Method 2: Could Be Fast, Could Be Trouble It took a while, but it was worth the trouble. Don't care about the site? Just delete it without transferring.Ī few years ago, I used this technique to migrate from LastPass Premium ($2.00 at LastPass) to Dashlane. The beauty of doing it this way is that it weeds out sites that no longer exist, and sites where your password isn't valid. Step through the list, launch each one, capture it in the new password manager, and tag or delete the old one. Most password managers have some kind of master list of passwords. Another is to add a tag to those you've transferred (if the old password manager supports that functionality), or move them to a Finished folder.Įventually, though, you'll have to power through the remaining passwords, the sites that you haven't yet visited during this migration. One way to track progress is to delete each transferred password from the old utility. Of course, you want to get all your passwords transferred, not just the ones you've used recently. In that case, I recommend logging in to transfer each login for the site, so there's no confusion. But look closely it might be that you have more than one login for that site, perhaps home and work emails. If both tools pop up offering to fill your saved credentials, it probably means that you already migrated the site's data to the new password manager. Each time you visit a secure site, the old password manager fills in your credentials, and the new one slurps them up into its own collection. Just install the new one without removing the old one. In most cases, two password managers running at the same time don't fight each other, as antivirus software tends to do. Password managers are a companionable lot, not like antivirus tools or security suites.
Here are two distinct paths leading from your old, outmoded password manager to a top-of-the-line replacement.
But what if you've committed your passwords to one that's mired in the past? Switching to a different password manager isn't as difficult as you might expect. The most advanced password managers now include such features as two-factor authentication, password inheritance, and automatic password updates. Utilities that automated the process of capturing passwords as you log in and replaying those as needed soon took the forefront. The very earliest password managers just stored passwords for you, perhaps with a streamlined process to copy credentials to the clipboard.
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