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  • Click FileNew... and click OK.
  • Type in the filename of your new password database and click Save.  Remember where you save your password database file.
  • Make sure Master Password is checked.  Enter your Master password and enter again in Repeat password.  Click OK.
  • If asked, click OK at the Database Settings window.  Please print your KeePass Emergency Sheet if asked and store it in a safe location.
  • You are now at the main window.  On the left, you have the entry groups.  On the right, you have the actual password entries.

Add an entry

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Use entries

  •  Click on Edit New entry...

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  • Type in an entry on the Title line representing an identifying name to the service/site password you are creating.
  • Type in your username for the service/site you are creating an entry for.
  • You can keep the (automatically) generated and use it as your password for the service/site, or you can type-in whatever password you may already have.
  • In the URL line, type in the website's login portal URL.
  • In the Notes section, type in any additional information you may need to associate with the entry you are creating (eg., challenge questions and answers)
  • Click on OK.

Use entries

  •  After you have logged in to Keepass, scroll through the list of entries on your database, and double-click on the entry you would like to get a password for.

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  • The password for the service/site will be initially masked, clik on the Image Added icon to reveal the password
  • Any additional notes you have made on the entry will also be available for you, should you need the information.
  • Click on OK when done. 

Save the password database

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