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If you already have some of your passwords saved to your Google account, you will see them here.

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Let’s see how to import passwords to Chrome using Google password manager. Once you have the CSV file with all your username and password credentials from any other password manager, you are ready to go. Once you have it, here is how you can import passwords to Google Chrome from third-party managers.

Import Passwords to Chrome Using Google Password Managerīefore we get to importing passwords, you’ll need to export your passwords into a CSV file from your current password manager.

Import Passwords to Chrome Directly on Desktop.

Import Passwords to Chrome Using Google Password Manager.

Remember, file upload will overwrite any existing entries with the same username and password for the particular website.

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Now Chrome password manager will update all the passwords from the CSV file to the browser.

Click on the “Import” option and select the modified CSV file containing all your passwords.

You will see an additional option “Import” added there. Click on the three dots button against “Saved Passwords”.

Now go back to Chrome password manager under the settings URL “chrome://settings/passwords”.

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Choose “Enabled” from the dropdown and relaunch the browser.

You will see a “Password import” flag showing with “Default” option indicating it is disabled on the browser (or you may see “Disabled”).

Go to “chrome://flags” and search for “password import” flag.

First close all other browser sessions as you need to relaunch the browser.

However, by default Chrome disabled this password import option and you need to enable it from the Chrome flags section. You can directly modify the passwords in the CSV file and import back to Chrome.

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Open it with Microsoft Excel on Windows or with Apple Numbers on Mac to see all your usernames and passwords stored in Chrome. Now that you have the CSV file saved on your PC.If required, change the file name and choose the destination folder you want to save on your computer. By default, Chrome will assign the file name as “Chrome Passwords” and the file format will in comma-separated values (CSV).

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This essentially means anyone having the administrator password of your computer can download all your passwords from Chrome browser. This is the only security Chrome has to protect your passwords.

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You need to enter the administrator password of your PC or Mac in order to export passwords from Chrome.

Chrome will show you an export passwords prompt and click on “Export Passwords” button.

You will see a “Export Passwords…” button and click on it.

Now, click on the three dot buttons against “Saved Passwords” option.

You can also use the command URL “chrome://settings/passwords” directly on the Chrome address bar to go to password management section.

This will take you to the Chrome password manager.

Click on the “Manage passwords” option under “Autofill” section.

Go to “chrome://settings” URL on the address bar.

Any user who has access to this file will be able to access all of our passwords. Browsers export a plain text file (CSV) to us, inside which are the URLs of the websites, the user and the password. The export function of web browsers saves all our passwords in plain text, without encryption. Important!!! Before continuing, we must make one thing very clear. It’s just a simple process of activating the export button in Chrome and after that, you can then export your saved passwords in a CSV file to the local computer.

If you found that your passwords are compromised or you want to update them in bulk.

Wanted to modify the new passwords in bulk and re-upload them into Chrome.

Changing, reinstalling or updating the operating system.

You are moving from one laptop to another.There could be many situations you need to backup the passwords: However, what if you want to have a backup of your chrome passwords. The ability to save your username and passwords in Google Chrome is a brilliant time saver and a convenient feature to save you the hassle of remembering all of your account details to the websites you need to access.

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