The one thing it doesn't have is a way to sort your accounts by creation date. I now have over a thousand accounts that I've added - so I wanted to prune away some of the older ones.

So, here's how to do it.

Export your vault

In the desktop version of BitWarden, go to File → Export Vault. Choose the JSON format (this doesn't work for CSV) and follow the on-screen instructions.

NOTE! This will save all of your passwords to disk. Do not do this on a shared machine. Delete the file as soon as you are done with it.

Sort with JQ

Using the jq utility it is possible to search and sort the exported JSON.

This command pipes your export to JQ. It selects all the items, then it sorts by when the item was last edited. It then displays the name of the account and the date, followed by a newline.

cat bitwarden.json | jq -r '.items | sort_by(.revisionDate) | .[] | .name, .revisionDate, " " '

Purge!

You could use the API to delete items based on their ID. Personally, I'd rather go through manually.

What's next?

It would be great if BitWarden allowed sorting by date in their UI. Even better if they could sort by usage. Until then, I'll spend every Valentine's Day manually deleting old and unloved accounts.

Let's say you want a password of:

✅🐎🔋📎

(As close as possible to Correct Horse Battery Staple)

That works. Emoji are stored and retrieved correctly. You can use them with any system which supports them. But you can't view them. Here's what it looks like if you try to see your password using the Bitwarden Android app:

Yup - a bunch of emoji are replaced with ����. Ew.

Now, in fairness, this bug was quickly fixed in the desktop client and the browser plugins. But, sadly, even the latest version of the Android app is still broken.

I use Bitwarden, and I happily pay for it. But I wish they were a bit more responsive about fixing trivial bugs like this.

Let me explain. Sometimes websites sell or leak your email address to spammers. If you're using yourname@example.com for every site, you'll never know who leaked your details. Bitwarden can fix that!

Bitwarden

@Bitwarden

Why use a #username generator? Let's talk about it. pic.x.com/0o6D4CMhnJ

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So now, with a couple of clicks, you can tell Bitwarden to generate a unique random email address. If the email attracts spam, you'll know where it has come from and will be able to easily block it.

Here's what the process looks like:

You can also tell it to use plus addressing - yourname+random@example.com. Or you can have it generate an address based on the domain you're logging in to - facebook.com@example.com

You can read more about the new feature on Bitwarden's blog.

I thoroughly recommend using a unique password and email address on every service you use. It increases your security and protects your privacy.

I want to use emoji in my passwords. They're easy to type on a mobile keyboard, easy to remember, and a lot more fun than boring ASCII characters.

Let's go with ✅🐎🔋📎

(As close as possible to Correct Horse Battery Staple)

I use BitWarden as my password manager. It saves emoji passwords into its database, but has trouble displaying them:

Android

Browser Plugin

Linux App

Bug Report

I've raised this (minor) bug on GitHub. I wonder which other password managers also struggle with the more "exotic" parts of Unicode?

Forget that noise! I started looking for a new password manager and, on the recommendation of several friends, started using BitWarden.

Pros

• Open Source!
• Works in the browser - tried in Firefox and Chrome. Fast, and easy to use.
• Linux app - handy, but a little clunky to use. Bonus CLI tool available
• Android app - great at autofilling apps. Can unlock using fingerprint.
• Password sharing - I haven't tried this yet, but useful if you and your family share a common password for things like Netflix.
• Can be self-hosted if you want.

Cons

• Importing old passwords from LastPass was a little tricky - but that's because LastPass makes it deliberately hard.
• The Android app can be a little slow to start. Not much worse than LastPass, but a little annoying.
• If you want YubiKey support, you need to buy the premium version. It's $10/year - that's much cheaper than LastPass's $24/year.

Verdict?

Go for it! Incredibly easy to use, cheaper than LastPass if you want premium features, and works everywhere.