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 a 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. If the text file has no date information, then the "Import V2 or earlier text file" should be checked.
  6. Click OK
  7. 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.