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 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

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 from the Applications folder.
List of trusted browsers a user has connected to 1Password.

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

  1. Make sure 1Password and your browser aren’t installed with a containerized package manager like Flatpak or Snap.

  2. Open 1Password for Linux, then select the vertical ellipsis > Quit.

  3. Quit any browsers you’d like to add.

  4. Open your terminal and run the following command to create a custom_allowed_browsers file in the /etc/1password directory.

     sudo mkdir -p /etc/1password && touch /etc/1password/custom_allowed_browsers

  5. Open the custom_allowed_browsers file in your text editor.

  6. Enter the binary name for your browser. For example: librewolf for LibreWolf.

    To add multiple browsers, separate each addition with a line break.

  7. Save the custom_allowed_browsers file, then run the following command in your terminal to give it the appropriate permissions:

     chown root:root /etc/1password/custom_allowed_browsers && sudo chmod 755 /etc/1password/custom_allowed_browsers

  8. Reopen and unlock 1Password for Linux. The 1Password app will automatically detect the additions to the custom_allowed_browsers list.

Learn more

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