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Emergency Access enables users to designate and manage trusted emergency contacts, who may request access to their Vault with a configurable level of permissions.
{% callout info %}
Emergency Access is available for Premium users, including members of Paid Organizations (Families, Teams, or Enterprise).
{% endcallout %}
## How it Works
Emergency Access uses public key exchange and encryption/decryption to allow users to give a [trusted emergency contact](#trusted-emergency-contacts) permission to [access Vault data](#user-access) in a Zero Knowledge/Zero Trust environment:
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{% callout success %}As a grantor, you may revoke access to a grantee with **View** access at any time.{% endcallout %}
- **Takeover**: When an emergency access request is granted, this user can create a Master Password for permanent read/write access to your Vault (this will **replace** your previous Master Password).
Takeover disables any [Two-step Login Methods]({% link _articles/two-step-login/setup-two-step-login.md %}) enabled for the account, but **will not** sidestep SSO if the [Single Sign-On Authentication policy](https://bitwarden.com/help/article/policies/#single-sign-on-authentication) is enabled by a grantor's Organization.
## Using Emergency Access
The following sections will walk you through establishing a trusted emergency contact, and executing on emergency access: