How To Use Lastpass
The right password manager for you
Lastpass securely save passwords for you
And automatically log you into any site on the internet
Downloading Lastpass and creating your account
Type in lastpass.com into your browser
Lastpass will recommend the best plugin package
Based on your browser or operating system
This what appears in Firefox browser
Click “Quick Install” button
This what appears for Chrome browser
Click “Get LastPass Free” button
When you click this “Add extension” button
This lastpass icon will appear
In the corner of your browser menu, click it
You will now be able to create your lastpass account
Click “Create an account now” link
Enter your Email and create your Lastpass Master
Password
Click this dropdown and
choose your time zone
Check this then click “Create
Account” button
It will ask you to re-enter your
password here
Click “Create Account” button
Your lastpass vault, it’s empty
Try to login to your lastpass using another
browser
It will ask you to verify your login
To verify,open up your email from lastpass
click the “Verify My New Location”
button
Your lastpass vault will open
How to add or save a site
Into your empty lastpass vault
And use lastpass to log back into that site
First, make sure you are logged into your lastpass
Before opening or going into a site like facebook
Color of your lastpass extension is black or gray
When you are logged out into your lastpass account
It turns red when you are logged in
It will also suggest for a stronger password
If you have entered a weak password
Let’s say you’re logging into your facebook using lastpass
Go into facebook site
Enter your username and
password
This box will appear prompting you to save your password
into your lastpass vault, click on this plus sign
This save site box will open, name
the site entry
Assign a group for your facebook site, say social
click the “Save Site” button
Your facebook password is now saved into your lastpass vault
Click your lastpass extension to check your vault
It will drop down to this toolbar
menu
This is where you can view, edit, group, delete,
Or share your sites.
Here also, you can access
your “Form Fills” profiles
And fill out forms in seconds
Click Secure Notes
Click “Save” after making a note
Click this “My LastPass Vault”
link
Your facebook site is listed in your lastpass vault
Click the facebook site name to launch it
And you will automatically be logged in
The next time you login to a specific site
That you saved in your lastpass,
Just click the site name to launch
And you will be automatically logged in
After downloading the lastpass password manager,
and creating an account with your lastpass masterpassword
You’ll be able to securely store your login information,
Autofill and auto login to your favorite sites
And sync your saved data across all browsers and platforms
If you do not want to install a lastpass plugin,
In your browser, you can access your lastpass vault
via https://lastpass.com
Adding and automatically saving a site into your lastpass vault
The easiest way to add new sites to lastpass
Is to go to the site and log in
Let’s say, you want to log into your linkedin account
Type in linkedin.com into your browser
Or google linked and click the login link
Type in your email address and password
Click this “Sign In” button
Lastpass will present you with this pop up
Asking you if you want lastpass to save your password
Press the “Save Site” button
A pop up will expand like this
Specify a name for the account
Type or select a group for the account
By assigning groups to each of your sites
Allow you to organise your accounts by categories
Some example of groups are social, financial, shopping etc.
After pressing save site, lastpass automatically enter the site data
Into your lastpass vault
a vault that you can carry on using the website
Lastpass will automatically fill in information
The next time you visit the site.
Another way is to click the lastpass icon
Click “Sites” then “Add Site”
Click this “Yes” button
Lastpass prepopulate with a domain name
Select a group or folder for this account
Type in username and password
You can specify whether you would like lastpass
To make the site a favorite
Require password reprompt
and/or autologin
Click the “OK” button
You will find the entry of the stored site
If you would like to view the new entry
Find the entry and click on the pencil icon
click the edit form fields link
When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
- Jim Rohn