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Recover Your Lost Master Password for LastPass

Skull drawings easy with roses. Put simply, LastPass is a digital vault where you can safely store passwords without fear of their being discovered. Plenty of people are in the bad habit of keeping a notebook in their desk drawer. LastPass is a password manager that securely stores your passwords and personal information in a secure vault. As you visit apps and sites, LastPass autofills your login credentials. All you have to do is remember your LastPass master password, and LastPass will autofill logins for you.

If your Master Password for LastPass is ever lost or forgotten, there are several account recovery methods to use to restore access to your Vault. If the recovery options below do not allow you to recover your Master Password, you will need to reset your LastPass account (to keep the same username) or create a brand new LastPass account and re-enter all of your data.

Please be aware that LastPass Customer Care has no knowledge of a user's Master Password. It is not possible for LastPass Customer Care to reset or change a user's Master Password if it is forgotten.

  1. Either upgrade to a paid LastPass Premium account and get more features (around £31 per year), which is the preferred option for the makers of LastPass, or find an alternative password manager.
  2. When you click the generate button LastPass will open a new tab with the password generator. There you can set your password length, accepted characters, and other parameters. You can accept the password or generate a new one with new variables until you're satisfied.
  3. LastPass is an online password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure. Log In LastPass for Windows. Securely save passwords and automatically log into any site on the internet. More ways to get LastPass. LastPass Mac App. The LastPass vault you love for macOS. This is the same Mac app that.

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Did you previously set up account recovery using facial recognition or fingerprint identification in the LastPass Password Manager mobile app?

Mobile account recovery allows you to use facial recognition or fingerprint identification (i.e., biometrics) for iOS or Android to reset your Master Password using biometrics if it is ever forgotten.

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Using Android

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using mobile account recovery via biometrics for the LastPass Password Manager app for Android.

Using iOS - Face ID or Touch ID

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Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using mobile account recovery via biometrics for the LastPass Password Manager app for iOS.

Did you previously set up a Master Password hint/reminder?

If you previously set up a Master Password hint/reminder (either during account creation, when you last changed your Master Password, or by manually entering one into your Account Settings), you can have LastPass send you a clue in a reminder email.

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using a hint/reminder.

Have you changed your Master Password within the last 30 days?

You can revert to your previous Master Passwordonly if the change had taken place within the last 30 days. Please note that reverting means that your LastPass Vault will be restored exactly the way it was since the last Master Password change, which may result in data loss (i.e., any new items updated/added since the change will not be recovered).

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password by reverting to your previous Master Password.

Did you previously set up SMS account recovery?

Lastpass Sign In

Using SMS account recovery will trigger the Master Password recovery flow as long as at least one of your browsers has captured a Recovery One Time Password (which is created by logging in to the extension at least once).

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using SMS account recovery.

Lastpass Application Passwords

Using Android

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using mobile account recovery via biometrics for the LastPass Password Manager app for Android.

Using iOS - Face ID or Touch ID

Lastpass Desktop Application Passwords

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using mobile account recovery via biometrics for the LastPass Password Manager app for iOS.

Did you previously set up a Master Password hint/reminder?

If you previously set up a Master Password hint/reminder (either during account creation, when you last changed your Master Password, or by manually entering one into your Account Settings), you can have LastPass send you a clue in a reminder email.

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using a hint/reminder.

Have you changed your Master Password within the last 30 days?

You can revert to your previous Master Passwordonly if the change had taken place within the last 30 days. Please note that reverting means that your LastPass Vault will be restored exactly the way it was since the last Master Password change, which may result in data loss (i.e., any new items updated/added since the change will not be recovered).

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password by reverting to your previous Master Password.

Did you previously set up SMS account recovery?

Lastpass Sign In

Using SMS account recovery will trigger the Master Password recovery flow as long as at least one of your browsers has captured a Recovery One Time Password (which is created by logging in to the extension at least once).

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using SMS account recovery.

Have you logged in to the LastPass web browser extension at least once from any browser?

Follow these instructions to reset your Master Password using a Recovery One Time Password on any web browser where you have logged in to the LastPass web browser extension at least once.

If you still cannot recover your Master Password using any of the options above..

Unfortunately, the very last and only option available is to Reset Your Account and start over with collecting data (e.g., sites, secure notes, form fill items, creating identities, etc.). This will permanently delete all of your stored encrypted data within your LastPass account, but your account status and some settings will remain untouched.

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Lastpass Application Passwords

  • How do I reset my Master Password using mobile account recovery on iOS for LastPass?
  • How do I reset my Master Password using mobile account recovery on Android for LastPass?
  • How do I reset my Master Password using a hint/reminder?
  • How do I reset my Master Password using SMS account recovery for LastPass?
  • How do I reset my Master Password using a Recovery One Time Password for LastPass?
  • Change Your Master Password
  • Manage Your Master Password Reminder
  • Revert to Your Previous Master Password
  • What is a Recovery One Time Password in LastPass?




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