Import password vault from Edge\Chrome
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I don't see that there is any built-in feature to be able to import passwords from Edge\Chrome other than exporting them manually and then importing them into the Business Workspace via the web portal. As we have a large company circa 200 users this isn't something that you'd expect your users to be able to do and means that our IT staff will have to do this manually for all users which is going to take a considerable amount of time which could be better used on other pressing projects.
Please can this be added so that when you are setting up the add-in in Edge\Chrome you can import passwords from the password vaults in Edge\Chrome.
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Hi,
When you say “import passwords from Edge or Chrome,” do you mean the passwords visible in Chrome’s Password Manager (for example at chrome://password-manager/passwords)?
At the moment, browser extensions can’t communicate with the built-in Google Password Manager directly, so the only way to retrieve those passwords is to export them as a CSV from chrome://password-manager/settings, then import that CSV into your data source by following these steps: https://docs.devolutions.net/hub/web-interface/tools/import/
We’ll look into whether there are alternative ways to import passwords from Chrome/Edge without requiring a manual CSV export and import.
Best regards,
Olivier Désalliers
Hi,
When you say “import passwords from Edge or Chrome,” do you mean the passwords visible in Chrome’s Password Manager (for example at chrome://password-manager/passwords)?
At the moment, browser extensions can’t communicate with the built-in Google Password Manager directly, so the only way to retrieve those passwords is to export them as a CSV from chrome://password-manager/settings, then import that CSV into your data source by following these steps: https://docs.devolutions.net/hub/web-interface/tools/import/
We’ll look into whether there are alternative ways to import passwords from Chrome/Edge without requiring a manual CSV export and import.
Best regards,
@Olivier Desalliers
Yes, that is correct and we are aware of how to do this but as this process has a number of steps and you need to know where\how to do this it's not something your average user would know how to do which means that we are going to have to assign IT engineer's time to assist users in moving their password over from the Chrome\Edge Password Manager into Devolutions workspace this will be very time consuming it must be possible as if you have both Edge and Chrome on the same system they have wizard driven options to import data from each other.
Thanks,
Hamish
Hi,
When Chrome, Edge, or other browsers import passwords from one another, they are not communicating directly with each other. Instead, they read the relevant files stored on the system.
Browser extensions/add-ins, however, are sandboxed within their respective browsers. This means they do not have the same level of file system access as native desktop applications, including browsers themselves.
Are you currently also using the Devolutions Workspace Desktop app?
Best regards,
Olivier Désalliers