If you wish to import or export Chrome passwords in an Excel sheet, please read this article. People keep different passwords for different websites as a security measure. If the password was the same, then a single cyber hack would compromise all accounts. Now, this creates a problem of remembering passwords. Google Chrome solved this problem by allowing users to store the passwords on the local browser.
How to Export or Import passwords in Chrome browser
There are two methods to export and import passwords. The first one is through Google Chrome settings, and the second one is by using third-party tools.
Export or Import Chrome passwords using its settings
Google Chrome allows users to import and export passwords easily through Google Chrome settings.
The procedure to EXPORT Google Chrome passwords is as follows:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on your profile picture at the top-right corner.
- Now, click on the Key-shaped symbol. The symbol reads “Passwords” when you hover your mouse over it. You will be redirected to the Google Chrome Passwords settings page.
- In the Saved passwords section, click on the three dots on the right-hand side corresponding to Saved passwords.
- Click on Export passwords.
- Select Export passwords once again.
- Enter your PIN or Biometric identification.
- Choose the location at which you wish to save the CSV file of the passwords and click on Save.
The procedure to IMPORT Google Chrome passwords is as follows:
- Go to the Password settings page as explained earlier.
- Click on the three dots corresponding to Saved passwords.
- Select Import passwords.
- Click on Select file.
- Browse the CSV file and click on Open.
You should be aware that the passwords are written openly in the CSV file you download. Other than this, the CSV is not locked either. Thus, it is advisable to Delete the CSV file when it is not in use.
Read: How to backup Chrome Bookmarks, History, Passwords, Data, etc.
Import of Export passwords in Chrome using third-party tool
While the new update has made it very easy to Import and Export passwords as CSV files, third-party tools meant for password sharing have an even easier process. An additional benefit of these tools is that they help you keep the exported passwords safe. Other than these tools, you can also use Chromepass which is specifically designed for managing Google Chrome passwords.
You may also use this chrome-export-passwords tool from Github to make Chrome show all your passwords in a format ready to import in other browsers.
What to do if the option to Import or Export Google Chrome passwords is greyed out?
If the option to Import or Export option passwords is greyed out or disabled, you can enable it/them as follows:
- Open the link chrome://flags on the Google Chrome browser.
- Search for “passwords import” in the search bar.
- If the flag is Disabled, change it to Enabled.
- Restart the Google Chrome browser.
- Now, search for Password Manager in the same search bar.
- Enable the Password Manager flag too.
- Restart Google Chrome.
Why would I want to import or export passwords in Chrome?
Over time we log in to a lot of accounts and sometimes the number could run into the hundreds. Opening all these accounts again on another browser (Eg. Firefox or Edge) can be cumbersome. Thus, you can export the passwords from one browser and import them to another one. Other than this, you might want a backup of your passwords, and thus they can be stored locally in a CSV file.
Related reads:
- Import Passwords into Firefox browser from Chrome
- Import Bookmarks & Passwords into Chrome browser from Edge or Firefox
NOTE: Please read the comment by StefanB and Dig1Digger below.
thanks for the guide, really handy.
Thanks for your resourceful article. i have read from start to finish point. it was helpful for me.
I wish it would import but will not…
Don’t think I missed anything..
Thank’s in advance
Thank you SOOOOO much
Everything went ok, until the step for import export buttons, no such buttons in the Dutch version of Chrome version: 54.0.2840.99 m (32/64bit)
Many thanks
[SOLUTION] IMPORT / EXPLORT doesn’t show up?
1. Copy-paste this in the Chrome address bar and press enter: chrome://flags/#password-import-export
2. Activate
3. Restart Chrome
4. Copy-paste this in the Chrome address bar and press enter: chrome://settings/passwords
5. Export from one Chrome account
6. Import from the other Chrome account
Phew! Thanks for this guide!
Thanks!! Now it working!
I’ve scrolled down many times but I have no buttons. What’s the trick?
As StefanB mentioned above, copy-paste chrome://flags/#password-import-export in Chrome address bar and hit Enter.
Open chrome://settings/passwords and open console (F12) type document.getElementById(‘password-manager-import’).click() or document.getElementById(‘password-manager-export’).click() … enjoy us ;-)
Thank you for this helpful guide.
It didn’t work for me… :-(
doesnt work. the button did not show up. help please.
Doesn’t work for me either, despite enabling the flag. No buttons appear.
