so if you have a backup encryption key, you can extract it and encrypt it with a new master password.

Some password managers suggest that users store their backup encryption key (sometimes as a QR code) as a printout. This method isn't secure enough, because you may lose the printout or it may get stolen. This is why we store your backup encryption key on your device and encrypt it with another key stored on the server. You can access the key on the server only after entering the password from your Yandex ID. Hackers are unlikely to steal the backup encryption key from your device, the key from the server, and the password from your Yandex ID at the same time.

If you have forgotten your master password, you can restore the passwords only if you have a backup encryption key. To create it, use syncing.

To reset the master password, you need both a backup key and a special file. This file is created automatically when you enter your master password for the first time, and is stored locally. This is why even Yandex can't decrypt your passwords.

When restoring access, you need to enter the password from your Yandex ID. Hackers are unlikely to steal the key from the server, the file from your device, and the password from your Yandex ID at the same time.

To create a backup encryption key, tap Enable in the window that opens after you create the master password. If your device hasn't synced, enable syncing by entering the password from your Yandex ID.

Syncing passwordsSyncing passwords

You can sync passwords that you saved in the Yandex app and Yandex Browser on your computers, smartphones, and tablets. During the syncing process, an encrypted copy of your password vault is sent to the Yandex server and then passed on to your other synced devices. Passwords from your other devices are simultaneously added to the vault on your current device.

By default, password syncing is enabled automatically when syncing is enabled. Password syncing is disabled if syncing is completely disabled. To disable only password syncing:

1. On the Home screen, tap  (profile icon) → App settings.
2. Tap Syncing.
3. Turn off Passwords.

Disabling the password managerDisabling the password manager

The app won't save passwords and autofill them in authorization forms anymore. Previously entered passwords will be encrypted and saved on the device. They become available again if you re-enable the password manager.

To do this, go to settings and activate the option.

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