Kaspersky Password Manager Help
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[Topic 239411]

What's new in this version

This Help applies to Kaspersky Password Manager for Mac version 10.

Kaspersky Password Manager offers the following new features and improvements:

  • The new macOS 13 Ventura is now supported.
  • We've improved password check algorithms, so the status of some previously strong passwords may change.
  • Apple Password AutoFill is now supported.

    Note: Password AutoFill is available only in applications that support this feature.

  • Entry types categories were optimized to make your user experience even more convenient.
  • Similar symbols are excluded from password generation.
  • Additional protection by emailing a verification code to confirm potentially dangerous actions is provided.
  • We updated our licensing terminology, introducing easy-to-understand terms related to the subscription-based licensing model.
  • General bug fixes and improvements.
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[Topic 158632]

Hardware and software requirements

Kaspersky Password Manager has the following hardware and software requirements:

  • Processor type: Intel, Apple silicon
  • macOS 10.15, 11, 12, or 13
  • 300 MB of free disk space
  • Internet connection (for downloading and installing Kaspersky Password Manager, activating the premium version, connecting to My Kaspersky, syncing data across devices, and receiving updates)

Supported browsers:

  • Safari 13.1.2 and later
  • Chrome 86.0 and later
  • Firefox 82.0 and later
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[Topic 101246]

Connect to My Kaspersky

When you first start Kaspersky Password Manager, it prompts you to sign in to

My Kaspersky
with a
My Kaspersky account
. If you have used another Kaspersky application, for example, Kaspersky Password Manager for another device or Kaspersky Internet Security, you probably have a My Kaspersky account. Use it to sign in. If you don't have an account, create one.

As soon as you connect your device to My Kaspersky, data starts syncing across your devices that have Kaspersky Password Manager installed and are linked to the same My Kaspersky account.

Sign in to My Kaspersky using your existing account

In the Sign In to My Kaspersky window, perform one of the following actions:

  • If you want to connect to My Kaspersky with your Google, Facebook, or Apple account, click the corresponding button and follow the instructions. For more details, see the My Kaspersky help. If you don't have a My Kaspersky account yet, the application will prompt you to register on My Kaspersky.

    Note: The availability of the option to sign in with Facebook depends on your region.

  • If you have the login and password for your My Kaspersky account, enter your credentials and click Sign In.

    Note: If you enter the password incorrectly several times in a short period, you will need to enter characters from a picture to pass the security check.

    Note: If you have enabled two-step verification for your My Kaspersky account, you will need to enter a code received via an SMS message or generated in an authenticator app.

Kaspersky Password Manager signs you in to the My Kaspersky account.

Create a My Kaspersky account from the application interface

  1. In the Sign In to My Kaspersky window, click Create Account.

    The Create a My Kaspersky Account window opens.

    Note: If you enter an email address that is already in use, an incorrect email address, or a too common password several times in a short period, you will need to enter characters from a picture to pass the security check.

  2. In the email address field, enter the email address that you want to associate with your new My Kaspersky account.
  3. In the password field, enter the password for your new My Kaspersky account.

    Note: The password must contain a minimum of eight characters, including at least one digit, one lowercase letter, and one uppercase letter. Spaces are not allowed.

  4. In the password confirmation field, enter the password again.
  5. In the region selection pop-up menu, select your region.

    Note: The Kaspersky Password Manager application automatically displays your region, based on the region set in your system's Language & Region settings. This option determines the regional settings for your My Kaspersky account, for example, the display language and available Kaspersky applications. You can change your region for My Kaspersky later only by contacting Customer Service.

  6. If you agree to provide Kaspersky with your email address for receiving informational and promotional email messages, select the I agree to provide Kaspersky with my email address to receive personalized marketing offers checkbox.
  7. Click Create.

The Kaspersky Password Manager application connects to My Kaspersky and creates your account. After your account is created, an email message with instructions on account activation is sent to the email address that you specified during registration.

All devices connected to My Kaspersky with the same My Kaspersky account have access to the same cloud storage.

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[Topic 112738]

Create a main password

The main password is a single password that Kaspersky Password Manager uses to protect all your data, including other passwords. You create the main password during the initial setup of Kaspersky Password Manager. Every time you try to access the data vault, Kaspersky Password Manager prompts you for the main password.

Don't use a password that can be easily guessed (for example, based on last names, first names, or dates of birth). To create a strong password, use uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, and special characters.

For security reasons, Kaspersky Password Manager doesn't store the main password on any of your devices or in cloud storage. We recommend that you memorize your main password, or write it down and keep it in a secure place, because it can't be restored or recovered if forgotten.

Important: If you forget your main password, you will no longer be able to access your data. In this case, you will have to create a new vault and protect it with a new main password. Then you will be able to add new data to the vault.

When Kaspersky Password Manager starts, it prompts you to:

  • Create a main password for the vault, if it is the first time you have used Kaspersky Password Manager.
  • Enter the existing main password, if you have previously created a main password and used Kaspersky Password Manager.

You can change the main password at any time.

