Although Chrome is a resource hog, it is still the king of desktop browsers. With a market share of 68%, Chrome is on its way to the top. While many are moving to the new Edge and privacy-focused Brave browser, I’m returning to Chrome for one simple reason, and it’s solid performance. It just works and works reliably well. So, if you’re also migrating to Chrome, you may want to import your saved passwords into Chrome for a smooth transition. To make things easy for you, we have prepared a detailed guide on how to import passwords from all major browsers like Firefox, Edge and Opera to Chrome. We also mentioned a way to seamlessly import passwords from a CSV file. Now having said all that, let’s move on to the steps.
Note: Safari doesn’t allow users to export passwords in any way because of iCloud Keychain encryption. It’s so effective that you can’t export Safari saved passwords to Chrome.
Transfer Passwords to Google Chrome in 2020
In this article, we talked about ways to import passwords from multiple sources to Google Chrome:
- Import Passwords from CSV
- Import Passwords from Firefox
- Import Passwords from Microsoft Edge and Opera
Feel free to move on to the section about your requirements. Having said that, shall we move on to the article?
Export Passwords from CSV to Chrome
First, we will learn how to import passwords from a CSV file into Chrome. This method works for all browsers (mostly Chromium based) that allow you to export passwords in CSV file format. Note that the Password Import feature in Chrome is still in testing, so Google did not enable this feature out of the box. To access the import option, you will need to enable a Chrome Flag this will allow you to import passwords from CSV files later on. Here’s how to do it.
Note: Update to the latest version of Chrome before searching for the flag. Open Chrome’s menu -> Help -> About Chrome -> Check for Updates.
1. Open chrome://flags In Chrome and search for: “password import”. Now, click the dropdown menu and enable it. Next, restart Chrome and the feature will be enabled.
2. Open now chrome://settings/passwords and click on the 3-dot menu. Here, “import“.
3. Finally, Select the CSV file containing all your saved passwords and click “Open”. You’re done. Now all passwords will be instantly migrated to Chrome.
Transfer Passwords from Firefox to Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox is not based on Chromium, but Has deep integration with Chrome. You can easily export passwords to Chrome using the native option. However, it only works if both browsers are installed on the same computer. If you want to export passwords saved in Firefox on one computer to Chrome installed on another computer, you will need to use a third-party offline application that creates the CSV file with one click. Here are the steps to follow.
1. If both browsers are installed on the same computer, open Chrome’s menu and Go to “Bookmarks”. Here, click on the “Import bookmarks and settings” option.
2. After that, Choose “Mozilla Firefox” Click “Import” from the drop-down menu. In seconds, all your passwords and other browsing data saved in Firefox will be transferred to Chrome.
3. If you are switch to a different machine then download FF Password Exporter from: GitHub. It’s completely free and available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Download the “portable” file to quickly convert it to a CSV file.
4. Now run the application and it will automatically detect Firefox’s user profile directory. Finally, Click “Export Passwords” and save the file as CSV. Once you’ve done that, follow the guide mentioned above on how to import passwords from CSV file into Chrome and you’ll be all set.
Transfer Passwords from Microsoft Edge and Opera to Google Chrome
1. Since both Microsoft Edge and Opera are based on Chromium, Interoperability with Chrome is pretty good and the steps are almost the same. just open edge://settings/passwords on the edge and opera://settings/passwords at the Opera. After that, click on the 3-dot menu and select “Export”. Now save the CSV file.
2. Then follow the instructions I mentioned in the section. first part of this article. Finally, all your saved passwords in Edge and Opera will be imported into Chrome exactly like this.
3. If you still using legacy Edge then unfortunately you cannot import passwords directly to Chrome. First of all, you need to sign in to the old Edge with your Microsoft account and then install Chromium Edge over the old Edge. All your passwords saved in the old Edge are automatically migrated to Chromium Edge. After that, you can easily migrate your passwords from step 1 of this section.
Seamlessly Switch to Chrome from Any Browser
This was about how to import passwords from other browsers to Chrome. We mentioned a step-by-step guide for all major browsers, including Firefox, the new Edge, Opera, and basically any browser that allows users to export saved passwords to a CSV file. However, Safari does not allow users to export passwords due to Keychain encryption. And Edge Legacy has incompatibility issues.
We’ll definitely let you know when we find a way to export saved passwords from Safari or Edge Legacy without using a third-party password manager. Anyway, that’s it for us. If you found the article helpful, let us know in the comment section below. Now that you’ve switched to Chrome, check out our article on how to improve Google Chrome security to use Chrome safely.
