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How to Export And Import Saved Passwords in Google Chrome

Follow this step-by-step method to quickly migrate your saved passwords from one Google account to another. You'll use these instructions to turn on hidden features in Google Chrome to export your saved passwords from your old account and then import those saved passwords to your new account.

Now, let's get started!

Step 1. Turn on the hidden Google Chrome feature to import saved passwords from your old account

  1. On your computer, open your Google Chrome browser.

  2. At the top right of Chrome click the button with your name and select the person or profile of the account you want to export your saved passwords from.

    Select the Chrome account you want to export passwords from
    Select your source profile

  3. Copy and paste this address into Chrome's address bar and hit enter: chrome://flags/#PasswordExport.

    Paste chrome://flags/#PasswordExport into the URL bar
    Access the password export menu

  4. On the screen you'll see that you've navigated to the experimental "flags" area of Google Chrome.

    Find the pasword export settings
    Review the password export page

  5. Click on the drop-down box in the Password Export row and select Enabled.

    Select Enabled from the drop-down menu
    Enable password export

  6. Now that you've "Enabled" this hidden feature, you'll need to relaunch Google Chrome so that it will work. Either click the RELAUNCH NOW button or quit Google Chrome on your computer and relaunch it.

    Restart Chrome to enable Password export
    Relaunch Chrome

Step 2. Export your saved passwords to your computer

  1. After your Google Chrome browser relaunches, use the same person or profile you used to turn on the hidden export feature and navigate to (copy/paste this in a new tab): chrome://settings/passwords.
    Chrome settings passwords
    Navigate to the password settings
  2. Look to the right of the section titled "saved passwords" and click the vertical ellipse ( ⋮ ) to expose the option to "Export passwords…"
    Chrome settings passwords
    Expose the "Export passwords" menu
  3. In the exposed menu, click Export passwords…
    Drop-down export passwords
    Select "Export passwords"
  4. …and then click the Export passwords… button.
    Export Passwords dialog button
    The "Export passwords" button
  5. Your operating system might ask for permission for Chrome to export. If it does, type in your password to give Chrome permission:
    Export Passwords operating system dialog permission
    Enter your password
  6. Now, name your export file something meaningful so that you'll remember it, and then save the file to your computer in a place where you can easily find it later (like your Desktop).
    Save as system dialog export chrome passwords
    Name your password export
  7. Ok! You've got your saved passwords exported… Now, it's time to import them to your new account.

Step 3. Turn on the hidden Google Chrome feature to import your saved passwords to your new account

  1. Now switch to the person or profile of the new account where you want to import your saved passwords to.

    Select the Chrome account you want to export passwords to
    Select your destination profile

  2. Copy and paste this address into Chrome's address bar and hit enter: chrome://flags/#PasswordImport.

    Paste chrome://flags/#PasswordImport into the URL bar
    Access the password import menu

  3. On the screen, you'll see that you've navigated to the experimental "flags" area of Google Chrome.

    Find the pasword export settings
    Review the password import page

  4. Click on the drop-down box in the Password Export row and select Enabled.

    Select Enabled from the drop-down menu
    Enable password import

  5. Now that you've "Enabled" this hidden feature, you'll need to relaunch Google Chrome again so that it will work. Click the RELAUNCH NOW button OR quit Google Chrome on your computer and relaunch it.

    Restart Chrome to enable Password import
    Relaunch Chrome

Step 4. Import your saved passwords to your new account

  1. After your Google Chrome browser relaunches, use the same person or profile you used to turn on the hidden import feature and navigate to (copy/paste this in a new tab): chrome://settings/passwords.
    Chrome settings passwords
    Navigate to the passwords settings page
  2. Look to the right of the section titled "saved passwords" and click the vertical ellipse ( ⋮ ) to expose the option to import.
    Chrome settings passwords
    Expose the password import option
  3. In the exposed menu, click Import.
    Drop-down import passwords
    The "Import" button
  4. Find and choose the saved passwords file you exported earlier.
    Import Passwords system dialog
    Select the downloaded file
  5. Click the button to open that file, and almost immediately, you'll see your saved passwords appear in your new account.
    Import passwords results
    Review the results
  6. Ok, you're almost done! There's one more big thing to do to protect your security and privacy.

Step 5. Delete your saved passwords export file

Your saved passwords export file contains your private, personal information. You'll absolutely want to permanently and securely delete that file so that nobody could ever find it. To do so:

  1. Locate the file on your computer.
  2. Delete the file to your Trash.
  3. Go into your Trash and permanently delete it. Be sure to use a secure deletion method.

Great job, you did it! Now, you can leap forward to your new account without losing all of your important saved passwords in Chrome.

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