Items and fields

An item is an entry in your vault, such as a login or payment card. It has a type, built-in fields, and optional custom fields, tags and attachments.

Item types

Type	Holds
Login	Username, password, one-time password, URLs and passkeys
Card	Payment card details
Identity	Names, addresses and contact details
Note	Free-form secure text
SSH Key	A key pair for the SSH agent
GPG Key	An OpenPGP key. See GPG keys.
Environment	Variables for local tools. See Environments.

Custom fields

Any item can hold extra fields beyond the built-in ones.

Field type	Value
Text	A visible value
Text (concealed)	A value hidden like a password until you reveal it
Boolean	A checkbox
Linked	A reference to a built-in field, such as the login’s username. Autofill can then fill that value under another field name.

Some field names have a special meaning. An item with Wi-Fi fields, for example, shows a QR code that another device scans to join the network. The names and formats are listed in Custom field conventions.

Organizing

• Folders group items. In a Bitwarden account, a / in a folder name creates a hierarchy: Work/Servers sits inside Work. KeePass databases nest their groups instead.
• Favorites are the items you use most, listed together.
• Archive holds items you want to keep but not see in everyday lists. Archived SSH and GPG keys are unavailable to agents. Archived items can be restored.
• Trash holds deleted items until you restore or permanently delete them. Bitwarden’s server purges trashed items after 30 days. KeePass databases keep them until you delete them.
• Tags label items independent of their folder. An item can carry any number of tags, and Search finds them with tag:. KeePass databases store tags natively. Bitwarden items store them in custom fields, as listed in Tags.

To move, tag or merge many items at once, see Bulk actions.

Linked items

An item can link to other items in the same account, such as a login to the email account it recovers through. The editor’s Linked items section adds them with Add more.

The item view lists the targets under Linked items. Each target lists the items that link to it under Referenced by. A link can’t point to an item in another account or in the trash. The view skips a link whose target is gone.

Links work in Bitwarden and KeePass accounts. Their storage format is in Item links.

Attachments

Any item can hold arbitrary files, such as a recovery code image or a key file. See Attachments.

Per-item protection

An item with Auth re-prompt turned on asks you to authenticate again before Keyguard reveals, copies or autofills its secrets. You confirm with your app password, or with biometrics if you turned them on. The secrets then stay available until you close the item.

Auth re-prompt is a check in Keyguard’s interface, not extra encryption. The item is encrypted like the rest of the vault, and an unlocked vault decrypts it like any other item. The check stops someone who picks up your unlocked device. It doesn’t stop malware, or anyone who knows your app password.

The setting is a flag saved with the item, and each app decides whether to honor it. Keyguard on Wear OS doesn’t ask. Other Bitwarden and KeePass apps can show the item without asking.

Password history

A login keeps its earlier passwords, so a replaced password isn’t lost. The item’s View password history action lists them.

Type from memory

The menu of a login’s password has Type from memory. You enter the password without looking at it, and Keyguard compares it with the saved one on the device. Nothing is stored or sent.

Field actions

A field’s menu holds actions for its value, besides copying it.

Field	Action	Platforms
Website URI	Launch browser, and Launch main page for a URI that isn’t a site’s main page	All
Website URI	Check the website in known data breaches. See Watchtower.	All
http:// URI	Auto-fix insecure URL switches it to https:// if the site responds there	All
Website URI	How to delete an account? and How to get my data?, from the bundled JustDeleteMe and JustGetMyData lists	All
App URI	Launch app, if the app is installed	Android
Other URI	Launch with… opens the URI in an app that handles it	Android
Phone number	Call and Text	Android
Email	Email opens your email app	All
Visible field	Create a send. See Sends.	All

QR codes and large type

Most fields’ menus can show the value as a scannable code or in large type, for another device or person to read. Both keep the screen on.

Show as Barcode shows a QR code, or a Code 39 1D, Code 93 1D, Code 128 1D or PDF417 barcode. Keyguard remembers the format. An authenticator key offers only a QR code.

Show in Large Type shows each character large and numbered, with digits and symbols in their own colors. Select a character to mark your place.

Action	Values up to	Platforms
Show as Barcode	1,024 characters	All
Show in Large Type	128 characters	All
Show in Large Type and Lock vault	128 characters. Also locks the vault, so you can hand your phone to someone.	Android