How to Export Your Saved Passwords From Your Browser

Every major browser can hand you your saved passwords as a file. That file is a plain-text list of every login you have, so export it, import it, and delete it in one sitting.

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You might want your passwords out of your browser because you're switching browsers, moving to a dedicated password manager, or just want a backup. All six browsers below can export to a CSV file, a spreadsheet-style text file that almost every browser and password manager can import.

Two things to know before you start:

• The CSV is not encrypted. Anyone who opens it can read every password in it. The security section below covers how to handle it.
• Passkeys never go into the CSV. Moving passkeys takes a newer, app-to-app transfer, which so far works mainly on iPhone, iPad and Android.

Your passwords also don't always live "in the browser". Chrome keeps them in your Google Account, Safari in iCloud Keychain. Knowing where they are tells you where to export from, and often lets you do it from a computer even if you saved them on your phone.

Google Chrome

Chrome saves passwords to Google Password Manager. If you're signed in to Chrome with sync on, that means your Google Account, so the same list shows up on every device where you use that account.

On a computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS)

1. Open Chrome and click the More menu (three dots) at the top right.
2. Choose Passwords and autofill > Google Password Manager. Shortcut: type chrome://password-manager/settings in the address bar and skip to step 4.
3. Select Settings on the left.
4. Next to Export passwords, select Download file.
5. Confirm with your computer's password or PIN when asked, then choose where to save the file.

On Android

1. In Chrome, tap More > Settings.
2. Tap Autofill and passwords > Google Password Manager.
3. Tap Settings at the bottom, then Export passwords & passkeys > Download file.

You need a screen lock on the phone. Google also lets you send passwords and passkeys directly to another password manager on Android: start the import in the other app, choose your Google Account, and approve the export when Google Password Manager opens.

On iPhone and iPad

1. In Chrome, tap More > Settings.
2. Tap Autofill and passwords > Password Manager.
3. Tap Settings at the bottom left, then Export data.
4. Select the passwords or passkeys you want, tap Continue, and pick the app to send them to.

Google's help page notes that you can also export your passwords as a CSV file on iPhone, but the main path sends them straight to another app.

Microsoft Edge

Edge keeps passwords in its built-in Microsoft Password Manager. If you're signed in with a Microsoft account, they sync to every device where you use Edge with that account. Microsoft notes that work or school profiles may have this feature restricted by IT.

On a computer (Windows, Mac, Linux)

1. Open Edge and select Settings and more (three dots), or press Alt + F.
2. Select Passwords. You can also go to Settings > Passwords and autofill > Microsoft Password Manager.
3. Open the More actions menu (three dots) and choose Export passwords.
4. Select Export to confirm, and sign in with your device password or PIN if asked.
5. Choose where to save the file.

On Android, iPhone and iPad

Not possible. Microsoft says plainly that you can't export saved passwords from Edge for Android or iOS. Because your passwords sync through your Microsoft account, sign in to Edge on a computer and export from there.

Apple Safari

Safari saves passwords to iCloud Keychain, which you manage in the Passwords app on macOS Sequoia, iOS 18 and later. Export from the Passwords app, not from Safari. Wi-Fi passwords, passwords in a shared group you didn't create, and Sign in with Apple accounts aren't included.

On a Mac

1. Open the Passwords app.
2. Choose File > Export All Passwords to File. To export just one, select it and choose File > Export Selected Password to File.
3. Click Export Passwords, choose where to save the file, then click Save.

On macOS Sonoma or earlier, which don't have the Passwords app, look for the export option in Safari's File menu or under System Settings > Passwords instead.

On iPhone and iPad

The CSV export lives in Settings, not in the Passwords app:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Apps, then Safari.
3. Below History and Website Data, tap Export.
4. Select Passwords and deselect everything else.
5. Tap Save to Downloads, then Done. The file lands in the Downloads folder of the Files app.

Since iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, the Passwords app can also send passwords and passkeys directly to another password manager, with no file in between. On iPhone, tap the More (…) button and choose Export Data to Another App; on a Mac, select entries and choose Export Selected Item to App. The other app has to support this transfer. Apple's own guides document only the CSV route, so the menu names here come from press coverage.

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox stores passwords on your device, and in your Mozilla account if you use Firefox sync. You manage them on the about:logins page.

