Short answer: export your passwords from your old browser or password manager as a .csv file. Then, in Chrome on a computer, open the menu (three dots, top right) and select Passwords and autofill > Google Password Manager > Settings. Under Import passwords, select Select file and choose the .csv file. Delete the file when you’re done. These steps follow Google’s help on importing passwords.
Step 1: Export from your old app as a .csv file
Google Password Manager only imports passwords in the .csv format. How you get that file depends on where your passwords are now, so follow that app’s own help. Google’s import page links to the export steps for Edge, Safari, 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane and LastPass.
Before importing, open the file and check the first line. Google says it should include the column names url, username and password. If they are missing, add them to the first line.
Step 2: Import the file into Chrome
- Open Chrome on your computer.
- 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.
- Under Import passwords, select Select file.
- Choose your .csv file.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to finish.
Limits from Google’s help: you can import 3,000 passwords at a time, so split a bigger file into several .csv files and import them one by one. A Google Account holds up to 10,000 passwords.
Step 3: Delete the .csv file
The file holds every password in plain text. Google warns that if you don’t delete it, anyone who uses the device can open it and get your passwords. Delete it, and empty the Recycle Bin or Trash too.
After the import
- Can’t find a password you imported? Google says site and app names don’t always land in the right field. Search for the site or app name in the search box in Google Password Manager.
- Check them: select Checkup on the left of Google Password Manager to find imported passwords that were leaked in a data breach or are easy to guess. Our Password Checkup guide explains the results.
- Use them on your phone: passwords saved to your Google Account are available wherever you sign in to Chrome with that account, including the Chrome app on Android and iPhone and iPad.
Other ways passwords get into Chrome
- From another browser on the same computer: Chrome’s menu has Bookmarks and lists > Import bookmarks and settings. Google says that depending on the browser, the settings it brings over can include saved passwords (Google: import bookmarks and settings).
- Passwords saved on this device while you were signed out: they are stored only on that device. Google says you can always move them into your Google Account. Sign in to Chrome, select your profile picture at the top right, then the Save … items in account option. Choose what to save and select Save in account (Google: save existing info in your account).
Going the other way
To get your passwords out of Chrome, for example to move them into another password manager, see how to export passwords from Chrome.