[Solved]Can't import passwords

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @sanguinellc last edited by

@sanguinellc That's why I said used to be, Chromium removed the flag. However the command line should work.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Ddragon last edited by

@Ddragon said in Can't import passwords:

i tried to the command "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --enable-features=PasswordImport but still nothing

Did you close Opera first? If Opera is already open, the command won't help.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

@sanguinellc

• Goto the URL opera://about and take note of the "install" path.

• Close Opera.

• Open the Windows Task Manager and make sure there are really no Opera processes running. If there are, end task on them.

• Close the browser you want to import from. Confirm it's closed in the task manager.

• Open up a command prompt (Windows Key + r, type cmd and press enter) and type this command and press enter:

  "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --enable-features=PasswordImport

(replace C:\Program Files\Opera with the install path you saw in opera://about.

• When Opera starts up, goto the URL opera://settings/importData, pick the browser you want to import from, uncheck everything but "saved passwords", and click "import".

If the import fails and there are really passwords stored in the source browser, try disconnecting from the net before opening Opera with the command to see if it makes a difference. Importing and storing of passwords might fail if your connection is marked as public instead of private in Windows.

Now, if you want, you can do the following to import from Chrome instead of the previous way.

• In Chrome, goto the URL chrome://settings/passwords.

• To the right of "Saved passwords" will be a kebab menu (3 vertical dots). Click the dots and choose to export your passwords. They'll be exported to a csv file.

• Open Opera the same way mentioned earlier. (As in, make sure Opera is really closed and launch it in a command prompt with the command mentioned earlier.)

• Goto the URL opera://settings/passwords.

• To the right of "Saved passwords", will be a kebab menu (3 vertical dots). Click the dots and choose to import passwords from the csv file you previously exported.

Then, they should show up in opera://settings/passwords.

One you're d one importing, you can close Opera, close the command prompt and open Opera the normal way from its icon/shortcut.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg said in Can't import passwords:

Chromium removed the flag.

Chromium developers have already returned the password import flag. Now in the 80th, 81st, 82nd Chromium, the flag chrome://flags/#PasswordImport is again available. In Opera 67, 68, this flag also works.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@johnd78 True, I have it enabled.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@johnd78 said in Can't import passwords:

Chromium developers have already returned the password import flag.

Indeed. Thanks.

[Ddragon]

Ddragon @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 you are the best i didn't know that is so stupide but yeah now i know so when you want to do import from opera you should close everything and launch
"C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --enable-features=PasswordImport and than it works thanks guys

have a nice day

[sanguinellc]

sanguinellc @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426
Thanks for the detailed instructions. Opera still would not import automatically but I was able to export a Chrome .csv file to a folder and use the newly present "import" option in Opera to import the csv file successfully.
It is unfortunate that Opera has not incorporated a simpler method.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

@sanguinellc said in Can't import passwords:

Thanks for the detailed instructions. Opera still would not import automatically

Are you saying that the import wizard at opera://settings/importData failed to import from Chrome? If so, I'm not sure why it didn't work.

Edit: Unfortunately, opera://settings/importData is failing to import from Chrome for me too (on Win10). Tried in Opera Developer too. Same result. Chrome and all its processes are closed. Must be broken.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

@burnout426 said in Can't import passwords:

Unfortunately, opera://settings/importData is failing to import from Chrome for me too (on Win10).

Tested in Opera 65 and tested in Vivaldi (both with importing enabled) and the same. I'm guessing that something changed in Chrome/Chromium with the storage of passwords that breaks importing.

[olesiak]

olesiak Opera @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Hello, did you try to test import from Chrome in last Stable version 67.0.3575.97?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @olesiak last edited by

@olesiak Yes. It doesn't work in 67.0.3575.97 either.

[olesiak]

olesiak Opera @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 thank you for the reply. What is the Chrome version from which you tried to import data?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @olesiak last edited by

@olesiak

80.0.3987.149 (Official Build) (64-bit) (cohort: Stable)
Revision 5f4eb224680e5d7dca88504586e9fd951840cac6-refs/branch-heads/3987_137@{#16}
OS Windows 10 OS Version 1909 (Build 18363.657)

[olesiak]

olesiak Opera @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 said in Can't import passwords:

80.0.3987.149

thanks!

[Kimdo]

Kimdo @burnout426 last edited by

I have exported passwords to SCV file, but how to import it to Opera? Could you teach me?

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[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Kimdo last edited by

@Kimdo Read the topic, the instructions were already given.

[Kimdo]

Kimdo @Kimdo last edited by

I have followed the instructions as well as I have checked in the Check boxes to save passwords, but it still doesn't work. Please teach me how to solve this problem.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Kimdo last edited by

@Kimdo What doesn't work?