Import to an Organization Vault

Import data directly to your organization for easy migration to Bitwarden from any password management solution. Bitwarden supports many import file formats and, if your's is not supported, you can manually create a compatible .csv or .json file. There are two methods for importing data directly to your organization:

• Organization owners, admins, and custom role users with the correct permission can import items with the organization Admin Console using the instructions in this article.

• Organization members with the Manage collection permission can import data directly to any collection for which they have that permission by following this process.

Data can only be imported to an organization using the web app. Data is encrypted locally before being sent to the server for storage.

To import data to an organization:

1. Log in to the Bitwarden web app and open the Admin Console:

   

2. Go to Settings → Import data:
   

   

3. (Optional) To import data to a specific collection, select it from the Collection dropdown menu. This can be helpful when importing data in batches for one segment of users at a time.

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

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   If you're importing an encrypted export, there isn't a separate option. Select .json and a handler will determine that the file is encrypted and attempt to decrypt the file using your account's encryption key or encrypted export password.

5. Select Choose file and add the file to import, or copy/paste the contents of your file into the input box.

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   Importing does not check for duplicates. If you import the same file more than once or import items already in your vault, duplicate items will be created.

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

If an "Import error" message appears, no data was added to your vault. Fix the import file issue and try again.

Some import errors are specific to organizations:

• File contains unassigned items: Ensure all items are assigned to at least one collection before trying to upload the file again.

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  To minimize this error, turn on the Restrict collection creation to owners and admins setting to prevent users from creating collections.

• Organization can only have a maximum of two collections: Free organizations support up to two collections. If your import file exceeds this limit, reduce the number of collections in the file or upgrade to import more.