[Solved]Can't import passwords
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sanguinellc last edited by
In my version of Opera the password option is only to EXPORT passwords. There is no import option.
The inability to import passwords and log-ons from Chrome is a major impediment to switching my default browser from Chrome to Opera.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@sanguinellc That's why I said used to be, Chromium removed the flag. However the command line should work.
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burnout426 Volunteer 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.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
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Goto the URL
opera://about
and take note of the "install" path. -
Close Opera.
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Open the Windows Task Manager and make sure there are really no Opera processes running. If there are, end task on them.
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Close the browser you want to import from. Confirm it's closed in the task manager.
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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 inopera://about
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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.
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In Chrome, goto the URL
chrome://settings/passwords
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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.
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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.)
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Goto the URL
opera://settings/passwords
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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.
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A Former User 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. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@johnd78 said in Can't import passwords:
Chromium developers have already returned the password import flag.
Indeed. Thanks.
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Ddragon 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 guyshave a nice day
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sanguinellc 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 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 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.
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olesiak Opera last edited by
@burnout426 Hello, did you try to test import from Chrome in last Stable version 67.0.3575.97?
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olesiak Opera last edited by
@burnout426 thank you for the reply. What is the Chrome version from which you tried to import data?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
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) -
Kimdo 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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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.