The password is imouttahere.
When you seek to leave one Password Manager for another vendor’s Password Manager, you can export your passwords for easy import into the new Password Manager.
Great, do that! And then change all of your passwords in the new password manager. Yes, all of them.
Many password managers will show you the date of last change on a password, making that a possibility to be an interative project. But, don’t delay.
There are some clean-up steps I recommend for this process if you choose to undertake it.
Remember also to never reuse a password from one site to another. You know this because you’re savvy enough to be using a Password Manager.
🔑Stop paying for the previous Password Manager if you had one.
🔑Sign up for the new Password Manager. Often they’ll offer a free month, maybe even a better offer.
🔑Determine whether you’re going to export/import or set up the passwords afresh. Then, do that.
🔑Plan to change ALL passwords. Use this order:
🎯Passwords for financial sites. Also other high risk sites (anything governmental). Ensure at this point you’re using multifactor authentication (MFA) on each, too.
🎯Passwords for social media sites.
🎯Passwords for commonly used (big) sites.
🎯Make a plan to change the others – may take some time.
🔑Delete your passwords from the previous Password Manager. Then, destroy it.
🔑Get to know the efficiencies of your new Password Manager. Also, its pitfalls.
🔑Recommend using a Password Manager to at least 5 new people. Be prepared to talk about why it’s a better choice than an in-browser password handling program.
Keep password hygiene top of mind.
