If you stop using Vallkey
After 3, 6 or 12 months without any of your devices checking in, Vallkey sends three check-ins a week apart, then tells your contacts they may ask. They still ask and wait.
Legacy contacts
Choose who gets your accounts if something happens to you.
Name the people who should inherit your vaults. If they ask, you have time to say no. If you can't answer, they get exactly what you chose, and nothing more.
How it works
Legacy contacts, step by step.
Choose
Pick a contact, the vaults they'll get, and how long they must wait: 7 to 90 days.
They ask
If the time comes, your contact asks for access. You're told by email and in every app.
You can say no
Deny the request any time during the wait. If you don't, they get view access to the vaults you chose.
The details
What careful people ask.
Final instructions
A special item for the people who get your vault: what to do with each account, and anything else they should know.
Verified keys
Your contact's key is checked against Vallkey's key transparency log, and you compare fingerprints once, so no one can slip in their own key.
On every plan
Free includes one legacy contact. Premium and Families include more.
Availability
Where you get it.
- Plans
- Free, Premium, Families, Business
- Platforms
- Every app
Questions
Can my contact see my vault before I die?
No. They can only ask, and you can deny every request. Access starts only after the waiting period passes without your answer.
What does my contact need?
A Vallkey account, which can be on the Free plan.
Does 1Password have this?
1Password relies on a printed Emergency Kit. Its users have asked for legacy contacts for years.
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