Chrome offers built-in password manager tool to save your passwords when you login to websites. Once saved, Chrome will autofill the passwords on login and registration forms whenever you open the website. In our earlier article, we have explained how to view and delete the saved passwords in Chrome browser. However, many users asked us how to bulk download all the passwords and upload back again. Therefore, in this article let us discuss about downloading all saved passwords from Chrome in a CSV file and uploading multiple passwords back to the browser. Show We have covered the following topics in this article.
1. Why You Need to Download Passwords?Google Chrome’s autofill feature helps to avoid searching for passwords every time you login to websites. However, what if you want to have a backup of them. There could be many situations you need to backup the passwords:
If you found that your passwords are compromised with Chrome Safety Check feature or you want to update them on bulk then it’s a good idea you download or export all passwords in Excel or CSV format. You can modify the passwords and import them back into Chrome with the new passwords. 2. Export Passwords from ChromeIt’s just a simple process of activating the export button in Chrome and after that export your saved passwords in a CSV file to local computer. Follow the steps given below:
3. Export Password Option Not AvailableExport passwords option was not part of Chrome versions lower than 69. However, it is a default feature in latest Chrome versions. Don’t worry, if you don’t see the “Export passwords” option in Chrome password manager. You can enable it by using Chrome experimental features. Go to “chrome://flags” command URL and search for “Password export” flag. Enable it and relaunch the browser to see the password export option is available in the settings page. Enable Export Password Flag4. Caution with Password DownloadRemember anyone having administrator access to your PC or Mac can download the passwords from Chrome. So, when you found someone stole your credentials, the first step you should do is to change your admin password. Then you can change the passwords in Chrome by downloading the CSV file and upload back with new passwords. Also understand that the CSV file is not password protected. This means anyone can open and get the passwords details that you have stored in Chrome. We strongly recommend to delete the CSV file after the purpose is resolved. Viewing Chrome Password CSV File5. Enable Password Import in ChromeYou can directly modify the passwords in the CSV file and import back to Chrome. However, by default Chrome disabled this password import option and you need to enable it from flags section or from command line. This is an aannoying part as other browsers like Edge, Safari and Firefox offers importing passwords in bulk from a file or from another browser.
Related: How to launch Chrome by default in incognito mode? 5.1. Enable Password Import from Command LineInstead of using a flag, you can also enable password import in Chrome from command line interface. If you are on Windows, first find the location of Chrome installation folder. By default, it should be either C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application or C:\Program Files (x86) Chrome\Application. Copy the folder path from the File Explorer address bar. Find Chrome Applicaption FolderNow, go to Command Prompt, type CD and paste the path of your Chrome application folder. Press enter to simply change the directory to your Chrome application folder. Now, type the following command and press enter.
It should look like below in the Command Prompt. Go to Application FolderThis will relaunch your Chrome browser and go to settings page to confirm “Import” option is enabled against “Saved Passwords”. Import Option EnabledIf you are using Mac, open terminal and type the following command. Press enter and Chrome will relaunch with the “Import” option enabled.
Note: You can disable password import again by using the -disable-features=PasswordImport parameter in the above Windows and Mac commands. 6. Importing Passwords Back to ChromeNow go back to Chrome password manager under the settings URL “chrome://settings/passwords”. Click on the three dots button against “Saved Passwords”. You will see an additional option “Import” added there. Import Password in ChromeClick on the “Import” option and select the modified CSV file containing all your passwords. Chrome password manager will update all the passwords from the CSV file to the browser. Remember, file upload will overwrite any existing entries with the same username and password for the particular website. Note that Google may remove the experimental flags with the release of new version. There are no easy options to downgrade Chrome to lower versions as Google does not allow distributing the earlier versions. You can also disable auto updating in Chrome so that you will not loose any features with the later updates. ConclusionWe hope you have learnt how to import and export passwords in Chrome with default password manager. There are also many extensions for doing this stuff. Whether you do it on your own or use extensions, we strongly recommend to keep all the passwords safe and secure to protect your data. How do I manually import passwords to Chrome?Step 2: Import passwords. Go to passwords.google.com.. In the top right, select Settings Import. Select File.. Choose your file.. Select Import.. Why can't I import passwords into Chrome?Chrome supports password importing using CSV files. For this, it requires you to enable the password import feature either using a Chrome flag or by running a command in the CLI. Once enabled, you can easily import your existing passwords from any web browser or password manager into Chrome.
Can I import passwords into Chrome from CSV?Navigate to the Saved Passwords section and click the three-dot icon to the far right. Then, select Import. Find and select the CSV file that you wish to import. Click Open.
How do I export passwords from Chrome without an account?Open Google Chrome and go to Settings. Open Autofill tab and select Passwords. Then, click on the three dots icon on the right side above the Saved Passwords list and select 'Export passwords...'. Enter your computer's password to export the passwords.
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