If you’ve recently switched to Chrome for any of these reasons, you’d want to import your passwords from your current web browser or password manager into Chrome to ease your sign-ins. Here’s a guide outlining two different ways on how to import passwords into Chrome.
Method 1: Import Passwords to Chrome Using a Chrome Flag
Google has been working on a password import feature in Chrome for a while. However, it still seems to be under testing, as Google hasn’t rolled it out yet in any of its recent versions. However, like most Chrome features, this one too can be enabled using a browser flag. Called Password import, the flag requires you to have all your passwords saved in a CSV file and lets you import passwords from any web browser or password manager. Just be sure to export passwords from your existing web browser or password manager in CSV format beforehand. After you’ve done that, the first thing you need to do is enable the Password import flag. Here’s the easiest way to do it: With the flag enabled, Chrome should now show the password import option. Follow these steps to use it and import your passwords to Chrome on your Mac or Windows computer: Chrome should now successfully import all your passwords. If you’ve enabled device syncing, it will sync your passwords across all your devices (using the same Google account), and you should be able to use them for logging in to your internet accounts from other devices as well.
Method 2: Import Passwords into Chrome Via a CLI
If you don’t see the Password import flag in Chrome, it could be that it’s been removed from that version of Chrome. This is a fairly common sight, and several Chrome flags are known to struggle with this problem, wherein they mysteriously disappear in one Chrome version and reappear in another. Fortunately, there’s a way to force the import feature in Chrome. It involves using the CLI—terminal (on macOS) and Command Prompt (on Windows). And it, too, requires passwords exported in a CSV file format. Follow the steps below to force enable the password import feature in Chrome on Mac and Windows.
Enable Hidden Import Option On Mac
Enable Hidden Import Option On Windows
Chrome will now launch automatically. From here, you can go to chrome://settings/passwords, hit the three-dot icon, select Import, and upload your CSV password file to import your passwords into Chrome. Once the password file is uploaded, you should be able to see all your passwords in Chrome and use them for logging in to your online accounts.
Easily Export Your Passwords to Google Chrome
As of writing this guide, both methods let you import passwords to Chrome from just about any web browser or password manager, granted your passwords are in a CSV file. Subsequently, this migration should facilitate seamless logins across various internet accounts in Google Chrome, wherein you can autofill logins and not have to bother entering your passwords (or other details) manually. Follow these steps to export your passwords from Chrome:
