How to export 1Password passwords and move them to Barside

Moving from 1Password to Barside takes about five minutes: export a CSV file from 1Password 8, import it in Barside Passwords, and delete the file. This guide covers each step, what comes along, what stays behind, and how to make the switch safely.

Before you start

Barside's password manager is built into the free Barside desktop app. It keeps your logins encrypted on your own computer, with Windows' data protection on Windows and your keyring on Linux. It fills logins into Chrome, Brave and Edge on Windows, copies them on Linux, makes two-step codes and checks for leaks. Check three things first:

• You use Barside 1.50 or newer. The importer arrived in 1.50.
• You know what Barside does not do. It has no family or team sharing, no browser extension and no phone app. If you rely on those, read the 1Password alternative guide before you move.
• You have time to finish in one sitting. The exported file is not encrypted, so export, import and delete it in one go.

Step 1: Export your logins from 1Password

1Password exports from its desktop app, in two formats: 1PUX, its own unencrypted format, and CSV. Barside reads the CSV. These steps follow 1Password's own help page, published August 28, 2026.

On Windows or Linux:

1. Open 1Password 8 and unlock it.
2. Select the ellipsis (…) at the top of the sidebar, then Export, and choose the account.
3. Enter your account password.
4. Choose CSV as the format, then select Export Data.
5. Choose where to save the file. On Linux, the last button is OK.

On a Mac: select File > Export in the menu bar and choose the account, then follow the same steps. You can then copy the file to the Windows or Linux computer that runs Barside, ideally on a USB stick you wipe afterwards, never by email.

1Password says its CSV export "supports a limited set of fields and will only export Login and Password items". Each login comes with its title, website, username, password, one-time password, favorite and archived status, tags and notes.

Step 2: Import the file into Barside

1. Open Barside Passwords: the key icon in Barside's title bar, Passwords in the tray menu, or type pw in the search bar.
2. At the bottom of the window, choose Import from another password manager.
3. Pick the CSV file you exported.
4. Barside reads the file on your computer and shows what it found, for example Import 214 logins from 1Password, how many of them have a two-step code, and how many items it leaves out and why.
5. Choose Import 214 logins.
6. Barside shows how many logins it added and updated. Choose Move the file to the Recycle Bin (or the Trash on Linux), then empty it.

The window never receives your passwords: Barside reads the file in its main process and sends only the counts to the window, the same way it keeps passwords out of the window when it fills a login.

What comes along, and what stays behind

When Barside already has a login for the same website and username, it takes the password from the file, adds the file's two-step code if there is one, and keeps the name you gave it in Barside. Importing the same file twice therefore does not create duplicates.

After the move

• Check a few logins. Open a website you use daily and press Fill in Barside Passwords (Windows), or Copy username and Copy password (Linux).
• Turn on the leak check. In Password health, choose Check now. Barside sends only the first five characters of each password's hash to Have I Been Pwned, so your passwords never leave your computer, and it warns you about reused passwords too.
• Add login-page hints on Windows. With Offer help on login pages on, Barside shows a quiet notification when a supported login form is on screen.
• Keep 1Password for a while. Leave your subscription running until you are sure every login moved, then export once more as a last copy if you like and cancel.
• Make strong new passwords with the free password generator when you update old ones.

Daily use: 1Password and Barside side by side

1Password lives in your browser through its extension and fills logins as you browse, on every device. Barside works from the desktop: you open Barside Passwords on a login page, choose the account and press Fill, and Barside fills the form in Chrome, Brave or Edge on Windows. On Linux, browsers do not let other apps fill their forms safely, so Barside copies the username and password and clears the clipboard after 45 seconds.

Both keep two-step codes next to the login and warn about leaked passwords. 1Password adds sharing, Watchtower reports, travel mode and apps for phones; Barside adds no subscription, no account and a vault that never leaves your computer unless you export it yourself. Read the full comparison in the 1Password alternative guide, and how Barside protects logins in the password manager guide.

Moving from more than one app

If you also kept passwords in your browser or another manager, import those files too. Each import merges into the same vault, and logins Barside already has are updated instead of doubled. See the guides for Bitwarden, LastPass and Chrome, or the list of every format Barside reads.