importing passwords from csv file

DavidCAR

Tried to import passwords using the instructions on the help part of the website - didn't work. So why is it there?

Comments here seem to suggest it is no longer possible so how do I import passwords to anew computer?

mib2berlin

@DavidCAR
Hi, can you add a link to this help page, this flag is removed since some time.
Open chrome://settings/passwords
Choose Import from the 3 dot menu.

Cheers, mib

Pathduck

@DavidCAR Hello and Welcome to the Vivaldi Community

Unfortunately, the documentation is outdated - Password Import is now enabled by default.

Step 4 and out is still valid though

Someone should remind the web site people to update their docs

caruga

still can't import my passwords in vivaldi. i have a cvs file
HELP ASAP

DoctorG

@caruga said in importing passwords from csv file:

still can't import my passwords in vivaldi

Means exactly what? Nothing imported? Missing passwords? How had you created the CSV file?

Needed CSV file structure^(as example!):

name,url,username,password,note
,vivaldi://settings/sync,KEINNAME,"1234test87654",
login.vivaldi.net,https://login.vivaldi.net/authenticationendpoint/login.do,KEINNAME,"Ha3HA!hahahaha0815",

Tested with 6.2 Stable in internal page chrome://settings/passwords - some logins are not imported, f.ex. sync or mail passwords, that is a Chromium core bug

mib2berlin

@caruga
How did you import passwords?
Opens chrome://settings/passwords/
Use the 3 dot menu > Import:

Mail and calendar passwords are not imported.

Cheers, mib

hozesk

Hello! The information above seems outdated. I had to look for it myself for a while but I finally found where to import de csv file:

vivaldi://password-manager/settings

There is an option to import files there and it works perfectly.

DoctorG

@hozesk Yes, since Chromium 118 the internal address to password management changed.
Use chrome://password-manager/settings in a bookmark for quick access.

DoctorG

And vivaldi://password-manager/settings works now too in newer Vivaldi.

snowcreative

If you have a lot of passwords, it doesn't work. I exported passwords from Vivaldi to import on another computer, and it didn't work. I got the error message "Can't import passwords. The file size should be less than 150 KB". My passwords file is 263KB.

mib2berlin

@snowcreative
Hi, my file is 420 KB (635 Passwords), import in a clean profile work flawlessly.
On which OS is this?

snowcreative

@mib2berlin MacOS 13.7.1, on M1 Macbook

But, 420 KB for only 635 passwords? My 263 KB file had 2500 passwords in it. I split it into pieces to import.

mib2berlin

@snowcreative 3
Yes, 420 on Linux, Windows 11 show 480 KB, both are in sync.
Maybe you ask in the MacOS section, no idea how this is handled there.
2500 is really a lot but I don't think there is a limit or in other words, it should not

Cheers, mib