How to generate a random password

1. Using the Password Generator When Creating a New Account
2. Using the Password Generator to Update an Existing Password
3. Customizing Password Generation Parameters 

 

The RoboForm Password Generator is a powerful tool which allows you to generate random and secure passwords. It has customizable parameters to ensure that, no matter what the password requirements of a website are, you will be able to generate a password which complies.

 

Using the Password Generator When Creating a New Account

In order to generate a random password when creating a new account:

1) Go to the website you wish to create an account for and navigate to their Account Creation page. For example: Walmart.com.

Enter the required information for account creation. When you reach the "Password" field, click the RoboForm autofill icon next to the field to bring up the password generation dialogue.

 

NOTE: If you do not see the RoboForm icon next to the field, you can still access the password generator by clicking the RoboForm extension, and then clicking the Password Generator icon (slot machine).

 

2) Click "Generate" from the password generation dialogue, and then click the "Fill" button.

 

3) After entering the account creation information, click "Create Account" or the equivalent button on the site you are on.

 

4) The RoboForm autosave dialogue will appear offering to save the account credentials as a new Login. Confirm that the information is correct and that the Login's name and folder placement are to your specifications.

Then, click the "Save" button.

 

5) RoboForm will present you with a window confirming that the new password was saved.

 

NOTE: If the RoboForm autosave dialogue does not appear, you will need to save your new Login manually through the Start Page. You can view our tutorial for creating a Login through the Start Page here.

 

Using the Password Generator to Update an Existing Password

In order to update a Login to use a randomly generated password:

1) Log in to the account you want to update the password for and navigate to the page which allows you to change the password for your account. Then, click the RoboForm icon next to the "New Password" field to bring up the password generation dialogue.

 

NOTE: If you do not see the RoboForm icon next to the field, you can still access the password generator by clicking the RoboForm extension, and then clicking the Password Generator icon (slot machine).

 

2) Click "Generate" from the password generation dialogue, and then click the "Fill" button.

 

3) Save your new password.

 

4) The RoboForm autosave dialogue will appear offering to save the new password to your Login. Confirm that the information is correct, and then click the "Update" button.

 

5) RoboForm will present you with a window confirming that the new password was saved.

 

NOTE: If the RoboForm autosave dialogue does not appear, you will need to save your new password manually through the Start Page or Editor. You can view our tutorial for creating a Login through the Start Page here.

 

Customizing Password Generation Parameters

To change the password generation parameters on the RoboForm Password or Passphrase Generators, follow these steps:

1) Open your browser, and click the RoboForm extension icon. Click the Password Generator icon (slot machine) in the upper right.

 

2) Here, you will see the RoboForm Password and Passphrase Generators and will have access to their customizable parameters. The available customizations for the password generator are:

• You can change the character length of the generated password by adjusting the number in the "Number of Characters" field.
• Under "Advanced Options" there are more customizations:
  • You can choose to allow or exclude numbers, uppercase letters, and/or lowercase letters by toggling on or off their respective options.
  • You can choose to only use hexadecimal characters by toggling on the "Hexadecimal 0-9, A-F" option.
  • You can choose to allow or exclude characters with similar appearances (For example, 1 and I) by toggling on or off the "Exclude similar" option.
  • You can choose to allow or exclude special characters and have the ability to specify which special characters to use.

 

The available customizations for the passphrase generator are:

• You can change the number of words in the generated passphrase by adjusting the number in the "Number of words" field.
• Under "Advanced Options" there are more customizations:
  • You can use any character of your choice as a delimiter using the "Word separator" option.
  • You can choose to have the first letter of each word in the passphrase be capitalized using the "Capitalize first letters" option.
  • You can choose to include numbers in your passphrase using the "Add numbers" option.