How to export your passwords from Chrome and import them into Secure It

Short answer

In Chrome on a computer, open the three-dot menu, then Passwords and autofill > Google Password Manager > Settings, and next to "Export passwords" select Download file. That saves your passwords as a CSV file. Import it into Secure It Password Manager, then delete the file straight away, because it holds every password in plain text.

A CSV export is a plain comma-separated text file with one row per saved login: site, username and password. Anyone who can open the file can read all of it. That is why the order of the steps below matters.

Secure It is a zero-knowledge password manager that stores your encrypted vault in your own Google Drive: no company servers, not even ours. I'm the developer, so I've kept the browser steps to what each vendor documents. Menu names change between versions, and everything below was checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Before you start

• Work on a device you trust. Close other apps and don't do this on a shared or public computer.
• Keep the file off the cloud. Save it somewhere local, such as the desktop or a temporary folder. Avoid folders that sync to Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox, and never email it.
• Plan to delete it in the same sitting. Google's own help page warns that if you don't delete a passwords CSV, anyone who uses the device can open it and see your passwords.
• Have your device password ready. Browsers commonly ask you to confirm it before they write the file.

Export from Chrome

These steps follow Google's help pages for Chrome on a computer.

1. Open Chrome.
2. Select the three-dot More menu at the top right.
3. Choose Passwords and autofill, then Google Password Manager.
4. Select Settings on the left.
5. Scroll to Export passwords and select Download file.
6. If Chrome asks, confirm with your device password, then choose where to save the CSV.

Google's page doesn't describe the confirmation prompt, so what you see may differ by system. You can also reach the same page at passwords.google.com, but the browser route is the one Google documents for export.

Can't export from Chrome?

Google's help pages don't list export-specific fixes, so these are practical checks rather than documented rules:

• Update Chrome. Menus have moved over the years, and very old versions hid export behind a flag.
• Check for a managed device. On a work or school computer, an administrator may have restricted the password manager. Open chrome://policy and look for password-related policies, such as PasswordManagerEnabled.
• Make sure you can confirm your identity. If the device password prompt fails or never appears, try again after locking and unlocking your computer.
• Try another route. If the file never saves, check that the save location is writable and that security software isn't blocking the download.

Export from Edge, Brave, Opera and Firefox

All four produce a CSV too. Menu labels vary by version, so use the closest matching entry if yours differs.

Microsoft Edge

Open edge://wallet/passwords (older versions used edge://settings/passwords). Use the three-dot menu next to your saved passwords and choose Export passwords. Via the menus, it is Settings > Passwords and autofill > Microsoft Password Manager. Confirm your account or device password and save the CSV. On managed devices, the PasswordExportEnabled policy can disable the button (Microsoft Learn, Edge 136 and later).

Brave

Brave is built on Chromium, so the steps are close to Chrome's: open Settings > Autofill and passwords > Password Manager, open its settings and choose Download file. Enter your device password when asked. Brave's own support article was blocked when I tried to read it, so this path comes from third-party password-manager guides. Treat it as a guide, not a vendor statement.

Opera

Open Settings > Privacy & security > Passwords, use the three-dot menu beside "Saved passwords" and choose Export passwords. I found this in Opera forum answers and a third-party guide rather than an official help page, and old forum threads claim there is no export, so update Opera if you can't see it.

Firefox

Open the menu, choose Passwords (Logins and Passwords), which opens about:logins. Select the three-dot menu at the top right, choose Export Logins, confirm in the dialog, enter your Primary Password if you have one, then pick a file name and location. Mozilla's support article states the file is unencrypted and that you should delete it when finished.

Where each browser exports from

Checked 18 Oct 2026. Paths vary by version.

Import into Secure It

Secure It's browser import supports Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave and Firefox. You'll need the app installed and a vault created. The Windows app is free on the Microsoft Store and is unlocked by the one-time Google Play purchase (US$4.99; local prices vary by country). Android is still in closed testing, so that purchase isn't open to everyone yet. See the download page for current status.

In the app, choose the browser import option, pick the browser your file came from, and select the CSV you just saved. After the import finishes, your logins appear in your vault, where you can search them and sort them into categories.

I haven't put exact menu names or screenshots here yet. They will be added once verified against the current build, so follow the on-screen labels if they differ from this description. I also can't yet say how the import treats duplicate entries, so check for duplicates if you've already added logins by hand.

Your vault is encrypted on your device with Argon2id and AES-256-GCM before anything is stored. See how the security model works. Secure It has no independent third-party audit yet.

Delete the CSV safely

1. Delete the CSV file as soon as you've confirmed the import worked.
2. Empty the Recycle Bin (or Trash) so the file isn't sitting there.
3. If the file went anywhere else, such as a USB stick or a synced folder, delete it there too, including the cloud's trash or version history.
4. Turn off the browser's password saving and autofill so passwords don't pile up in two places.

On the last point: before turning off Chrome's saving, check that you can open your vault. If you also use Google Password Manager on a phone, see our comparison with Google Password Manager to decide what to keep. Deleting the CSV does not delete the passwords stored in the browser, so remove those separately once you're happy with the move.

Deleting a file in the usual way doesn't make it unrecoverable on every disk. If you're worried, the best protection is to have kept the file off shared and synced folders in the first place.

What to check after importing

• Spot-check a handful of entries, including a few with unusual characters in their passwords.
• Sign in to two or three sites using the copied passwords.
• Save your recovery phrase and Emergency Kit. Secure It uses a 12-word recovery phrase and an Emergency Kit PDF with an offline recovery script. Keep both somewhere other than the computer.
• Decide on syncing. A vault works on one device without a Google account. Using it on several devices syncs one encrypted file through your own Google Drive, which needs a Google account. More in our guide to keeping a vault in Google Drive.
• Change weak or reused passwords over the next few weeks, starting with email and banking.

Moving from LastPass instead? See the LastPass alternatives guide. More answers are in the FAQ.