Blackberry P'9982 Transfer passwords to Password Keeper, Manage passwords in Password Keeper

User Guide Passwords and security

Password Keeper is designed to encrypt your passwords to protect them. When you type your password for Password Keeper, Password Keeper decrypts your passwords, so you can see them.

Transfer passwords to Password Keeper

You can transfer the password data that you saved on your previous BlackBerry device to your BlackBerry 10 device. To transfer the passwords, you must have backed up the password data as part of the backup file during the device switch process, or created a backup of your current passwords on your BlackBerry 10 device. If you saved the password data to a media card, the device automatically detects this data on the media card. If you haven't saved your backup data to a media card, you can also use BlackBerry Link or BlackBerry Protect to transfer the backed up password data.

1.On your BlackBerry 10 device, download the Password Keeper app from BlackBerry World storefront.

2.On the home screen, tap Password Keeper.

3.Enter your Password Keeper password.

4.Swipe down from the top of the screen.

5.Tap Settings > Import Passwords.

6.Enter your previous Password Keeper or BlackBerry Wallet password to transfer the passwords from a previous device to the Password Keeper app.

Note: Only credentials that are compatible between the BlackBerry Wallet app and the Password Keeper app are imported. Credit card credentials are not imported.

After the Password Keeper data is imported, it is removed from the backup file; however, other personal data remains in the backup file.

Manage passwords in Password Keeper

You can add, change, or delete password records in Password Keeper.

To manage your records perform any of the following actions:

•To add a record, tap . Type the required information, and tap Save.

•To edit a record, select a record and tap . Edit the information, and tap Save.

•To delete a record, touch and hold a record and tap .

Tip: You can multiselect records to delete by tapping .

Change the Password Keeper password

1.In the Password Keeper application, swipe down from the top of the screen. Tap > Change Password Keeper Password.

2.Type your current password for Password Keeper.

3.Tap Next.

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