Bitwarden has been my favorite open-source password manager for years. Not only is it highly secure, but it's also user-friendly and available for all platforms (Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and web). Bitwarden has a number of tricks up its sleeve but there's one particular trick you might not even know you need or want.

That trick is the ability to clear the clipboard. You see, when you copy a password from Bitwarden it automatically copies to your desktop clipboard. Think about that for a second. Here's the scenario:

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1. Open Bitwarden.
2. Locate the password you need.
3. Copy password.
4. Paste the password as needed.
5. Step away from your desktop.
6. Someone sits at your desk.
7. That someone opens a clipboard manager to view the last password.
8. That same someone opens a document and hits Ctrl+v and pastes the password so they can view it.

Leaving those entries saved to the clipboard can lead to disaster. And if you have a clipboard manager on your desktop, someone could view a listing of all the passwords you've copied. Of course, the next challenge for that person would be to know what app or service each password is associated with