Dropbox Passwords breach monitoring

Updated Jul 10, 2025
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Dropbox Passwords is available for customers on Dropbox Basic, Plus, Family, Professional, Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise. If you’re on a team with a negotiated agreement or a HIPAA BAA, you may need to sign an addendum to use Dropbox Passwords.

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Important note: On October 28, 2025, Dropbox Passwords will go away. Be sure to export your passwords before this date or you’ll lose access to your Dropbox Passwords data. Learn more here—including how to switch to another password manager like 1Password.



Monitoring your accounts in Dropbox Passwords helps keep them secure. When you opt into breach monitoring, you'll be notified when an account linked to your email address has been exposed and is at increased risk of unauthorized access.

In the Dropbox Passwords security dashboard, you can view which of your accounts, if any, have been compromised. You can also see other important details such as: the compromised website, breach date, number of people impacted, and what data was potentially leaked in the breach. You’ll also be directed to the compromised account’s website to change your password and protect your account.

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Note: Dropbox Passwords uses zero-knowledge encryption. This means we can’t see the credentials stored in your account.

How to configure breach monitoring

You can choose to enable or disable breach monitoring at any time.

To enable breach monitoring:

  1. Save your account logins in Dropbox Passwords.
  2. Open the Dropbox Passwords browser extension.
  3. Click your profile initials in the top-right corner. Select Security dashboard.
  4. Click Start monitoring
  5. Click OK.  
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Note: Only verified email addresses can be monitored. To verify an email address, go to the security dashboard, click Verify next to the email address, and then follow the steps. Email addresses that have already been verified are marked Confirmed

To disable/stop breach monitoring for all accounts:

  1. Open the Dropbox Passwords browser extension.
  2. Click your profile initials in the top right-corner. 
  3. Select Security dashboard.
  4. Click Stop monitoring.
  5. Click Stop monitoring again to confirm.
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