How to Import or Export Google Chrome Passwords to a File

Here’s a quick tip on how to import and export saved credentials in Google Chrome from/to a CSV file.

Export Chrome Passwords to a CSV file

  1. Open Google Chrome and open Settings.
  2. Under “Autofill”, click “Passwords”.
  3. Click the “More actions” kebab menu icon (denoted by three vertical dots) near the “Saved Passwords” section.
    chrome export passwords to csv
  4. Click Export passwords…
  5. Type your Windows user account password.
    chrome import export passwords
  6. Mention the file name to export the saved passwords. That passwords will be written to a CSV file in plain-text.

Import Chrome Passwords from a CSV file

You can import Chrome passwords from a CSV file. To do that, you’ll need to first enable a flag (experimental setting.)

Step 1: Enable the “Password import” feature

  1. Open the chrome://flags/#PasswordImport address in Chrome.
    chrome import passwords from csv - flags setting
  2. Set “Password import” to Enabled. This setting enables the import functionality in password settings.
  3. Close all instances of Google Chrome.

Enable the “Password import” feature via shortcut properties

Alternatively, you can add the switch “--enable-features=PasswordImport” in your Chrome shortcut properties in order to enable the password import feature. For example, if your Google Chrome shortcut has the following target:

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory=Default

Change that to:

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory=Default --enable-features=PasswordImport

Close all Chrome instances and start a new one. Then, proceed to “Step 2” below.

Step 2: Importing passwords from a file

  1. Open Google Chrome and open Settings.
  2. Under “Autofill”, click “Passwords”.
  3. Click the “More actions” kebab menu icon (denoted by three vertical dots) near the “Saved Passwords” section.
  4. Click Import and mention the CSV file that contains the passwords.
    chrome import passwords from csv
  5. Optionally, set the “Password import” flag back to Disabled.

(Last tested on Google Chrome version 87.0.4280.88.)

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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a consecutive ten-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the Windows Shell/Desktop Experience category, from 2003 to 2012. He loves to troubleshoot and write about Windows. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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