When a 3rd party password manager extension is installed (E.g. Bitwarden or 1Password), the Brave password manager prompts “Do you want to save this password?” when a password is entered on a site. This is undesireable behavior, as the login/password credentials are already saved via the 3rd party password manager. This behavior cannot be disabled. The closest work-around is to click “never for this site” in the Brave password manager pop-up when a login/password is entered into a site for the first time.
I, as well as what I imagine a typical user who is using a 3rd party password manager extension, has logins/passwords saved there, and does not want them stored in the built-in Brave password manager as well. Constantly clicking “never for this site” is a nuisance.
How can this issue be reproduced?
Install a 3rd party password manager.
Navigate to a site that requires a login/password, and fill the fields using the 3rd party password manager extension.
Under brave://password-manager/settings the option “offer to save passwords and passkeys” will be enabled and greyed out, with a message that it is controlled by the extension.
Brave should have a toggle that disables Brave’s password manager from offering to save passwords that is independent from the 3rd party password manager extensions offering to save passwords.
@wmarler thank you for reporting.
Yeah this has been requested for a while now – I’ve included your post in the Github thread and asked to get some additional eyes on it:
You didn’t mention the operating system you’re using and I don’t know if what you’re inquiring about is - in any way - operating-system-dependent.
I’ve never used Brave’s password manager. Long ago, under Windows, I used another password manager and switched to Bitwarden - the password manager you’re using. I currently use Linux (Debian - if it matters) and I’m not presented with Brave password manager prompts.
My password manager settings are accessible: Settings | Autofill and passwords | Addresses and more
or
brave://settings/addresses
There, I see: Save and fill addresses is toggled “off” and
Bitwarden Password Manager is controlling this setting
Please note that “brave://settings/addresses” refers to phone numbers, email addresses, shipping addresses. This is different from “brave://password-manager/settings”. I do have Brave saving/filling addresses, and I want this behavior.
Your observation that I didn’t supply my OS is on-point though. I have one Mac, one Windows machine, and several Linux devices. They are all utilizing Brave’s sync feature. I had assumed this behavior was consistent across my devices, but did not check, and in actuality this issue appears to be specific to MacOS.
On my Windows and Linux machines the box saying “Bitwarden Password Manager is controlling this setting” is not present. On Linux and Windows the 'Offer to safe passwords and passkeys" is disabled.
