Password & Account Log
Keep your logins in one place, on paper, off the cloud.
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What's inside
- 32 rows for website, username, password and notes
- Recovery details and security question section
- Minimalist layout that prints cleanly in black and white
Details
- Instant digital download
- A4 and US Letter both included
- Undated and reusable
Who it's for
For the household where the passwords live on a phone note, a sticky note under the keyboard, or in one person's head. Paper is not a replacement for a password manager on your own devices — it is what covers the cases a manager does not: the accounts a partner needs if you are in hospital, the router and alarm codes, the recovery questions no app stores properly, the logins for a parent who will never use an app. Kept in a drawer at home, a written log is offline and therefore immune to the breach that leaks a hundred million records.
How to use it
- Start with the accounts someone else would need in an emergency: bank, phone provider, email, insurance, utilities.
- Write the recovery details as well as the password. Recovery questions and backup email addresses are what actually locks people out.
- Store it where you would store a passport — a drawer at home, not a bag that travels.
- Update it when you change an important password, and cross out rather than erase so you can see what changed.
- Tell one trusted person where it is. A log nobody can find helps nobody.
Questions
Isn't writing passwords down unsafe?
It depends on your threat. Written passwords are immune to phishing, breaches and malware, and vulnerable to someone in your house. For most households the realistic risk is the remote one, which is why security guidance has softened on paper for home use — provided the book stays at home and not in a laptop bag.
Should I use this instead of a password manager?
No — use both. A manager for everyday logins on your devices, and paper for the emergency set: what a partner or executor would need, plus the codes no manager holds, like the alarm and the router. They cover different failures.
How many accounts does it hold?
Thirty-two rows per sheet, plus a recovery and security-question section. Print several copies if you need more, and keep them in the same place — a log split between two drawers is the start of the problem it was meant to solve.
This is a digital product — nothing is shipped. Files are available to download immediately after checkout.