Password Safe Options

Confirm password database save on minimize

If you check this option, Password Safe will remind you when it automatically saves the password database on minimize. Unchecked, the password database will be automatically saved.

Confirm item copy to clipboard

If you check this option, Password Safe will notify you when a password is copied to the clipboard. Once you've gotten used to how Password Safe works, you will probably want to uncheck this option.

Confirm deletion of items

When this option is checked, Password Safe will confirm that you want to remove the selected item when issue the Delete command.

Clear the clipboard when minimized

If you check this option, the clipboard will be cleared when you minimize Password Safe.

Lock password database on minimize and prompt on restore

If you check this option, sensitive information such as your safe combination and the names of the items will be cleared from memory when Password Safe is minimized. When Password Safe is restored, you will be prompted for the Safe Combination.

Show password by default in edit mode

If this option is checked, the password will not be initially obscured by asterisks in the Edit/View window.

Use default username

If this option is checked, the username entered in the field below will not be displayed in the main list box, and will automatically inserted into the username field in the Add dialog box. Also, if a username field is left blank, the default name will be inserted.

Query user to set username as default

If this option is checked, whenever you enter a username for a new item and there is no default username, you will be prompted to set it as the default username if desired. See above for more information about default usernames.

Query user to add username to password files without them

If this option is checked, anytime you open a password file that contains no usernames, you will be prompted (but not required) to add a single username to all the entries.