How to export saved passwords to a CSV file from Chrome, Edge, Brave & Firefox

Before you clear out your browser's credential registry or migrate to a dedicated password manager, you need to create a backup of your data. Exporting your credentials to a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file ensures you do not lose access to your accounts.

⚠️ Security alert: Password CSV files are completely unencrypted. Anyone with access to your computer can open this file and read your passwords in plain text. Store this file in a secure, encrypted folder, or delete it permanently as soon as you are done importing it into your new password manager.

🌐 Google Chrome

Before wiping your data, you can export your entire vault into a readable CSV spreadsheet through the Google Password Manager settings panel:

  1. Open Chrome.
  2. Click the three-dot menu button in the top right corner.
  3. Hover over Passwords and autofill.
  4. Select Google Password Manager.
  5. Click Settings in the left-hand navigation sidebar.
  6. Scroll down to the Export passwords section and click the Download file button.
  7. Verify your identity by entering your computer's Windows PIN/password or Mac Touch ID.
  8. Choose a safe folder on your hard drive.
  9. Click Save to download your .csv file.
Google Chrome Password Manager Settings page highlighting the Download File button under the Export Passwords section.

🌐 Microsoft Edge

While Microsoft hides its deletion features, downloading your saved credential backup is fully supported right inside your profile options:

  1. Open Edge.
  2. Click the three-dot menu button in the top right corner.
  3. Click Passwords.
  4. Locate the Passwords heading. Click the three-dot menu (... More actions) button sitting directly to its right.
  5. Select Export passwords from the dropdown choice.
  6. Click the Export confirmation button on the pop-up.
  7. Provide your system PIN or password to authorize the download.
  8. Choose your destination folder.
  9. Click Save to download your password file.
Microsoft Edge password settings panel showing the three-dot More Actions menu open with the Export Passwords option selected.

🌐 Brave Browser

Brave mirrors the core architecture of Chrome, keeping its manual data backup option nested safely within its localized password hub:

  1. Open Brave.
  2. Click the three-line menu button (hamburger icon) in the top right corner.
  3. Hover over Passwords and autofill.
  4. Select Password Manager.
  5. Click Settings on the left side of the screen.
  6. Locate Export passwords and click the Download file button.
  7. Enter your local system password or PIN to authorize the secure download.
  8. Select a location on your computer.
  9. Click Save to store the CSV file.
Brave Browser Password Manager settings menu showing the Export Passwords utility and its Download file button.

🌐 Mozilla Firefox

Firefox features a highly intuitive, single-click export function right from its specialized password manager portal:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
  3. Select Passwords from the menu.
  4. In the right-hand panel of the logins page, click the three dots (...) icon in the top right corner.
  5. Select Export Passwords from the drop-down menu options.
  6. Read the warning reminding you that CSV files store data in plain text, then click the red Continue with export confirmation button.
  7. Enter your Windows or Mac master account login info to unlock the vault.
  8. Select a folder to save the file.
  9. Click Save to download the file.
Mozilla Firefox logins and passwords interface with the top menu open and the Export Passwords selection active.

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