Installing Proton Pass in your browser, on your computer and on your phone

Proton Pass works in your browser, as a program on your computer and as an app on your phone. You log in everywhere with the same Proton account and see the same vault everywhere. You'll use the browser extension the most: it fills in your passwords on websites.

Where do you get Proton Pass?

• Browser extension: for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave and Safari. Get it from your browser's store or via proton.me/pass/download. The extension for Chrome also works in Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi. For Safari on the Mac, get Proton Pass from the App Store.
• Computer: a program for Windows, macOS and Linux (packages for Ubuntu and Debian and for Fedora and Red Hat), via proton.me/pass/download.
• Phone: the Proton Pass app in the App Store (iPhone and iPad) or the Google Play Store (Android).
• Without installing: the web app at pass.proton.me, in any browser.

Please note: Only install from these stores or via proton.me. For an extension, check that Proton AG is the developer. There are fake extensions out there that are after your passwords.

Setting up the browser extension

1. In the store, click the button to add the extension and confirm. In Edge, the Chrome Web Store first asks whether you allow extensions from other stores: allow this.
2. Pin the extension to the toolbar. In Chrome and Edge, click the puzzle piece and then the pin next to Proton Pass.
3. Click the Proton Pass icon and log in with your Proton account.
4. In Firefox, Proton Pass asks whether it may access your data on all websites. Allow this, otherwise it can't fill anything in.
5. In Safari, go to Safari's settings, then Extensions. Give Proton Pass permission for every website there. Otherwise Safari will ask again on every site.
6. Turn off password saving in your browser itself. Otherwise two managers will offer to save your password at the same time. In the Proton Pass settings you'll find Automatically save: leave it on, and Proton Pass will ask whether it may save a new password.

Do you sometimes work in a private or incognito window? Extensions don't work there by default. You can allow this per extension in your browser's extension manager.

Filling in on a website

1. Go to a website's login page.
2. Proton Pass places a small icon in the field for your username or email address.
3. Click it and choose the right login. Proton Pass fills in your username and password.

Does Proton Pass suddenly fill nothing in on a site where it always worked? Don't copy your password by hand. First look very carefully at the address in the address bar: you may be on a fake site. More on this in the lesson Choosing and using password managers of the Safe online course. You'll find other causes in Solving common problems.

On your computer

1. Download the program via proton.me/pass/download. On Windows, then open the file ProtonPass_Setup from your Downloads folder.
2. Log in with your Proton account.
3. On Linux, install the package with your package manager. The program notifies you of updates itself; you then install the new package over the old one.

Unlocking with your fingerprint or face is only possible in the Windows program with a paid subscription.

On your phone

Android

1. Install the app and log in.
2. Tap Autofill with Proton Pass. You'll go to the Android settings for the autofill service. Choose Proton Pass there and confirm.
3. Skipped this step? Open the app, go to Profile and turn on Autofill.
4. When you later tap a login field in an app or on a site, Android suggests your logins from Proton Pass. If you pick a login from Proton Pass yourself, the app asks whether you want to Always use it or Use once for this app or site.

iPhone and iPad

1. Install the app and log in.
2. Turn on unlocking with Face ID or Touch ID when the app asks. You can also do this later under Profile.
3. Tap the notification to turn on autofill. You'll go to your iPhone's settings. Under the password options, turn on autofill and choose Proton Pass.

Tip: Do you also use your phone's password manager (Google or Apple)? Then turn on only Proton Pass as the autofill service. That way you know for sure where a new password is saved.