[Tip] How to Export (Backup) Saved Website Passwords in Google Chrome

If you are a Google Chrome web browser user and want to take a backup of your saved passwords, here is a good news for you. Google Chrome 66 and later versions now allow users to export i.e. take a backup of saved passwords into a .CSV file.

When you login to a website such as Gmail, Outlook, Facebook, Twitter, etc or login to an online forum, Google Chrome asks you to save the credentials. You can use this feature to automatically save a particular website account credentials (username and password) in Chrome so that the browser can auto-fill the credentials next time you visit the same website. It helps users in automatically login to websites and forums without any need of entering usernames, email IDs and passwords every time.

Sometimes you may want to take a backup of all saved passwords in Chrome for future use. That’s why Google has added a new feature to Chrome web browser to export saved passwords.

If you are using Google Chrome and have saved website passwords and now you want to take a backup of those passwords, following steps will help you:

1. Open Google Chrome and click on the 3-dots icon present at the end of the toolbar.

2. Now click on Settings option present in the main menu.

3. It’ll open Chrome Settings page. Scroll down to bottom and click on Advanced link.

4. It’ll show advanced settings. Again scroll down a little and under “Passwords and forms” section, click on Manage Passwords option.

5. It’ll open the password manager page which will show a list of all saved passwords. You’ll see a 3-dots icon present next to “Saved passwords” label.

Click on the 3-dots icon and then click on “Export passwords…” option.

6. Chrome will show you a warning message that “Your passwords will be visible to anyone who can see the exported file.” Click on “EXPORT PASSWORD…” button.

7. For security purposes, Chrome will ask for your Windows user account password so that no other person can export your saved passwords.

Enter your Windows password in the security window and click on OK button.

8. Now the Save As window will appear on screen asking for the file name and location to save the passwords file. By default the file name is set to “Chrome Passwords.csv” but you can use any other desired name.

Select the desired drive and folder to save the file and click on Save button.

That’s it. It’ll export all saved passwords and will save then in a .CSV file which can be opened in Microsoft Excel or other software programs.

The .CSV file contains a list of all saved passwords in following format:

• Name
• URL
• Username
• Password

PS: Remember the passwords in .CSV file are saved in plain text so everyone can read the password. So keep the file in a safe place.