This guide provides instructions on how to export passwords from a web browser and import them into a password manager.
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The University of Tartu recommends exporting all passwords from web browsers before using a password manager.
Before exporting passwords, make sure all saved passwords are strong. If necessary, generate new strong passwords and change them in the respective environments.
Workflow for exporting passwords:
- export saved passwords from your web browser
- import passwords into the preferred password
- manager and delete the password file(s) created during the export
- delete saved passwords from the web browser
Export passwords (Windows)
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Import passwords into a password manager
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If you have followed the password exporting guide, you can easily transfer the data to Bitwarden as follows:
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If you have followed the password exporting guide, you can easily transfer the data to LastPass as follows:
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If you have followed the password exporting guide, you can easily transfer the data to KeePassXC as follows:
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Paroolide kustutamine (Windows)
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More information on managing website passwords in Chrome can be found in the Google Help pages. |
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Delete passwords
Mozilla Firefox
Windows
To eliminate all existing saved passwords, click Remove all. To eliminate specific saved passwords, locate the site within the Site column and click on it once to highlight it in blue. Then click the Remove button below. You can also remove all saved passwords by clicking the Remove All button. If you wish, deselect the option to Remember logins for sites. This will prevent passwords from being saved in the future. In older versions of Firefox, this option is in the Privacy tab instead of Security. |
Mac OS X
To eliminate all existing saved passwords, click Remove all. To eliminate specific saved passwords, click View Saved Passwords and delete just those associated with weblogin.bu.edu. If you wish, deselect the option to Remember passwords. This will prevent passwords from being saved in the future. In older versions of Firefox, this option is in the Privacy tab instead of Security. |
Microsoft Edge
To delete individual passwords:
- Select the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner
- Select the Settings option from the dropdown menu.
- Select Profiles tab from the Settings menu in the left column.
- In the Profiles tab, click the Passwords option to view the saved passwords for your user profile.
- Under the Profiles/Passwords tab menu, you will find a list of your saved passwords under the Saved Passwords category.
- Select and remove the passwords you would like deleted.
To delete all saved passwords:
- Open the Tools menu.
- Select Internet Options.
- Click Content.
- Under AutoComplete, click Settings.
- Click Delete AutoComplete history…
To prevent AutoComplete in the future, make sure AutoComplete is deselected for User names and passwords on forms, and then click on OK.
Google Chrome
- Open the Chrome menu using the button on the far right of the browser toolbar.
- Choose the Settings menu option (highlighted in blue).
- Click the Show advanced settings… link located at the bottom of the page.
- In the “Passwords and forms” section, click the Manage passwords link.
- In the Passwords dialog that appears, hover over the site whose password you’d like to remove and click the X that appears.
- In the Passwords dialog that appears, hover over the site whose password you’d like to remove and click the X that appears.
More information on managing website passwords in Chrome can be found in the Google Help pages.
Safari
Open the SafariSafari
MacbookTo eliminate all existing saved passwords, click Remove all. To eliminate specific saved passwords, locate the site within the Site column and click on it once to highlight it in blue. Then click the Remove button below. You can also remove all saved passwords by clicking the Remove All button. If you wish, deselect the option to Remember logins for sites. This will prevent passwords from being saved in the future. In older versions of Firefox, this option is in the Privacy tab instead of Security.
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To eliminate all existing saved passwords, click Remove all. To eliminate specific saved passwords, click View Saved Passwords and delete just those associated |
with weblogin.bu.edu. If you wish, deselect the option to Remember passwords. This will prevent passwords from being saved in the future. In older versions of Firefox, this option is in the Privacy tab instead of Security. |