# Enabling 1password & Is it safe to store your password in brave browser?

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/enabling-1password-is-it-safe-to-store-your-password-in-brave-browser/36447>\
**Category:** Beta Builds\
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/enabling-1password-is-it-safe-to-store-your-password-in-brave-browser/36447 "2018-11-01T17:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/enabling-1password-is-it-safe-to-store-your-password-in-brave-browser/36447/6 "2018-11-01T18:16:40Z")

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@soblocks,  
The built-in password manager uses encryption available on your OS (Win32 API calls for Windows, Keychain entries for macOS, etc) so for all intents and purposes, yes, your passwords are as safe as anything else leveraging your Operating System’s encryption.  
Additional resources for using built-in password manager in Brave:

> **[How do I use the built-in password manager?](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018185951-How-do-I-use-the-built-in-password-manager-)**
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> When you enter new login information on a website, Brave may ask if you want to save that login for the next time you visit that site.
> In the pop-up window you can:
> 
> Edit the username and password ...

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions.

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