Bitwarden functions similarly to, for example, Google Chrome password manager, with some important differences. Let's have a look at how to navigate it and save your data into your vault.
In following examples I'll be using the Google Chrome extension but the information will apply to any client such as desktop app, mobile app or browser environment.
After clicking on the extension and selecting the "Vault" tab, you should see something like this:
- "Add Item" will let you manually create any of the 4 basic item types and save it to your vault.
- "Types" Here you can access your items based on their types. They are
- "Login" - Consists of Username, Password and an URL
- "Card" - Used to store credit card information
- "Identity" - Used to store personal information like name, address, phone number etc.
- "Secure note" - Used to store any other text based information
- "Folders" - Whenever you are saving any item to your Vault, you can assign it to a folder to keep it organised
- "Collections" - Primarily used for sharing items. If you'll get assigned permission for a collection, it will be accessible here.
- "Trash" - Similar to Recycling bin on Windows, your deleted items first go here, giving you an option to restore them.
Importantly, you do not need to save each item manually. Whenever you enter your credentials somewhere manually, Bitwarden will ask you if you want your credentials saved.
On your next visit to the same website, Bitwarden will give you the option to autofill the fields.
