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How to export & import Saved Passwords in Google Chrome

Follow this step-by-step method to quickly migrate your Saved Passwords from one Google account to another. You'll use these instructions to turn on hidden features in Google Chrome so that you can export your Saved Passwords from your old account and then import those Saved Passwords to your new account.

Now let's get started!

Step 1. Turn on the hidden Google Chrome feature to EXPORT your Saved Passwords from your old account

  1. On your computer, open your Google Chrome browser
  2. At the top right of Chrome click the button with your name and select the person or profile of the account you want to export your Saved Passwords from
    Select the Chrome account you want to export passwords from
  3. Copy and paste this address into Chrome's address bar and hit enter: chrome://flags/#PasswordExport
    Paste chrome://flags/#PasswordExport into the URL bar
  4. On the screen you'll see that you've navigated to the experimental "flags" area of Google Chrome.
    Find the pasword export settings
  5. Click on the drop down box in the Password Export row and select Enabled
    Select Enabled from the drop-down menu
  6. Now that you've "Enabled" this hidden feature, you'll need to relaunch Google Chrome so that it will work. Either click the RELAUNCH NOW button OR quit Google Chrome on your computer and relaunch it.
    Restart Chrome to enable Password exportt

Step 2. Export your Saved Passwords to your computer

  1. After your Google Chrome browser relaunches, use the same person or profile you used to turn on the hidden export feature and navigate to (copy/paste this in a new tab): chrome://settings/passwords
    Chrome settings passwords
  2. Look to the right of the section titled "Saved Passwords" and click the the vertical ellipse ( ⋮ ) to expose the option to "Export passwords…"
    Chrome settings passwords
  3. In the exposed menu, click Export passwords…
    Drop-down export passwords
  4. …and then click the Export passwords… button
    Export Passwords dialog button
  5. Your operating system might ask for permission for Chrome to export. If it does, type in your password to give Chrome permission:
    Export Passwords operating system dialog permission
  6. Now, name your export file something meaningful so that you'll remember it, and then save the file to your computer in a place where you can easily find it later (like your Desktop)
    Save as system dialog export chrome passwords
  7. Ok! You've got your Saved Passwords exported… Now it's time to import them to your new account.

Step 3. Turn on the hidden Google Chrome feature to IMPORT your Saved Passwords to your new account

  1. Now switch to the person or profile of the new account where you want to import your Saved Passwords to
    Select the Chrome account you want to export passwords to
  2. Copy and paste this address into Chrome's address bar and hit enter: chrome://flags/#PasswordImport
    Paste chrome://flags/#PasswordImport into the URL bar
  3. On the screen you'll see that you've navigated to the experimental "flags" area of Google Chrome.
    Find the pasword export settings
  4. Click on the drop down box in the Password Export row and select Enabled
    Select Enabled from the drop-down menu
  5. Now that you've "Enabled" this hidden feature, you'll need to again relaunch Google Chrome so that it will work. Either click the RELAUNCH NOW button OR quit Google Chrome on your computer and relaunch it.
    Restart Chrome to enable Password import

Step 4. Okay, now import your Saved Passwords to your new account

  1. After your Google Chrome browser relaunches, use the same person or profile you used to turn on the hidden import feature and navigate to (copy/paste this in a new tab): chrome://settings/passwords
    Chrome settings passwords
  2. Look to the right of the section titled "Saved Passwords" and click the the vertical ellipse ( ⋮ ) to expose the option to Import
    Chrome settings passwords
  3. In the exposed menu, click Import
    Drop-down import passwords
  4. Find and choose the Saved Passwords file you exported earlier
    Import Passwords system dialog
  5. Click button to Open that file and almost immediately you'll see your Saved Passwords appear in your new account
    Import passwords results
  6. Ok, you're almost done! There's one more big thing to do to protect your security and privacy.

Step 5. Delete your Saved Passwords Export file

Your Saved Passwords export file contains your private, personal information. You'll absolutely want to permanently and securely delete that file so that nobody could ever find it. To do so:

  1. Locate the file on your computer.
  2. Delete the file to your Trash.
  3. Go into your Trash and permanently delete it. Be sure to use a secure deletion method.

Great job, you did it! Now you can leap forward to your new account without losing all of your important Saved Passwords in Chrome.

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