And that hiding place should be know by your next of kin.
And every computer, tablet and smart phone MUST be set to used a password/passcode as a backup to any biometric unlock system.
This information should be Page 1 in your Password Bible.
Page 2 : Email accounts and their passwords.
Page 3 : Details of which email address/phone number/bank account are linked to each utility company.
Just for a moment, as I read the title too quickly âŚ
While that somewhat goes against traditional security advice, yes, this is sensible for âordinaryâ people without a pet IT dept. As long as the book(s) well hidden.
No intruder would be able to find anything in our house - even we canât 
I certainly agree that all Bibles should be locked away religion only seems to serve its leaders - thankfully concerning passwords things have moved on.
Complex passwords make things more secure but ideally need to be stored automatically as you donât want to have to type them.
I donât have exactly that, but I have a list of passwords in a note-taking app. I rarely use it: Iâm far more likely to reset the password if I forget.
In fact,
I agree a list presents negligible risk for ordinary people like us, but the best solution (in my opinion) is to use a password manager and - if you like - give the access details of that to your NoK. Security of access, unique and complex passwords, simplicity of operation: I love a password manager.
I hate them but then I do like to retain control of these sorts of things myself, and tend not to trust software completely unless weâve written it ourselves and even then there are backups everywhere!
Electronically stored/protected/managed passwords are great, IF the folks that have to pick up the pieces when youâre gone can access the device theyâre all stored on IF it survived whatever event took you out.
Couldnât agree moreâŚ
Wasnât this something Lastpass used to be recommended to take care of?
Very likely.
The issue is that thereâs a load of folks that find technology bafflingly terrifying.
Exactly.
LastPass, NordPass or ProtonPass are all excellent password managers, and very simple and secure in operation.
You have to remember only one password - ideally a phrase - which logs you in to the password manager; the password manager does the rest. You have an extension which works with your browser, inserting user name and password each time.
I have the 1Password family plan, and you can share passwords with family members, so I have a category which includes every account that will need to be dealt with after I die and that category is shared with our daughters.
Obviously you need to be able to trust your family while youâre still living.
Glad Iâm not alone in this !
I keep looking at the vast piles of paper and thinking âoh sh!tâ before quickly looking at something else
If nothing else, having everything important in clearly marked folders and let the folks who might have to deal with them know where theyâre kept.
Iâm beginning to sound like I have shares in Proton, but I just had an email from them about âEmergency Accessâ, which allows you to âensure the people you trust can securely access it if something unexpected happensâ.
Itâs like an automated version of what weâve been talking about. It may be worth a look. You can get a free basic Proton account and play around with the features to see if it suits you.
We have exactly that, a little book with them all in.
However, if anyone found it (itâs in plain sight) it would do them no good as the first and last three letters / digits are the same for all passwords and are not written down, invisible, these are known only to us and a copy with our children.
So the password âI love flapjacksâ is exactly what it sounds like, gobbledygook 
One needs to imagine a scenario where not only have you died, but your phone and laptop have both been destroyed when the house caught fire or your car plunged into a river. Not a nice thing to think about but it happens.
So now, whoever has to pick up the pieces of your life, needs to access your online accounts for utility companies, banks, insurers etc and they need to do it from a different device. So please follow the advice from @NotALot and do it NOW.
Death comes to us all, and it can be very unexpected, so please do all that you can to make life easier for those who will have to sort things out afterwards. Remember that none of us are exempt.
Good advice.
For the last ten years or more I have one spreadsheet. password protected that lives in the cloud and is accessible by my wife and daughter. If I popped my clogs suddenly they have everything, everything about my life, general information, finances, passwords - internet accounts, software - hardware - networks -etc. etc, userids, Government, tax, you name it, that they need to sort things out. I am very disciplined about keeping it up to date.
Especially as one of the harsh realities of getting older is one does need to keep this sort of record.
Now where was I, oh yesâŚ
I donât use a password manager because I donât trust any of them not to go out of business. If Apple or Microsoft introduced one (and I donât mean the trivial browser autologin stuff) Iâd consider it. But 1Password or NordVPN could go broke tomorrow IMO. And then you are up the swannee.