Import Your Passwords from 1Password, LastPass, or Proton Pass

A password vault is only useful to your family if they can actually get to it.

That is the whole point of storing your logins in Emberalis: not just to keep them safe while you're here, but to make sure the people you trust can reach them if something happens to you. A vault your emergency contacts can never open is not an inheritance. It's just another locked door.

There has always been one thing standing in the way of that, though. If you already use a password manager, you have dozens or even hundreds of logins in it. Nobody wants to sit down and retype all of that by hand. So most people don't. The vault stays empty, and the plan never really starts.

That barrier is now gone. You can import your entire vault from 1Password, Proton Pass, LastPass, or any other manager, in a few minutes, at /vault/passwords. This guide walks you through exactly how.

What You Can Import

Emberalis reads a CSV export from your existing password manager. We support:

• 1Password, via its built-in CSV export
• Proton Pass, via its CSV export
• LastPass, via its CSV export
• Any other manager, via a generic CSV, with column mapping so you can tell us which column is the URL, which is the username, and which is the password

If your manager can export a CSV file (and almost all of them can), you can bring your vault into Emberalis. You don't have to move everything at once either. During import you get to choose exactly which entries come across.

How to Export from Your Current Manager

The first step is getting a CSV file out of the manager you use today. Here are the verified steps for the three most common ones.

1Password

1Password only exports from its desktop app, not the browser extension or the mobile apps.

1. Open the 1Password desktop app on your computer.
2. In the menu bar, go to File > Export.
3. Choose the account you want to export.
4. Select the CSV format.
5. Save the file somewhere you'll remember, like your Desktop or Downloads folder.

Proton Pass

Proton Pass keeps the export option in its settings, but where you find it matters, because not every version of Proton Pass can export.

1. Open Proton Pass in the browser extension, the web app at pass.proton.me, or the Windows desktop app.
2. Open Settings (the gear icon; in the web app it's at the bottom left).
3. Go to the Export tab.
4. Choose the CSV format. Proton Pass also offers PGP and JSON exports, but CSV is the one Emberalis reads, so pick CSV.
5. Confirm and save the file.

LastPass

1. Open LastPass, either in the browser extension or the web vault.
2. Open Account Options (or the vault menu).
3. Go to Advanced Options.
4. Choose Export.
5. Save the CSV file when prompted. LastPass may ask you to re-enter your master password first.

Any Other Manager

Using Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper, NordPass, or something else? Look in that manager's settings for an Export option and choose CSV. Then use the generic CSV path in Emberalis, where you map each column to the right field. As long as the file has your URLs, usernames, and passwords in columns, it will work.

The Import Wizard, Step by Step

Once you have your CSV file, head to /vault/passwords and start the import. The wizard walks you through it.

1. Choose your source. Pick 1Password, Proton Pass, LastPass, or generic CSV. This tells Emberalis how your file is laid out so it can read it correctly. If you chose generic CSV, this is where you map the columns to the right fields.

2. Upload the CSV. Select the file you just exported. Emberalis reads it right there in your browser.

3. Preview and choose. You'll see every entry from your file laid out with a checkbox next to each row. Nothing is imported blindly. Uncheck anything you don't want to bring across, like old throwaway logins or accounts you've since closed, and keep the rest.

4. Duplicate detection. If an entry matches something already in your vault, by the same URL and login combination, Emberalis flags it and skips it by default. That means you can re-run an import, or import from two managers, without ending up with duplicates. You stay in control: if you actually want a flagged entry, you can still include it.

5. Watch the progress. Emberalis encrypts and saves your selected entries, showing you progress as it goes.

6. Read the summary. When it finishes, you get a summary of what was imported, what was skipped, and anything that needs your attention.

That's the whole flow. For most people it takes just a few minutes, even for a large vault.

Where Your Passwords Actually Go

This is the part that matters most, so it's worth being precise about it.

Emberalis is zero-knowledge, and the import is no exception. Reading your CSV file, parsing it, and encrypting each entry all happen entirely in your browser, on your device. Your passwords are encrypted before they ever leave your computer. What reaches our servers is already encrypted, and we cannot read it. This is exactly how the rest of your vault works: we store what you can't afford to lose, without ever being able to see it.

Your extra data comes along too. Things like TOTP two-factor secrets and folder information are preserved in the note field of each entry, so you don't lose the context that lived in your old manager.

There is one thing you have to handle yourself, and it's important.

The whole reason to use a password manager is that your logins are never sitting around in plain text. An export file breaks that rule for as long as it exists. So treat it like a lit match: use it, then put it out.

Bring Your Vault Home

You've already done the hard part. Your passwords are organized, your logins are strong, your manager is doing its job. The only thing missing is making sure the people you trust can reach any of it when it counts.

Importing takes that last step off your plate. Export a CSV, upload it, choose what comes across, and delete the file. A few minutes, and your vault stops being a locked door.

Ready when you are: start your import at /vault/passwords.

Related reading: The Complete Guide to Digital Legacy Planning and Why Your Family Can't Access Your Accounts. Or start with our complete guide to digital estate planning.