Introduction

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 
• delete the password file(s) created during the export

Exporting (Google Chrome)

1. Open the Google Chrome web broswer.
   
2. In the top right of the screen, select You  → Passwords .
   
   
3. In the Password manager panel, select Moreand click Export passwords.
   
4. Click Export passwords.
   
5. Select a suitable location where to save the file and click Save.
   
6. In the selected location, the Chrome Passwords.csv file will be created. This is the file you will need to import into your password manager.
   

Exporting (Microsoft Edge)

1. Open the Microsoft Edge web browser.
   
2. In the top right of the screen, open the menu  and choose Settings.
   
3. In the window that opens, select Passwords.
   
4. Move to the Saved passwords section, select More actions and choose Export passwords.
   
5. Select Export passwords.
   
6. Select a suitable location where to save the file and click Save.
   
7. In the selected location, the Microsoft Edge Passwords.csv file will be created. This is the file you will need to import into your password manager.
   

Exporting (Mozilla Firefox)

1. Open the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
   
2. In the top right of the screen, open the menu  and select Passwords.
   
   
3. In the window that opens, select menu  and choose Export Logins...
   
4. Click Export.
   
5. Select a suitable location where to save the file and click Save.
   
6. In the selected location, the logins.csv file will be created. This is the file you will need to import into your password manager.
   

Importing (Bitwarden)

If you have followed the password exporting guide, you can easily transfer the data to Bitwarden as follows:

1. Open Bitwarden online (https://vault.bitwarden.com) and log in.
2. In the menu, select Tools → Import data → choose the format of the import file → click Choose file and select the file you imported from your web browser → click Import data.
   

Importing (LastPass)

If you have followed the password exporting guide, you can easily transfer the data to LastPass as follows:

1. Open LastPass online (https://lastpass.com/) and log in.
2. In the menu, select Advanced Options → Import.

Importing (KeePassXC)

If you have followed the password exporting guide, you can easily transfer the data to KeePassXC as follows:

1. Open the KeePassXC application.
2. In the menu, select Database → Import → CSV file.

Importing (iCloud Keychain)

1. Open the Keychain Access application  on your Mac device, select File → Import Items.

2. Select the entries you want to import.

3. In the Destination Keychain popup, select Keychain → where to import the entries and click Open.