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Moving passwords from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge

Good news: there is nothing to convert. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge write and read the identical CSV layout, so the file Chrome gives you imports into Edge unchanged. The tool below will confirm your export parses cleanly and show you what's in it before you commit — but you do not need it.

Check your Google Chrome export

Drop your Google Chrome CSV here or click to choose a file — nothing is uploaded

The conversion runs entirely in this tab using JavaScript. Your file is never sent to a server — you can confirm it by opening your browser's Network tab, or by turning off Wi-Fi before you drop the file in. Prefer not to do this in a browser tab at all? Download the converter and run it from your own disk.

Your export file is plaintext. Both the file Google Chrome gives you and the one you download here contain every password in readable form. Delete them as soon as the import is verified, and empty your trash.

Why there's nothing to convert

Both use the same 5-column layout (name, url, username, password, note) because they share the same underlying password store. A file exported from one imports into the other with no edits at all — any tool claiming to "convert" between them is reformatting a file that already fits.

Google Chrome column	Microsoft Edge column	What happens
`name`	`name`	Identical — nothing changes
`username`	`username`	Identical — nothing changes
`password`	`password`	Identical — nothing changes
`url`	`url`	Identical — nothing changes
`note`	`note`	Identical — nothing changes

What carries over

Field	Chrome	Edge	Result
Item name / title	Yes	Yes	Carried over
Username and password	Yes	Yes	Carried over
Website URL	Yes	Yes	Carried over
Notes	Yes	Yes	Carried over
Folders / groups	No	No	Not in the source file
Two-factor (TOTP) secrets	No	No	Not in the source file
Favorites	No	No	Not in the source file
Custom fields	No	No	Not in the source file
Multiple URLs per entry	No	No	Not in the source file
File attachments	No	No	Not in the source file

Step 1 — Export from Google Chrome

Open Chrome and go to chrome://password-manager/settings.
Select "Download file" next to Export passwords.
Confirm with your operating system password or PIN.
Save the Chrome Passwords.csv file.

Watch out for

Chrome stores no TOTP secrets, no folders and no favorites. Anything in those fields has to go into the note column or be lost.
The exported file is plaintext on disk with no protection at all — delete it as soon as the import finishes and empty your trash.

Step 2 — Check the file (optional)

You can skip this. The file Google Chrome gave you is already in the layout Microsoft Edge reads, so you can go straight to step 3. If you want to be sure before importing, drop it on the tool above — it will show you how many entries it found and flag anything malformed, and hand the file back unchanged.

Rather not put this file in a browser tab connected to the internet? The same converter is available as a single HTML file you can download and open with your network switched off.

Step 3 — Import into Microsoft Edge

Go to edge://settings/passwords.
Select the ••• menu → Import passwords → choose CSV file.
Pick the converted file.

Watch out for

Edge uses the same five-column Chromium layout as Chrome, so files are interchangeable between them.
Edge has no field for TOTP secrets, folders or favorites — those cannot survive the trip.

Step 4 — Verify and clean up

Open ten entries in Microsoft Edge at random and check them against Google Chrome.
Sign in to one real site using Microsoft Edge to confirm autofill works.
Delete both CSV files and empty your trash. If your Downloads folder syncs to iCloud, OneDrive or Dropbox, confirm the deletion propagated there too.
Only then close your Google Chrome account — and change any password you suspect was exposed while the plaintext file existed.

Questions

Do I need to convert anything to go from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge?

No. Both use the same 5-column layout (name, url, username, password, note) because they share the same underlying password store. A file exported from one imports into the other with no edits at all — any tool claiming to "convert" between them is reformatting a file that already fits. Export from Google Chrome, then import that same file into Microsoft Edge. The tool on this page is only here to check the file parses and show you what's in it.

Do my passwords get uploaded anywhere?

No. The conversion is JavaScript running in your own browser tab — the file is read with the FileReader API, transformed in memory, and handed back to you as a download. There is no upload, no server-side processing and no analytics attached to the file. You can verify this by disconnecting from the internet before you drop the file in: the conversion still works.

Does anything get lost moving from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge?

Microsoft Edge supports every field Google Chrome exports, so a standard login entry survives intact — name, username, password, URL, notes, folder and 2FA secret. File attachments are the exception: no CSV export from any manager includes them, so download those separately before you close your Google Chrome account.

Is the export file from Google Chrome encrypted?

No. A Google Chrome CSV export is plaintext — every password in it is readable by anything that can open the file, including other apps on your machine and anything that syncs your Downloads folder to the cloud. Convert it, import it, then delete both files and empty your trash. If your Downloads folder syncs to iCloud, OneDrive or Dropbox, check that the deletion propagated.

Anything unusual about Google Chrome's export?

Chrome stores no TOTP secrets, no folders and no favorites. Anything in those fields has to go into the note column or be lost.

Anything unusual about importing into Microsoft Edge?

Edge uses the same five-column Chromium layout as Chrome, so files are interchangeable between them.

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