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Talia521
5 years agoNew Contributor
Question about best-practice way to selectively migrate passwords
I recently purchased a 1-year membership to 1password. I want to keep certain passwords out of the application altogether, but I generally bought the membership to aggregate credentials from differen...
Former Member
5 years agoHi Talia521!
Is there a way to choose the passwords you export from a browser upfront?
I am not aware of a browser that offers this feature I am afraid. So far I have only seen browsers that allow you to export everything.
What is the most secure way to export passwords to 1pass while being selective about what passwords you export? I thought Keepass may have a feature like that.
Because you need to export data first, you will have to save it in a file temporarily. You could edit this file directly, removing what you don't want to upload, and then import the remaining list in 1Password. You can now delete the exported file.
When you install plugins to Chrome or iOS, does it offer to keep any passwords from then on?
Yes it does :+1:
Or does it try to import passwords that you already have in those respective systems as well?
It won't force you to update existing entries, but you can change them anytime from that point on:
https://support.1password.com/change-website-password/
I have Keychain operating alongside 1password, and 1password doesn't seem to be offering to save even new passwords I make.
You might have to turn off Keychain to avoid interference if this is happening to you:
https://support.1password.com/disable-browser-password-manager/
Is the safest way really to transfer them one by one to 1password?
I would not recommend doing this one by one, no. I would make sure I edit the exported CSV file once, and import them all at once.