Dropbox Is Offering Its Password Manager to All Users for Free

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Dropbox Is Offering Its Password Manager to All Users for Free

Free accounts will have certain limitations, including the number of passwords they can store. Dropbox is making its password manager, Dropbox Passwords, free for all users. While Dropbox Passwords launched last year, it's only available as a part of the paid Plus, Professional, and Family plans. This will change starting in early April as Dropbox Passwords will be available for free with the Dropbox Basic plan.

A Free Password Manager but With Limitations

While Dropbox Passwords will become free to use, it will have certain limitations. On the free tier, you will be limited to storing your 50 most important passwords. Additionally, you can only use Dropbox Passwords on up to three devices. These restrictions are removed if you subscribe to any of Dropbox's paid plans: Plus, Professional, or Family. Apart from a full-fledged password manager, the paid plans in Dropbox will also entitle you to other benefits like more storage space, premium productivity and collaboration tools, advanced sharing permissions, and more. Dropbox will also add the ability to securely share your passwords saved in Dropbox Passwords with your friends or family. This feature will soon be rolled out to the password manager, and it will be available for non-paying customers as well. Once you have set up Dropbox Passwords and imported all your passwords, install its dedicated app for or and sign into it. After that, the app will autofill your login details in websites and apps on your device. Dropbox Passwords will also let you import usernames and passwords from Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or a CSV file exported from another password manager. Dropbox is opening up its password manager for all when to only one device type for syncing. The latter is also restricting email support to only its Premium and Family customers. Sign up for to be notified when the password manager's free tier is available for all Dropbox users.

What Is Dropbox Passwords

Dropbox Passwords works just like any other password manager. It will store all your passwords securely and sync them across devices. There's a dedicated iPhone and Android app for Dropbox Passwords along with a browser extension to autofill your login details. Dropbox Passwords uses zero-knowledge encryption to store all your passwords and other sensitive information securely. This means that apart from you, no one knows the password to your vault. So, even in the unfortunate event of Dropbox servers getting hacked, your password vault will remain untouched.