diff --git a/_articles/importing/import-from-chrome.md b/_articles/importing/import-from-chrome.md index 725b9e3e..7a7f57ea 100644 --- a/_articles/importing/import-from-chrome.md +++ b/_articles/importing/import-from-chrome.md @@ -7,4 +7,30 @@ popular: false tags: [import, chrome, opera, vivaldi] --- -Unfortunately Google has removed the ability to export passwords from Chrome. However, it is suppose to be returning in Chrome 63. You can read more about it in [this topic](https://productforums.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!topic/chrome/99KZmH2DRrA){:target="blank"} on their user forums. We will update this documentation if/when it returns. +Importing your data from Google Chrome into bitwarden is easy. + +{% note %} +The process is exactly the same for Opera and Vivaldi browser users. +{% endnote %} + +## Export your Chrome passwords + +1. Open Chrome and enter `chrome://flags/#password-import-export` into the address bar and press enter. This will open the Chrome system flags page. +2. Look for the "Password import and export" option and change the dropdown option to "Enabled". +3. A prompt will pop up from the bottom asking you to "Relaunch Now". Click the button to restart the browser so that the changes can take effect. +4. After relaunching the browser, enter `chrome://settings/passwords` into the address bar and press enter. This will open a page with all your "Saved Passwords" for Chrome. +5. Locate the "Import" and "Export" buttons at the top of the "Saved Passwords" list. +6. Click the "Export" button. You may be prompted to enter your computer's password for authorization. +7. You'll then be prompted to save your passwords to a [CSV][csv] file on your computer. Save this file to your desktop as `chrome_passwords.csv`. + +## Import your passwords into bitwarden + +1. Go to the [bitwarden web vault][bitwarden-vault] and log in. +2. Navigate to "Tools" > "Import". +3. Select "Chrome (csv)" as the file format and select your `chrome_passwords.csv` file from the desktop that you created in step 7 above. +4. Click the "Import" button. + +Congratulations! You have just transferred all of your data from Google Chrome into bitwarden. + +[csv]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values +[bitwarden-vault]: https://vault.bitwarden.com