You can directly copy-paste the following in Chrome’s address bar and hit Enter to open Import/Export:
chrome://flags/#password-import-export
chrome://settings/passwords
Information is redundant now. There are no Export or Import buttons at the bottom when I do this (July 2017 Version 59.0.3071.115 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Things have changed in recent versions of Chrome browser. Now you need to directly copy-paste the following in Chrome’s address bar and hit Enter to open Import/Export or manage Passwords:
chrome://flags/#password-import-export
chrome://settings/passwords
Tried coping and pasting the below commands at least 10 times still no Import/Export buttons. Spent past 2 hrs in this, no use
chrome://flags/#password-import-export
chrome://settings/passwords
google disabled this option from latest 59 version. Not sure if there is a work around.
You dont see export button cause you have checked sync passwords with Google Cloud. Maybe this tool will help http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/chromepass.html
This is a fix to Import/Export not showing up :
1. Go to chrome://flags
2. ctrl+f search “material”
3. disabled all material design features
4. restart
5. the export button has now returned
Have fun!
1. Go to chrome://flags
2. ctrl+f search “material”
3. disabled all material design features
4. restart
5. the export button has now returned
Well, this was a waste of time. The promised buttons just aren’t there. I mean what’s the point in writing this “how to” anyway? Did you test it?
THIS DOES NOT WORK.
Hi, I too had the issue where ‘promised buttons’ didn’t appear even after the ‘material’ disable fix described above. I was about to try another method (console js, mentioned elsewhere) and the procedure there said to first navigate to chrome://settings-frame/passwords. When I did that the buttons were visible – so it would seem that for me using settings-frame rather than settings made a difference – for me it is repeatable. Posted just in case it works for others as well.
My chrome version: Version 59.0.3071.109 (Developer Build) Built on Ubuntu , running on LinuxMint 17 (32-bit)
This works perfectly. I was able to see the buttons and export passwords.
Thank you
FINALLY!!!! Thank you David Mellor!!!!
I guess I spoke to soon, the buttons are the and functional but it does not import my saved passwords…i go through all the steps and it acts like it works but nothing actually happens.
I only needed the export. However I have just tried the import facility by exporting, deleting an existing password record and then importing the exported file. Record was recovered, so working OK. If you’ve not already done something similar may be worth a try, as if this works for you, would seem to suggest the problem is with the csv file you are trying to import?
Thanks!
As I’m about to ditch chrome as my primary browser, I needed an easy way of dumping all the saved passwords for the various ‘non critical’ accounts on websites I’d registered with, all the other methods outlined above didn’t work, and I was about to do things the ‘hard way’ (cutting and pasting all the revealed/showed individual passwords from the normal password page)
The link you posted worked first time.
Doesn’t work, enable/disable very ambiguous
Access your passwords from any device at Passwords.google.com
no need to import export!
Gooooogleeeya you’re suck
dl: vbox, w7, install run w7, disable updates! create 2 users
user1: dl old version of chrome (57 worked for me), log to gmail account1, enable password i/e, export passwords to csv file
user2: dl old version of chrome (57 worked for me), log to gmail account2, enable password i/e, import passwords to csv file
Profit.
and why google disable it?
Not working for me
Export option is still not displaying. :(
Same problem here also.
In Chrome 65.x the import/export flags have changed to:
chrome://flags/#PasswordImport
chrome://flags/#PasswordExport
Select “Enabled” then close down ALL chrome windows and relaunch it, and you’ll be able to import/export your passwords into a file.
You must not value your privacy to allow google to store your passwords somewhere in the cloud, for malicious hackers to have fun with them.
But lots of other folks do. ;)
If you don’t wish to save your password online, here’s a simple method to import/export it to a file on a portable flash/thumb drive.
In Chrome 65.x the import/export flags have changed to:
chrome://flags/#PasswordImport
chrome://flags/#PasswordExport
Select “Enabled” then close down ALL chrome windows and relaunch it, and you’ll be able to import/export your passwords to a file on a portable flash/thumb drive.
This way it’s not out there for hackers to grab them. ;)
This does work. However, with the new version, the export/import buttons are in the the three dot tab under the save passwords to other devices section. Just took a minute to figure it out….
Use Ctrl+F to find the word Password in the list – there’s Import Passwords and Export Passwords about half way down. It has worked for me!
Thanks – I eventually figured this out in the end!