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Import Data from Chrome or Edge

Use this article for help exporting data from Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or any Chromium-based browser and importing into Bitwarden.

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Other Chromium-based browser including Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi.

Export from your browser

You can export your data from a desktop browser or a mobile browser:

To export passwords from Chrome or Edge on your desktop:

  1. Open your browser's settings and navigate to the password settings, for example chrome://password-manager/settings or edge://wallet/passwords.

  2. Locate Export Passwords and click Download file. You may be prompted to enter your computer's password for authorization. For Microsoft Edge, this may be hidden behind a menu in the Saved passwords section.

  3. Specify a location to save your export to, and verify that the format is comma-separated values (CSV).

  4. Select Save to finish exporting.

Import to Bitwarden

Data can be imported to Bitwarden from the web vault, CLI, desktop app, or browser extension. Data is encrypted locally before being sent to the server for storage.

To import data to your vault:

  1. Select Tools.

  2. Select Import data:

    Import data
    Import data

  3. From the Vault dropdown menu, select where to save the data:

    • Individual vault: Select My vault and (optional) choose a Folder to move the items.

    • Organization vault: Select the organization vault’s name and choose a Collection. (You need the can manage permission.)

  4. From the File format dropdown menu, select the import file format.

  5. Select Choose File and pick the file or copy and paste your file’s contents into the text box.

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    Importing does not check whether items in the file to import already exist in your vault. If you import multiple files or import files with items already in your vault, this will create duplicates.

  6. Select Import data. If you are importing a password protected .json file, enter the password into the Confirm vault import window that appears.

  7. After your data is imported, delete the import source file from your computer. This will protect you in the event your computer is compromised.

Import troubleshooting

File size import limitations

Imports may be rejected for exceeding any of the following data limitations:

  • If your import has more than 40,000 items.

  • If your import has more than 2,000 folders.

  • If your import has more than 2,000 collections.

  • If your import has more than 7,000 item-folder relationships (e.g. a single item in 3 folders can be said to have 3 item-folder relationships).

  • If your import has more than 80,000 item-collection relationships (e.g. a single item in 3 collections can be said to have 3 item-collection relationships).