Password import edge not working

Anonymous
2022-09-07T21:49:26+00:00

Hi guys,

I am having trouble with import my saved passwords from chrome to edge.

Its like the new edge update doenst allow me to import a csv. I can search for it but when i click on import nothing happens.

Tried this on different stations all with the new edge version unfortunate

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-08T06:45:14+00:00

    The problem with importing passwords from a CSV file is a known issue. I'm told the Edge engineers have identified the root cause and are working on a fix, but there's no ETA for it yet.

    Have you tried importing direct from Chrome if it's installed on the same machine? On the page edge://settings/profiles/importBrowsingData, click on Choose what to import, select Google Chrome and Saved passwords.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-24T17:57:24+00:00

    Thank God for Google or else we'd never get Microsoft web products to work.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-23T23:17:30+00:00

    I worked in IT for 38 years and if we had a problem of this severity we would have been locked in the office till it was FIXED!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-12T20:43:47+00:00

    Looks like Microsoft still can't get it right. The newest incarnation of Edge completely removes the ability to import a .CVS file. I don't know what the technicians there are doing, but they clearly aren't getting the job done. Version 107.0.1418.42 (Official build) (64-bit)

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-13T23:30:26+00:00

    Any way around this to get them in there? (Besides adding one at a time!)

    Not that I've been able to test, I'm afraid.

    The obvious way is to use Sync:

    1. Sign in to the Edge browser profile on the old computer with a Microsoft Account.
    2. Enable Sync and ensure that Passwords is selected in the list of items to sync.
    3. Sign into the Edge browser profile on the new computer with the same Microsoft Account.
    4. Enable Sync and ensure that Passwords is selected in the list of items to sync.
    5. Wait a couple of hours for sync to work.
      It will go faster if you limit the amount of data to be synced, so it may be worth while selecting only Passwords on both machines for a start. You could add other items later if you wanted to.

    I understand it's still possible to import passwords from Chrome, so another potential workaround is:

    1. Install Chrome.
    2. Import passwords into Chrome from the CSV file.
    3. Import passwords into Edge from Chrome.

    I'd be interested to hear whether this works.

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