Short answer: on a computer, open the Chrome menu (three dots, top right) and select Passwords and autofill > Google Password Manager. Select Settings on the left, then next to Export passwords select Download file. Chrome saves all your passwords in one .csv file. These steps follow Google’s help on importing and exporting passwords.
Before you start: the file is not protected. Every password in it can be read by anyone who opens it. Google warns that if you leave a password file on a device, anyone who uses that device can open it and get your passwords. Move it to where it is going, then delete it.
On a computer
- Open Chrome.
- At the top right, select the three-dot menu, then Passwords and autofill > Google Password Manager. Or paste this into the address bar:
chrome://password-manager - On the left, select Settings.
- Scroll to Export passwords and select Download file.
On Android
- Open the Chrome app.
- Tap the three-dot menu, then Settings > Autofill and passwords > Google Password Manager.
- Tap Settings, then Export passwords.
Source: Google’s help for Chrome on Android.
On iPhone and iPad
- Open the Chrome app.
- Tap the three-dot menu, then Settings > Autofill and passwords > Password Manager.
- Tap Settings, then Export data.
Source: Google’s help for Chrome on iPhone and iPad.
What to do with the file
- Moving to another password manager: use that app’s import option and choose the .csv file. Each app has its own steps in its help pages. If you are still choosing one, see password manager extensions for Chrome.
- Keeping a copy before a big change: Google suggests exporting before you change or remove a sync passphrase, because that deletes the passwords stored in your Google Account, and then importing them again afterwards (Google: passphrases). Do the same before you use Delete all Google Password Manager data.
- Putting them back into Chrome later: see how to import passwords into Chrome.
When you are done, delete the .csv file, and empty the Recycle Bin or Trash so it is really gone.
Only need one password?
You don’t have to export to look up a single password. See how to view saved passwords in Chrome.