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LarryMcJ
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3 years ago
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How to export a single vault

I have multiple vaults for multiple organizations I support. I have a need to export one (or maybe two) vaults to another password manager to comply with changes those organizations are making. The o...
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  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
    2 years ago

    Hello folks, 

    Thank you for taking the time to explain your use case so that we can make 1Password better for everyone. Currently, the export tool will export your entire account and there's isn't an option to export a single vault or a select list of items. While I can't make any promises, I've filed a feature request to have the team look into adding such an option in the future.

    That being said, as a workaround, you can use Travel Mode to temporarily remove all vaults but the vault(s) that you'd like to export from the 1Password app on your Mac, Linux device, or Windows PC. When Travel Mode is turned on, the export will only contain items from the vaults that you've marked as Safe for Travel:

    1. Use Travel Mode to temporarily remove all but the vault that you'd like to export: Use Travel Mode to remove vaults from your devices when you travel
    2. Use the 1Password desktop app to export data to a CSV or 1PUX file: How to export your data from the 1Password desktop app
    3. Confirm that the exported file only contains data from the vault that you wanted to export.
    4. Turn off Travel Mode so that all of your vaults appear in the desktop app again.


    -Dave

Former Member's avatar
Former Member
3 years ago

Re: Archive - I use it often. Doesn't fill my need for getting my data, but it is appreciated.

Re: New CSV Export fields - Q: Have you recently introduced a feature that exports more fields than just the login/password under the "Export..." function for the entire user account? I browsed the https://releases.1password.com/mac/8.10/ but didn't find any mention of this.

Tried exporting to CSV, intending to export everything and then pick out the records I needed:

  1. I chose "Export..." > "user", and saw a warning that it would only export login/password data.

    CSV (Logins and Passwords only): A comma-separated values file (.csv) will export only your usernames and passwords in an unencrypted text file.

  2. Not my first choice, but upon testing, looks like the export actually includes fields such as: Title, Url, Username, Password, OTPAuth, Favorite, Archived, Tags, and Notes.

Q: I'm still unsure if this is the entirety of the text. Is it safe to export and then delete the original items? I'll probably delay this until I can cross-check the exported data with the source.

As OP inquired:

The only export options I see are either using the .1PUX format for all my vaults or the .CSV format, which appears to only export the logins and no other categories. There's no feature for exporting individual vaults.

Might be a little much user work to get text from a secure text storage app.

Re feature req: CSV per item or selection of items, or at least entire vault would be reasonable data access. There has to be a subset to the whole dbase. My 1pw CSV export of my user as a single file (with temp vaults imported from browsers, and all the archives, indiv pw's, and every variation of all the pw records therein, since 2006) is over 5100 rows. There are dupes, but the dbase has been fairly well maintained.