Password & Generator History

Bitwarden maintains two distinct histories: one for saved login passwords and another for generated usernames, passwords, and passphrases. Finding a previous password is helpful when you generate a password but forget to save it or don't finish resetting a password.

Password history

Bitwarden stores the last five saved passwords for each login item, including deleted items before they're permanently removed. When you edit a hidden custom field, its previous value is also saved in the password history and counts as one of the five saved entries. Logging out or switching Bitwarden clients doesn't impact or clear the password history.

[!WARNING] Password history plain text Accessing password history immediately reveals the older passwords in plain text.

To review an item's password history:

Web app

Open the item and select Password history:

Password history on web

Mobile app

Open the item and select Password historynear the bottom of the window:

Password history on mobile

Browser extension

Open the item and select Password history:

Password history on browser

Desktop app

Open the item and select Password historynear the bottom of the window:

Password history on desktop

Generator history

You can also access the generator's recent history. Each client stores its own generated usernames, passwords, and passphrases; generator history is not synced across Bitwarden clients. Logging out erases that client's specific generator history.

For example, passwords generated in the mobile app only appear in the mobile app's generator history. They don't appear in the web app's generator history, and logging out of the web app doesn't remove the mobile app's generator history.

[!WARNING] Generator history plain text Accessing generator history immediately reveals the previously generated options in plain text.

Web app

To access the generator history:

1. Select Tools.
2. Select Generator.
3. Select Generator history:

Generator history on web

Mobile app

Generated passwords and passphrases are listed in the mobile app’s generator history. Generated usernames are not currently included.

To access the generator history:

1. Tap the [generate] Generator icon.
2. Tap the ⋮ Menu icon.
3. Tap Password history.

Browser extension

To access the generator history:

1. Select Generator.
2. Scroll down and select Generator history:

Generator history on browser

Desktop app

To access the generator history, go to View → Generator history from the menu bar.

To delete the client’s generator history, select Clear history below the list:

Clear generator history