• 👉 Google Inactive Account Manager

Quick tip:

• Set inactivity period (3–18 months or more)
• Add trusted contacts and choose what data they receive
• Optionally auto-delete your account

• 👉 (Use in-page help link or search: “Facebook legacy contact settings”)
• This link may work:
  • Facebook Account Center

Quick tip:

• Choose a Legacy Contact to manage your memorialized account
• They can post updates, manage tributes, and update profile settings
• They cannot log in or read private messages

• 👉 Instagram Memorialization Request Form

Quick tip:

• No true “legacy login” feature
• Accounts can be memorialized or deleted upon request
• Option to allow legacy contact to download personal data OR NOT
• Requires proof of death (e.g., obituary)

• 👉 Info available at: Microsoft Account Access After Death

Quick tip:

• NOTE: No pre-configured legacy access
• Access may require legal process (e.g., court order/subpoena)
• Plan ahead—don’t rely on recovery later

• 👉 Amazon Help (search: “close account of deceased user”)

Quick tip:

• No legacy feature
• Executors must contact support and provide documentation
• Plan for password and 2FA access by Authorized Decision-Maker

Use something that is:

• Long (at least 12–16 characters)
• Easy for you to remember, hard for others to guess

✅ Example approach:

• Combine random words: Maple Bridge Ocean Coffee! (only an example; use your own words)

❌ Avoid:

• Personal info (birthdays, names)
• Reusing any existing password

💡 Consider writing your master password down and storing it in a secure physical location (like a safe), as described in the book The Digital Legacy Tree: Ensuring your loved ones have access to what they need when you’re gone.

To make it easy to use daily:

• On your computer: install the browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc.)
• On your phone: install the Bitwarden app from the App Store or Google Play

1. Log in with your email and master password
2. You’re now ready to start saving passwords

The next time you log in to a website:

1. Enter your username and password as usual
2. Bitwarden will prompt: “Save this login?”
3. Click Yes

✅ That’s it—Bitwarden will remember it for you

Next time you visit that site and see the fields for entering your username and password on the login page:

1. Click the Bitwarden icon in your browser (or you may see the entry pop up when you click in the login fields, which you can click on)
2. If the field doesn't fill in or pop up automatically, look for the saved login, and click the Fill link in the record that matches the website

✅ No more typing or remembering passwords

Start adding your passwords to the passwod manager gradually:

1. Visit an important account (email, bank, etc.)
2. Enter the password
3. Use the password manager's password save feature to store it
4. If you want, you can use the site's "change password" or "forgot password" feature to change the password and save it in the password manager
5. Password managers can also generate strong random passwords for each site and store them, so you don't need to remember them
6. Save it when prompted

✅ Focus on your most important accounts first

This adds an extra layer of protection:

1. In Bitwarden, go to Settings → Security → Two-step login
2. Follow the steps to link an authenticator app or email code

✅ Once activated, even if someone gets your password manager's master password, they would need to also have the code provided on your device, which only you should have

When you enable two-step login, Bitwarden provides backup codes you can use if you lose access to your phone or authentication app. You will still need your password, but will not need the 2FA code from your device.

1. After setting up two-step login, look for Recovery Code or Backup Codes
2. Copy or download the codes provided
3. Store them in a safe, offline location:
   • Printed and kept with important documents
   • Stored in a secure physical file or safe

✅ Keep these separate from your devices

⚠️ Anyone with these codes can access your vault if they have your Bitwarden password, so treat them with the same security as you would a password.

Make sure someone you trust can access your digital life if needed:

• Write down:
  • Your Bitwarden email
  • Where your master password is stored (not the password itself)
• Keep this with your important documents

💡 This step is  key part of your Digital Legacy Tree planning process, if you are following the book's methodology

• Let Bitwarden remember passwords for you
• Use it whenever you log in
• Add new accounts as you go

✅ You don’t need to store everything at once—just start