Picture this scenario: You forget the password for your Dashlane account. Or you lose access to your methods for two-factor authentication. Or worse, you end up with both.

Recovery methods let you avoid a lockout—instead, you’ll deal with about 15 minutes of inconvenience at most. But to rely on this failsafe, you have to set it up first.

Add biometric recovery to the mobile app

In the mobile app, head to Settings > Security . Then tap the toggle for Biometric recovery . An encrypted and scrambled version of your password will be saved to your device, accessible if you authenticate with your biometric security methods on that phone or tablet (e.g., your face or fingerprint).

You can set up biometric recovery on more than one mobile device—but even if you do so, I still recommend

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