On a computer (Windows, Mac, Linux)

1. Click the menu button (three lines) and choose Passwords. The about:logins page opens in a new tab; you can also type it in the address bar.
2. Click the three-dot menu at the top right and choose Export Passwords….
3. A warning reminds you that the file is readable text. Click Continue with export.
4. Enter your Primary Password or your computer's password if asked.
5. Choose a file name and location, then click Save.

On Android, iPhone and iPad

Not possible. Firefox for mobile has no export option. Turn on sync with your Mozilla account on your phone, sign in to Firefox on a computer with the same account, and export from about:logins there.

Brave

Brave has its own built-in password manager. Passwords stay on your device unless you use Brave Sync, which can sync them between your devices.

On a computer (Windows, Mac, Linux)

1. Type brave://password-manager/settings in the address bar. You can also open the main menu, go to Settings, and find Password Manager in the autofill settings.
2. Next to Export passwords, select Download file.
3. Confirm with your computer's password if asked, and choose where to save the file.

On Android

1. Tap the main menu, then Brave Password Manager.
2. Tap the three-dot menu at the top right.
3. Select Export passwords…. The CSV file is saved to your device.

On iPhone and iPad

Not possible. Brave for iOS has no password export. Sync your passwords to Brave on a computer with Brave Sync and export there.

Opera

Opera uses its own Password Manager, and syncs passwords across your devices if you're signed in to an Opera account.

On a computer (Windows, Mac, Linux)

1. Go to Settings (Alt + P).
2. Click Advanced in the left sidebar, then Privacy & security.
3. Under Autofill, click Passwords.
4. Click Settings in the left sidebar of the Password Manager.
5. Next to Export passwords, click Download file, confirm with your computer's password if asked, and choose where to save it.

On Android, iPhone and iPad

Opera documents password export for its desktop browser only, and we couldn't find an export option in its mobile browsers. Opera syncs passwords through your Opera account, so export from Opera on a computer instead.

Keep the file safe

The CSV holds every website, username and password in readable text, with no protection of any kind. Treat it like a printed list of your passwords.

• Save it locally, not to a synced folder. Keep it off iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox. Watch out for folders that sync without you noticing: on a Mac, Desktop and Documents can sync to iCloud, and on Windows they can back up to OneDrive.
• Don't email it or send it in a chat, not even to yourself.
• Import it right away, into your new browser or password manager.
• Then delete it, and empty the trash. Deleting a file only moves it to the Trash or Recycle Bin. On a phone, delete it from Downloads, then from the Files app's Recently Deleted on iPhone, or from your file manager's trash on Android if it has one.
• Delete the passwords you no longer use. Once everything is in its new home, you can delete the old copy in the browser so your logins aren't stored in two places.

Consider a dedicated password manager. A browser's password manager is tied to that browser. A standalone one works in every browser and on every device. Bitwarden is open source and free for unlimited passwords on unlimited devices. Proton Pass has a free plan, and 1Password is paid. All three import a browser's CSV.

What about passkeys?

Passkeys can't be exported to a CSV file at all; every export above contains passwords only. Instead, passkeys move app-to-app through the FIDO Alliance's Credential Exchange standard, encrypted from start to finish, with no file to leak.

As of November 2026 that works on iPhone and iPad (iOS 26 or later) and on Android 14 or later with a recent Google Play services update, between apps that support it, including Apple Passwords, Google Password Manager, Bitwarden and Dashlane. Apple's Passwords app on macOS Tahoe has the option too, though fewer apps accept it on the Mac. We couldn't find a way to move passkeys this way on Windows or from a desktop browser yet. If you're switching away from a browser's password manager, move your passkeys from your phone, or create new passkeys in the new app and then delete the old ones.

Good to know

• Export from the account, not the device. If your passwords sync (Google, Microsoft, iCloud, Mozilla, Brave Sync or Opera accounts), the export on any one computer includes passwords you saved on your phone.
• Can't find the export option? On a work or school computer, your organisation may have switched it off. Google and Microsoft both mention that an admin policy can block it.
• Have more than one profile? Each browser profile has its own passwords, so export once per profile.
• Importing into Chrome? Google limits imports to 3,000 passwords per file and 10,000 per Google Account.