Can you pass on your 1Password account when you die?
AgileBits' terms forfeit a 1Password account at death.
Protecting 1Password accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, accounts can only be redeemed, not transferred, and 5-step plan.
How to protect your 1Password account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling 1Password accounts after a death
Accounts are forfeited under the official terms, 5-step process, and 1 required documents.
What happens to a 1Password account when someone dies →1Password is a password manager that stores login credentials, credit cards, secure notes, identity documents, software licenses, file attachments and shared vaults, end-to-end encrypted with keys derived from the account password and Secret Key.
Under AgileBits' terms, a 1Password account closes when the holder dies and nothing in it passes to anyone. AgileBits allows no transfer of the account while the holder is alive.
What happens to 1Password at death
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a 1Password account. 1Password suggests printing the Emergency Kit and storing it with your will, with instructions for your executor.4
Sources4
- 1.Terms of Service, Last updated: September 12, 2024
- 2.About the 1Password security model, Published: July 28, 2026
- 3.Get to know your Emergency Kit, Published: August 17, 2026
- 4.The complete guide to digital estate planning
AgileBits publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes in through AgileBits' support ticket system. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a 1Password account.
Sources
Data sourced from AgileBits Inc. primary sources (18 pages reviewed). How we research.
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