Are you going to be away from your device for a while? Consider locking your passwords. Do you need your passwords on different devices? You should sync Frontier Secure PWD.
Lock Frontier Secure PWD
On your computer:
- Open Frontier Secure PWD. If it prompts you to enter your master password, it is already locked.
- Otherwise, select Lock in the left-hand side menu.
On your mobile device:
- Tap
and
to lock.
To unlock Frontier Secure PWD on any device, launch Frontier Secure PWD and enter your master password.
Note: Frontier Secure PWD does not have access to your master password. Only you know your master password, so keep it safe.
Frontier Secure PWD has an auto-lock feature for more security. By default, Frontier Secure PWD locks itself after five minutes of inactivity. You can change the amount of time before it automatically locks to: 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 10 hours, or 1 week.
To change auto-lock interval on your desktop:
- Open Frontier Secure PWD and enter your master password if prompted.
- Go to Settings in the left-hand menu.
- Click the General tab.
- Choose your preferred amount of time in the Automatically lock after drop-down menu.
Sync Frontier Secure PWD
Wouldn't you like to access your secured passwords from any of your devices? All you need to do is sync Frontier secure PWD.
Important: If you install Frontier Secure PWD only on your mobile device and need to do a factory reset, all your Frontier Secure PWD data will be wiped from the device. There is no way to get the data back.
On your computer:
- Launch Frontier Secure PWD and enter your master password if prompted.
- Go to Connect Devices in the left-hand side menu.
- Under Generate synchronization code, a sync code appears.
- Now get the device you want to sync with:
- If syncing to a mobile device, tap the menu icon, then Connect devices > Code; or
- If syncing to another desktop computer, go to Connect devices > Enter synchronization code.
- Enter the sync code from step 3 where prompted.
- Tap or click the Connect button.
- Enter your master password.
- Once synchronization is successful, tap Confirm if syncing to a mobile, or click OK if syncing to a desktop.
On your mobile device:
- Go to Connect devices, and the sync code automatically appears at the bottom of your screen.
- On the device you want to sync to, go to:
- Connect devices > Code if syncing to a mobile; or,
- Connect devices, and click Enter synchronization code if syncing to another desktop computer.
- Enter your sync code from step 2.
- Tap or click the Connect button
- Enter a master password.
Note: If you have different master passwords for Frontier Secure PWD on your devices, you'll be prompted to enter the master password for your Premium device. - When the sync is complete, tap Confirm (on mobile) or click OK (on a computer).
Note: Your sync code changes every minute. If the sync doesn't work, try again with a new code.