Admin ConsoleManage Shared ItemsImport Organization Items

Import to an Organization

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:

Import to an organization vault

Data can only be imported to an organization using the web app. Data is

encrypted
locally before being sent to the server for storage.

note

While some item types cannot be imported, you can still add them to a vault:

To import data to an organization:

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

  2. Go to Settings → Import:

    Import organization items

  3. (Optional) To import 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
    .

    note

    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.

    warning

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

Troubleshoot import errors

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: