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vjcinajr
May 6, 2022
Question

How to export selected entries in 1Password 8?

  • May 6, 2022
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In 1Password 7 was able to export selected entries - for example: selected (including all) entries from a single vault .

1Password 8 export exports all entries from all vaults in the account even if a single vault or specific entries is selected.

Am I missing something?

It would be great is 1Password 8 would bring back the Export flexibility that existed in 1Password 7.

I know I can create a Collection with a sub-set of vaults (even just a single vault) and export will export all entries only from the the vault(s) in the collection (not all vaults in the account).

Did I miss something in the new UI?


1Password Version: 8.7.0
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: macOS 12.3.1

67 replies

May 16, 2023

I want to add my +1 to the vote for (selected item) or (vault specific) exports.

USE CASES: I am an IT Consultant and separate each of my clients secrets to their own vaults. If I stop working for any client, or they want to go to a password manager that is not 1Password, it is very hard for me to migrate their data without exporting ALL my clients and personal passwords. Even at a personal/family level, if I have been helping a family member with their accounts, I want to select all of the relevant ones and export them so they can use them in their own personal 1PW account (no team access/separate family account, so I cannot move the items from within 1PW)

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
May 17, 2023

@binarynomad

Thank you for the feedback, I've passed your suggestion along to the product team. 🙂

For now, it sounds like using a guest account for your clients and family members would be the best option:

-Dave

ref: PB-33114363

May 17, 2023

Hi @1P_Dave , thanks for the suggestion but I'm confused. I mentioned I only have a personal license since I'm a sole proprietor, and I don't think that allows for Guest accounts for my clients. (and some of the family members in question I got setup with 1PW have fully used their 5 licenses husband/wife/son/2x daughters)

Plus in some cases, when I no longer engage with a client, I'm contractually obligated to export and provide them all secrets / access codes and no longer retain them.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
May 17, 2023

@binarynomad

If you have an individual account currently then you would need to upgrade to a 1Password Families membership to invite others as a guest. In addition to the five included family members, each 1Password Families membership also includes 5 guests. You can invite more guests for an additional cost as needed.

For business use with your clients, I would recommend looking at either 1Password Teams or Business. If you're interested, you can reach out to our business team at business@1password.com to discuss this in more detail.

That all being said, I've passed along your request for a way to export a selected list of items to the team. In the meantime, my colleague Tommy has previously described a workaround where you can use Travel Mode to export just a single vault. You can find more details here: https://1password.community/discussion/comment/680337/#Comment_680337

I hope that helps! 🙂

-Dave

May 17, 2023

Thanks, the Travel Mode hack worked PERFECTLY! I'll use this until similar functionality is built into 1PW. I appreciate the help.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
May 17, 2023

@binarynomad

I'm glad to hear that the suggestion helped. 🙂

-Dave

June 14, 2023

Crazy that this is still not available... we need this capability to export individual vaults as a critical part of our workflow... does not seem to be a priority for 1password... we may need to look at going to a different password manager.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
June 14, 2023

@cp2352432

Thank you for the feedback. Have you seen the suggestion that my colleague Tommy posted earlier in the thread: https://1password.community/discussion/comment/680337/#Comment_680337

Are you regularly needing to export just a single vault? Can you tell me more about your use case for such a feature? I would be happy to pass along your feedback to our Product team. 🙂

-Dave

June 15, 2023

Another vote for exporting selected entries. I onboard many employees at my workplace. We have some credentials that I need to store in my 1Password before they onboard, that I then export and transfer to them. Given the number of vaults I manage, the travel mode hack is too painful as a workaround.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
June 16, 2023

@r3r344r4

Thank you for the feedback. Have you considered using secure item sharing to send credentials to your employees? This would prevent you from having to export items into plain text and would keep the shared items protected by 1Password's security: Securely share 1Password items with anyone

On their end, your employees would be able to add the credentials to their private vault with a click of a button. Let me know if that would work for you. 🙂

-Dave