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Move your passwords from Chrome to 1Password

You can transfer your passwords from Chrome into 1Password using the 1Password apps or on 1Password.com.

1Password can import your passwords from Chrome. When you import from Chrome:

  • Your Chrome passwords will be converted into 1Password Login items.
  • Only passwords will be imported. Credit cards, addresses, passkeys, and other information won’t be imported.

Step 1: Export your data from Chrome

Important

Before you export your data from Chrome, temporarily turn off any backup software you may be using, so the unencrypted export file isn’t backed up.

To export your data from Chrome, follow these steps on your computer:

  1. Select the Chrome menu   in the toolbar and choose Passwords and Autofill > Google Password Manager.
  2. Choose Settings in the sidebar, then select Download file in the Export passwords section.
  3. Enter the password you use to log in to your computer.
  4. Save the Chrome Passwords.csv file to your desktop.

Step 2: Import your data into 1Password

In the 1Password apps

  1. Open and unlock 1Password.
  2. Choose File > Import from the menu bar.
  3. Select Chrome.
  4. Select Add File and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
  5. Choose the account to import into and select Import.
Import interface
  1. Open and unlock 1Password.
  2. Select the plus button and choose Migrate data into 1Password.
  3. Select Chrome.
  4. Choose the account to import into, select Add File, and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
  5. Select Import.
Import interface
  1. Open and unlock 1Password.
  2. Select the ellipsis at the top of the sidebar and choose Import.
  3. Select Chrome.
  4. Select Add File and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
  5. Choose the account to import into and select Import.
Import interface
  1. Open and unlock 1Password.
  2. Select New Item and then select Migrate data into 1Password.
  3. Select Chrome.
  4. Choose the account to import into, select Add File, and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
  5. Select Import.
Import interface
  1. Open and unlock 1Password.
  2. Select the ellipsis at the top of the sidebar and choose Import.
  3. Select Chrome.
  4. Select Add File and choose the CSV file from your file browser.
  5. Choose the account to import into and select Import.
Import interface

On 1Password.com

  1. In Chrome or another browser, sign in to your account on 1Password.com.
  2. Select your name in the top right and choose Import.
  3. Choose Chrome, then select Continue.
  4. Choose the vault you want to import your data into. If you’re importing data you don’t want to share with other people, choose the Personal, Private, or Employee vault. The name of this vault varies depending on your account type.
  5. Select Continue.
  6. Select inside the dotted rectangle to open a file browser. Browse to your desktop and select the CSV file you created earlier.
  7. Select Continue, then choose View imported items.

If you have any credit cards, addresses, or other information saved in Chrome, copy them manually into 1Password. Open 1Password on your computer or mobile device and select the plus button to add items.

Important

After you’ve imported your information into 1Password, delete the unencrypted CSV file, then turn on any backup software you turned off earlier.

Step 3: Turn off the built-in password manager in Chrome

To prevent Chrome from interfering with 1Password, make sure you have the 1Password browser extension installed, then turn off the built-in password manager in Chrome.

Step 4: Delete your passwords from Chrome

Chrome will continue to fill saved passwords even after you turn off the built-in password manager. To fill your passwords with 1Password instead of Chrome, delete your saved passwords from Chrome.

To delete all your passwords at the same time:

Important

Following these steps will permanently delete your passwords and passkeys from Chrome, and you won’t be able to recover them. Make sure all your passwords from Chrome are saved in 1Password before you delete them.

  1. Select the Chrome menu   in the toolbar and choose Delete Browsing Data.
  2. Select the Advanced tab, then choose the Time range > All time.
  3. Select Passwords and other sign-in data and deselect every other option.
  4. Select Delete data.

To delete your passwords individually:

  1. Select the Chrome menu   in the toolbar and choose Passwords and Autofill > Google Password Manager.
  2. Select each saved password you want to delete, then choose Delete.

    You may need to the password you use to log in to your computer.

Get help

If you don’t see your saved passwords in Chrome on your computer, learn how to sync your saved passwords in Chrome on your mobile device with your computer , so you can move them to 1Password.


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