Importing Entries

Password Safe allows you to import password information from text files. These files may be generated by other applications, exported from a spreadsheet, or even written by hand using Notepad or similar text editor.

Text Format

Text files used to import password entries must consist of one or more password entries. Each field within an entry is separated by a field separator and each entry may consist of one or more lines.

Import Text Settings Dialog

The field separator used in the text file being imported and a default group name to import the new entries into can be configured prior to the actual importation of a text file.

  1. File > Import From....
  2. Select Plain Text...
  3. Set import settings and parameters for the text file being imported
  4. If a Notes field multi-line delimiter character has been used, either in a previous Export or using a text editor, enter it here so that, during the Import process, the Notes field will be split into multiple lines by replacing this character by a newline.
  5. Click OK
  6. Select the text file to import.

Note: At the end of the import process, a small dialog box appears showing how may entries were added, and how many (if any) were unsuccessfully parsed.