{"id":48741,"date":"2025-08-01T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48741"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:27:45","slug":"dropbox-discontinues-passwords-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/01\/dropbox-discontinues-passwords-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox Discontinues Passwords App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.dropbox.com\/en-us\/installs\/dropbox-passwords-discontinuation\">Dropbox<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=44727653\">Hacker News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/talk.tidbits.com\/t\/dropbox-passwords-is-shutting-down\/31614\">TidBITS-Talk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/07\/31\/dropbox-passwords-shutting-down\/\">MacRumors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/it.slashdot.org\/story\/25\/07\/30\/1814253\/dropbox-pulls-the-plug-on-password-manager\">Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/help.dropbox.com\/en-us\/installs\/dropbox-passwords-discontinuation\"><p>As part of our efforts to focus on enhancing other features in our core product, Dropbox Passwords will be discontinued on October 28, 2025.<\/p><p>We recommend transferring your passwords to another password manager application such as <a href=\"https:\/\/1password.com\/\">1Password<\/a>&mdash;a highly trusted and secure password manager.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Good that they are focusing on the core product&mdash;it needs work and I haven&rsquo;t found their side projects compelling&mdash;but only one-month notice before the app stops working and three months before the data are deleted is not great.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/01\/proton-pass-and-proton-authenticator\/\">Proton Pass and Proton Authenticator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/03\/1password-8-for-mac\/\">1Password 8 for Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/16\/dropbox-passwords\/\">Dropbox Passwords<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/13\/meet-the-new-dropbox\/\">Meet the New Dropbox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/evolving-the-dropbox-brand\/\">Evolving the Dropbox Brand<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dropbox (Hacker News, TidBITS-Talk, MacRumors, Slashdot): As part of our efforts to focus on enhancing other features in our core product, Dropbox Passwords will be discontinued on October 28, 2025.We recommend transferring your passwords to another password manager application such as 1Password&mdash;a highly trusted and secure password manager. 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