With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

Security starts with you, the user. Keeping written lists of passwords on scraps of paper, or in a text document on your desktop is unsafe and is easily viewed by prying eyes (both cyber-based and human). Using the same password over and over again across a wide spectrum of systems and web sites creates the nightmare scenario where once someone has figured out one password, they have figured out all your passwords and now have access to every part of your life (system, e-mail, retail, financial, work).

Password Safe allows users to store all passwords in a single "safe" (password database), or to create multiple databases for different purposes (e.g., one for work, one for personal use). Each database is independent can be moved and used on different systems, as long as the same version of Password Safe is installed. Databases are encrypted with an encryption key derived from the master password (the master password, however, is not kept in the database in any form).

If you are using Password Safe for the first time, press the New Database button. You will be asked to choose the name and location of your password database (the default, "pwsafe.psafe3", is fine). Afterwards, you will be prompted to enter a master password that is used to encrypt and lock the contents of your new safe.

What's New

Bugs Fixed

  • Improved font scale handling - should resolve font size issues on high resolution displays.
  • GH1749 In the Master Password Setup window, "Show Master Password" is no longer truncated on some displays.
  • GH1092, SF1595 Size and position of main window is now correctly restored on scaled displays.
  • SF1630 Keep password expiry date when both password and password expiry are changed; don't clear a non-recurring expiry when the password's changed.
  • SF1628 Custom values can now be copied to the clipboard in read-only mode via Ctrl-C and right-click->Copy Value.

New Features

  • GH1196 Dark display mode support: Password Safe now supports the system display mode, as well as setting the mode directly via Manage->Options->Display->Display Mode. This change also updates the general "look & feel" of the app to the current Windows theme. Known limitations:
  • The Date picker and keyboard shortcut controls do not switch to dark theme
  • The Customize Toolbar dialog does not switch to dark theme

Custom Field support has been added to the more advanced features:

  • Filters
  • XML and Text import and export
  • Comparison, Sync and Merge databases
  • SF938 Custom field values may now be selected by name and copied via a "Copy Custom Field Value..." submenu in the entry context popup menu.
  • SF936 Notes and Custom fields layout now overlap, selectable by tabs, resulting in a more compact and less cluttered layout.
  • SF935 Autotype: Specifying '\v{name}' in the autotype text will cause the corresponding value to be autotyped.