Using 1Password

Connect additional browsers to the 1Password app

Learn how to connect unsupported browsers that you trust to 1Password.

By default, the 1Password browser extension will connect to the 1Password app in many common web browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, and Arc. If you want to connect the 1Password app to an unsupported browser, you can specify additional browsers on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

When you connect an additional browser to the 1Password app, you can:

  • Use the 1Password app to unlock the 1Password browser extension, including unlocking with biometrics and system authentication.
  • Have your 1Password accounts in the 1Password app automatically added to the 1Password browser extension.

Before you begin

  • This functionality is only available in 1Password for Mac, Windows, and Linux at this time.
  • You must be able to install the 1Password browser extension from either the Chrome Web Store or Firefox extensions site.

Important

Before you follow these steps, make sure you trust both the browser you’d like to add and its developer. When you connect an additional browser to the 1Password app, it will receive full access to the information saved in 1Password when the 1Password app is unlocked to save and fill your logins. 1Password can’t guarantee the security or policies of unsupported browsers.

Connect an additional browser to 1Password

To add an additional browser in 1Password on your Mac:

  1. Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
  2. Select your account or collection at the top of the sidebar, then select Settings.
  3. Select Browser in the sidebar, then select Add Browser.
  4. Choose a browser that’s code signed by Apple in the Applications folder.
List of additional browsers a user has connected to 1Password.

To add an additional browser in 1Password on your Windows PC:

  1. Open and unlock 1Password for Windows.
  2. Select your account or collection at the top of the sidebar, then select Settings.
  3. Select Browser in the sidebar, then select Add Browser.
  4. Choose a browser that’s code signed or installed system-wide with admin permissions in the C:\Program Files folder.
List of additional browsers a user has connected to 1Password.

To add an additional trusted browser in 1Password on your Linux computer:

  1. Quit any browsers that you’d like to add.

  2. Open the /etc/1password/custom_allowed_browsers file in an editor with root permissions, like Nano. For example:

    sudo nano /etc/1password/custom_allowed_browsers

  3. Enter the binary name for your browser. For example, enter librewolf for LibreWolf. To add multiple browsers, separate each browser binary name with a line break.

  4. Save the changes to the custom_allowed_browsers file.

  5. In 1Password, select the vertical ellipsis > Quit.

  6. Reopen and unlock 1Password. The 1Password app will automatically detect the additions to the custom_allowed_browsers file.

Learn more

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