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Importing passwords from Chrome and Chromium Based Browsers

Learn how to easily import passwords from Chrome into another browser.

Written by Owen Parry

Updated at October 30th, 2024

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Exporting your passwords from Chrome/Chromium-based browsers Importing your passwords into Password Boss

Password Boss can import your passwords from Chrome (and other Chromium-based browsers like Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and others). You will first need to export the passwords from the browser and then import them into Password Boss.
 

Exporting your passwords from Chrome/Chromium-based browsers


Chrome

  1. Open Chrome. and Click the menu iconmceclip1.png Near the address bar select Settings.
     
  2. Click Autofill and Passwords, then click on the Google Password Manager to open the password manager in a new tab (or click the link chrome://password-manager/passwords).
     
  3. Click Settings on the left menu, then Download file in the Export Passwords section. 


     
  4. When prompted, enter your password to log in to your computer.
     
  5. Save the file to your desktop.
 
 

Edge

  1. Open Edge. and Click the menu icon near the address bar select Settings.
     
  2. Under Profiles, find the Microsoft Wallet Click Passwords, that will open the password page (or click the link edge://wallet/passwords from within the Edge browser).
     
  3. Click on the top of the passwords page, then Export Passwords in the menu. 


     
  4. When prompted, enter your password to log in to your computer.
     
  5. Save the file to your desktop.
 
 

Brave

  1. Open Brave. and Click the menu icon Near the address bar select Settings.
     
  2. Click Autofill and Passwords, then click on the Password Manager to open the password manager in a new tab (or click the link brave://password-manager/settings from within your Brave browser).
     
  3. Click Settings on the left menu, then Download file in the Export Passwords section. 


     
  4. When prompted, enter your password to log in to your computer.
     
  5. Save the file to your desktop.
 
 

Vivaldi

  1. Open Vivaldi. and on the left panel, click the settings icon Near the bottom left corner of the browser. Open the panel with the toggle button near the upper left of the address bar if you do not see the option for the settings.
     
  2. Click Privacy and Security, then scroll until you find the Passwords Section.
     
  3. Click Export Passwords in the Passwords Section, then Download file in the Export Passwords section. 


     
  4. When prompted, enter your password to log in to your computer.
     
  5. Save the file to your desktop.

 Alternatively, you can also click the link vivaldi:password-manager/settings from within the Vivaldi browser and click on the Download file


 

 
 

 

Now that you have the CSV Export file follow the instructions below to import them into Password Boss, depending on your version.

 

Importing your passwords into Password Boss


Desktop

  1. Open Password Boss and from the File menu, click Import Passwords->From File.
     
  1. In the "Select the application to import data from" select Chrome for Chrome, Edge, Virvaldi, and Brave. 
     
  2. In the second box, click the 3-dots button and select the file containing your exported passwords.

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  3. Click Next.
     
  4. For business users, select the profile to which you want to import the passwords.
     
  5. Click Import.
     
  6. Be sure to delete your exported file after you have finished importing your passwords.

WebApp

1. Log into Password Boss at https://app.passwordboss.com.

2. Click Menu, Import Passwords, and choose From CSV file. 



3. Choose the CSV file that's located on your computer that you exported from Chrome and click Next.

4. The next screen will display the data from the Chrome CSV file. The first row should be your Header, click the first column and select Header. If you want to change the profile items get imported to, change that on the first column. Leave the second colmum as Password (Website). 

 

5. On the next screen, you will match the header fields with the data types. Click the first drop-down box and select Name. Repeat the process for the remaining columns until you have matched all of the fields. Once completed, click Next to complete the import.

 

 
 

 

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