There’s lots of reasons why using a dedicated password manager is better than using your browser. Your browser may already save passwords for you, so it’s important to disable this feature so it doesn’t interfere with LastPass functionality.

One other step that is important to take is disabling your browser’s default password manager. By simply logging into sites as you are browsing, LastPass will save them to your vault automatically. You don’t have to worry about manually adding sites to your vault. Now just go about your browsing as usual and the LastPass extension will fill in your credentials for you as you go and save the ones that aren’t in your vault yet.Īs a new LastPass user, this makes it so easy to get your vault set up. You will then need to login to your LastPass account from the browser extension, and you’ll be all set.įor more detailed instructions on getting started with the browser extension click here. Extensions are available for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and more. Simply pick which browser you use, hit “download” and then follow the install instructions. Once that is complete, download the browser extension here. If you haven’t already, you can create one here. So how do I install the browser extension?įirst, you need to have a LastPass account. The extension is also what allows LastPass to fill in your username and password automatically. Also, if you change a password on a certain site, the LastPass extension will detect that as well and ask you if you’d like to update the information in your vault and do it for you. If you login to a site you’ve never visited before, it will do the same. If you create a new account, the browser extension will detect it and ask if you want to save it to your LastPass vault. Think of the browser extension as a tool that follows you from site to site helping you save and fill passwords. This helpful tool makes it so easy to save all your favorite sites to your vault automatically and log you in to those sites as you visit them. If you haven’t used the LastPass browser extension yet, then you aren’t getting the full value of LastPass on your laptop or desktop.

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