Move your data from LastPass to 1Password

Before you get started

Before you import your data from LastPass, you’ll need to sign up for a 1Password account. If you received an email inviting you to join a family or team account, follow the instructions in the email.

When you create your account, you’ll be asked to:

• Choose an account password. Your password should be unique, random, and memorable.
• Save a copy of your Emergency Kit. Your Emergency Kit includes your Secret Key, which you’ll need to sign in to your 1Password account on a new device or web browser. Make sure to store it somewhere safe.

  If you sign up for a 1Password account as part of a team, you may not be asked to save your Emergency Kit.

After you’ve created your 1Password account, you can install 1Password for Mac, 1Password for Windows, or 1Password for Linux, then use the 1Password app to directly import all of your LastPass data.

Import your data using the 1Password desktop app

With the 1Password desktop apps, you can directly import your passwords, Secure Notes, and other items from LastPass. When you import from LastPass using the 1Password apps:

• Your LastPass passwords will become 1Password Login items.
• Addresses will become Identities.
• Bank Accounts and Credit Cards will become their equivalent item type in 1Password.
• Other item types, like Drivers Licenses and custom items, will become Secure Notes.
• Files and one-time passwords attached to items will be imported.

  If you use LastPass Authenticator, one-time passwords saved in it won't be imported, but you can manually add them to 1Password after you've imported your other data.

• Folders will be converted to vaults and sub-folders will be converted to separate vaults named Folder\Subfolder.

To make sure nothing is left behind, 1Password also imports account-related settings and other metadata as Secure Notes. These can likely be found in the Imported Unknown Data vault. You can review and archive them if you don’t need them.

You can find all imported items using the LastPass tag. Learn more about organizing your 1Password items with tags.

To import your data in the 1Password desktop app, follow these steps on your computer:

After you’ve moved your data, follow the next steps to start using 1Password.

Alternative: Import your data on 1Password.com

If you don’t want to use the 1Password apps to import your data, you can upload a CSV export instead. When you import from LastPass on 1Password.com:

• Your LastPass passwords will become 1Password Login items.
• Secure Notes will become different items depending on their type, like Bank Accounts, Driver Licenses, or Secure Notes.
• Other items, like SSH Key, Insurance Policy, or Instant Messenger Account, will become Secure Notes.
• Folders will be converted to tags. You can also convert them to vaults with the advanced migration tool.
• Form Fills, one-time passwords, and attachments won’t be imported.

Step 1: Export your data from LastPass

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

1. Open your browser and sign in to your account on LastPass.com.
2. Click Advanced Options in the sidebar, then choose Export. LastPass will send you an email.
3. In the email you received from LastPass, click “Continue export”.
4. Return to your account on LastPass.com.
5. Click Advanced Options, choose Export, and enter your LastPass password.

The CSV file will be saved to your computer. Attachments aren’t included in the export.

Step 2: Import your data into 1Password

To import your data on 1Password.com:

1. Open your browser and sign in to your account on 1Password.com.
2. Click your name in the top right and choose Import.
3. Click LastPass.
4. Choose the vault you want to import your data into. If you’re importing personal data, choose the Personal or Private vault.

   To only import personal items, turn off “Import items in shared folders”.

5. Click inside the dotted rectangle to open a file browser. Browse to your downloads folder and select the CSV file you created earlier.
6. Click Import, then click Show Imported Items.

If you want to change anything about the import, like importing the data into a different vault, click Undo Import and start again.

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

If you have attachments you want to import, download them from LastPass, then attach them to the items they were previously associated with.

Advanced: Import your data using 1Password CLI

You can create vaults in 1Password based on your LastPass folders using the LastPass migration tools for 1Password. These tools will help you convert your folders to vaults and import your LastPass passwords, but other item types won’t be imported. Learn how to use the advanced LastPass migration tools.

Next steps

1. Uninstall LastPass. This is important to avoid conflicts with 1Password.
2. Get 1Password for your browser. You’ll use the 1Password browser extension to save and fill passwords on the web.
3. Change your passwords. If your LastPass data was part of a breach and you haven’t changed your passwords yet, use 1Password to generate and save new passwords for all your accounts. Start with your most important passwords first, like the ones for your email, financial, and social media accounts.
4. Set up two-factor authentication for your accounts. You can use 1Password as an authenticator for any of your accounts that support two-factor authentication.

   If you use 1Password as part of a team, your administrator may require other authentication options. Follow the policies set by your team.

5. Get the 1Password apps. Use 1Password on all your devices: Mac, iOS, Windows, Android, and Linux.
6. Use Watchtower to find any other passwords you need to change. Watchtower tells you about password breaches and other security problems with the items you have saved in 1Password.

Get help

If some shared folders are missing

If some shared folders from LastPass are missing, make sure you have access to all the shared folders you need before exporting them.

Learn how to grant users or groups permissions for shared folders.

If you see an “Original Values” section in an imported item

LastPass may export some characters as HTML entities.

An HTML entity is a group of characters that begins with an ampersand (&) and ends with a semicolon (;). They’re used in HTML to display characters that would otherwise be interpreted as HTML code. For example, < is four characters, but that HTML entity represents the single character < (less than).

1Password imports HTML entities as the characters they were intended to represent (<), but the original values (<) are also included in each item in the “Original Values” section.

If some of your imported items have a !-repair-items-lastpass tag

If you imported your data using the 1Password desktop app, and you see a message that some of your items may have missing information due to decryption issues, you can manually copy any missing information from your LastPass items into their 1Password counterparts:

1. Open and unlock the 1Password desktop app.
2. Click the !-repair-items-lastpass tag in the sidebar to see the items with missing information.
3. Select the first item and look for any fields that contain <failed to decrypt>. Compare the item to its LastPass counterpart to see if the field has any important information.
   • If you see missing information that needs to be copied over, click Edit in the 1Password app and copy the information from LastPass into the appropriate fields in 1Password, then click Save.
   • If you don’t see any missing information, skip to the next item.
4. Repeat step 3 for each item in the list.
5. When you’re finished, right-click the !-repair-items-lastpass tag in the sidebar and choose Delete Tag, then click Delete Tag.

If you imported a CSV and some of your items are missing

If you imported your data on 1Password.com and some of your items are missing after the import, click Undo Import. Then follow these steps:

1. Go back to the export page in your browser. If you closed it, follow steps 1 through 5 above, then continue.
2. Press Command-A on Mac or Ctrl + A on Windows or Linux to select all the onscreen text.
3. Press Command-C on Mac or Ctrl + C on Windows or Linux to copy the selected text.
4. Sign in to your account on 1Password.com.
5. Click your name in the top right and choose Import, then click LastPass.
6. Choose the vault you want to import your data into. If you’re importing personal data, choose the Personal or Private vault.

   To only import personal items, turn off "Import items in shared folders".

7. Paste your LastPass data: right-click in the text field and choose Paste.

If you see “Check your internet connection and try again.”

If you see “Import failed. Check your internet connection and try again.”, and you’re using a Windows PC with antivirus software or a firewall, make sure the 1password-lastpass-exporter.exe file is allowed to connect to LastPass.com, then try to import your data again.

If you still see this error, or if you’re using a Mac, make sure your network and computer are able to connect to LastPass.com. Learn more about the ports and domains needed to connect to LastPass.

Learn more

• How to choose a good 1Password account password
• Get to know your Emergency Kit
• Use Watchtower to find passwords you need to change
• How to keep your 1Password account secure
• About the 1Password security model