Create a new main password

  1. In the Main password window, enter a new main password.
  2. Confirm the new main password by entering it a second time and click Continue.
  3. In the dialog window that opens, confirm the creation of a new vault by clicking Continue.

If your device supports Touch ID, you can enable it when creating a main password and then use it to unlock the vault. You can also enable or disable Touch ID, in the application settings, at any time.

See also

What to do if you have forgotten the main password
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[Topic 141081]

Check password security

Your accounts are at greater risk if they have the same or weak passwords (for example, qwerty, 12345) or passwords based on information that can be easily guessed or obtained (for example, names of relatives or dates of birth).

With Kaspersky Password Manager, you can quickly find out how strong your passwords are and whether the same passwords are used in multiple accounts.

For additional security, Kaspersky Password Manager can check whether your passwords have been hacked or leaked.

The application uses Secure Hash Algorithm 256 (SHA-256) to check for compromised passwords. The application generates SHA-256 message digests from each password in your vault and compares them with SHA-256 messages from a database of compromised passwords. If the SHA-256 messages match, the application warns you that your password is compromised and you better change it.

Show/hide information about password security

  1. Open the Accounts section of the main application window.
  2. In the upper part of the main application window, click to show information about password security.
  3. Click once again to hide information about password security.

For each account stored for a website or an application, Kaspersky Password Manager checks:

  • Password strength: low, medium, or high.
  • Whether the password is compromised.
  • Number of accounts that share the same password.
  • List of websites or applications that have accounts with duplicate passwords. You can click to expand the list.

You can go to a website that has an account with a duplicate or compromised password by clicking Change Password.

When you type a password in an online registration form, the Kaspersky Password Manager extension displays a card with recommendations on how to create a strong password and information about the strength of the password you are typing in.

See also

Generate a strong password
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[Topic 139160]

What to do if you have forgotten the main password

If you forget your main password, your data will no longer be available. If this happens, you can create a new data vault with a new main password. However, all data from the old vault on all your devices will be lost and you will then have to manually add all your entries to the new data vault.

Create a new data vault protected with a new main password

  1. In the main application window, click the Forgot your main password? link.
  2. In the alert that appears, click Create New Vault if you agree to create a new data vault.
  3. In the alert that appears, click Continue to create a new data vault for all your devices.

    Note: Creating a new data vault will delete all data protected with the forgotten main password from all your devices.

  4. In the alert that appears, enter the password for your My Kaspersky account and click Continue.

    The Main password window opens.

  5. Enter the new main password twice and click Continue.
  6. To confirm this operation, you need to enter the verification code that was emailed to you and click Confirm.

The new data vault protected with the new main password is now created. All data protected with the old main password will be deleted from all devices connected to your My Kaspersky account.

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[Topic 100252]

Data types protected by Kaspersky Password Manager

You can add several types of entries to Kaspersky Password Manager and organize your entries by moving them into folders.

Accounts

Websites and Applications

A website or application account is the combination of a login and password required to authenticate a user on a website or in an application.

For websites, Kaspersky Password Manager saves the following information to the entry:

  • Website name. Use a meaningful website name to quickly find the website that you want to edit or log in to.
  • Website address. Kaspersky Password Manager uses this field to recognize a website's sign-in page and offer accounts you can use to sign in.
  • Accounts. You can save multiple accounts for a website. For example, you might have personal and business email addresses from the same email provider.

For applications, Kaspersky Password Manager saves the following information to the entry:

  • Application name. Select the application from the pop-up menu to quickly find the entry you need.
  • Accounts. You can save multiple accounts for an application.

Other

Other is an all-purpose account type. Here you can save any important code or password, for example a Wi-Fi password or door code.

Bank Cards

You can add bank card numbers, other details, PINs, and the card issuer's customer support contact information to Kaspersky Password Manager.

Addresses

You can save addresses, names, email addresses, and phone numbers in address entries.

Document’s category

You can store important documents (for example, scanned Passports/IDs and PDF files) in Kaspersky Password Manager to keep them safe and always close at hand. For your convenience, you can assign a category to the documents you add.

Notes

You can use notes to store any kind of text information.

Notes are encrypted and stored the same way as other data types.

You can use the clipboard to copy and paste note text to a web page or application.

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[Topic 156626]

Sync data across devices

You can change data on any of your devices (for example, by adding an account to Kaspersky Password Manager on your laptop) and then use the updated data on all your other devices, as long as they have Kaspersky Password Manager installed and are connected to the same My Kaspersky account.

When you add data to your vault on one device, the application automatically sends this data to cloud storage, and then from cloud storage to your other devices that have Kaspersky Password Manager installed and that are connected to My Kaspersky using the same My Kaspersky account.

When you start Kaspersky Password Manager, it automatically syncs data with other devices associated with the same My Kaspersky account.

Keeping your data up-to-date and consistent on all your devices also helps restore your data if you replace or lose a device.

Sync the data vault on your device with other devices

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the lower-left corner of the main application window, click your email address.
    • Open the application pull-down menu and choose Sync Status.
  2. In the window that opens, click Sync Now.

See also

Connect to My Kaspersky
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