Google Chrome browser allows you import bookmarks, browsing history, and other settings from Internet Explorer or Firefox browser in a jiffy. But the only problem is it doesn’t have an option to export or backup stored passwords.
Sure, there is a free extension called LastPass, but even it doesn’t help much either to have an offline backup. And, you can only find Show saved passwords option under Google Chrome options.
If you are looking for a way to backup or export your stored passwords from Google Chrome browser, there are two ways out there. You can either use the newly introduced Import/Export feature or use a third-party software for the job.
Method 1 of 2
Backup Chrome passwords without third-party tools
Please make sure that you’re running the latest version of Chrome browser to get Import/Export option.
Step 1: Open Chrome://flags in your Chrome.
Step 2: Find Password Import and Export option, select Enabled from the drop-down box, and then restart the Chrome browser.
Step 3: Now, open Chrome://settings/passwords page.
Step 4: Click on Export button to export/backup saved passwords. Click the Import button to restore previously saved passwords.
Step 5: Enter your Windows account password, when asked.
Method 2 of 2
Backup and restore Chrome passwords in Windows 10/8/7
Step 1: First, download the ChromePass tool. It’s a free tool that displays saved passwords in Google Chrome browser. The best thing about this free tool is it even lets you export these passwords in a XML, HTML file format.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded zip file to desktop, and then run ChromePass tool to view all saved passwords in Google Chrome. Click on the refresh button to get the up-to-date list.
Step 3: Select all passwords. Go to File, select Save selected items, and then select the file type that you want to use to store these passwords. Finally enter a name to the file and click Save button to save the passwords in selected file format.
Step 4: You are done!
Sham says
There is problem of link chrome://settings/passwords! I have enabled password imports but this link does not show any pop up to download any excel sheet!
Alice says
IRON Versión 61.0.3200.0 does not allow any method to import.
chrome://flags/#password-import-export:
does not display the popup that had the option to import / export.
I would like to know if this new functionality is due to the new version of chromium? Or is it because the IRON SRWARE programmers removed this option?
Thanks
Alice says
IRON Versión 61.0.3200.0 does not allow any method to import.
chrome: // flags / # password-import-export, does not display the popup that had the option to import / export.
I would like to know if this new functionality is due to the new version of chromium? Or is it because the IRON SRWARE programmers removed this option?
jelabarre says
Nope, even with all those changes there is **STILL** no export button. Guess Google fubarred the browser yet again.
codeonfire says
It is incomplete post..there is no info on how to restore passwords back to chrome..
It is again pushing user to do manual work..not making there life easy..
Does any one has a better and complete solution for passwords import and export in chrome browser for WIN 10 ?
Regards
dig1digger says
If Import/Export buttons don´t show up ( Chrome59 ) however, do this to solve it :
1. Go to chrome://flags
2. ctrl+f search “material”
3. Disabled all material design features
4. Restart
5. the export button returns
6. chrome://flags/#password-import-export
7. Keep in mind to edit the CSV Files to Chrome Format (e.g. coming from FF)
Mary Hall says
First method is really easy and useful for me. Good work
Jay says
If anyone can help, I need the path and name of the actual saved password file so I can recover it from a trashed disk partition to hopefully restore it to my present instillation. I was trying to fix the MBR and my win7 disk formatted the drive instead. Which means the above two recovery methods are not viable solutions. :( ouch! any help much appreciated. Oh and yeah, I agree with Pccapso. Any AV should pick that program up as being infected, as it does something which if any other program did, you would definitely have an infected system.
Ron Hatfield says
“it was detected as a Hacker tool!”. It is a hacker tool, not a virus. Relax.
Pccapso says
For anyone else with malware concerns, i cannot vouch for the program or developers, but the program takes and decrypts your stored passwords to export them which is what you want. Any anti viris worth its salt should detect and warn of this behavior because a malicious program would use the same method to steal your passwords, but in this case that is what you have the program for so the alert is a false positive. I would be more worried if an Antivirus did not trigger on it because that would mean that the Antivirus is crap.
Ivan says
How I can restore the file .xml or a file .txt?
This software don´t show any option for it.
Ivan says
How I can Restaur this file XML?
This software don´t show any option for it!
alertuser says
Virus inside !
Debbie Mcl says
I would not suggest this, as I downloaded then scanned this program for virus, and it was detected as a Hacker tool!
Rahul says
thanks :) it works
anyway to restore the password & username !!
Anon says
Fab. Thanks
tanweer says
nice and very handy tool, i like it :)
Atom B says
Chrome identifies ChromePass as malware, so something is going on there. Find another solution!
dr me says
this is soooper for windowz. now how about osx
christian says
how do you restore???