Disable Chrome Passwords &
Import to SilentSurf

Chrome's built-in password manager is convenient — but it has some serious drawbacks:

No master password — Anyone who opens your Chrome profile has full access to every saved password. There's no extra layer of protection.

Tied to Google — Your passwords sync through your Google account. If your Google account is compromised, so are all your passwords.

No encryption you control — Chrome encrypts passwords on disk, but Google holds the keys. With SilentSurf, only you hold the master password — we can't read your vault even if we wanted to.

Limited features — No categories, no folders, no breach monitoring, no secure password generator, no CSV import/export. SilentSurf gives you all of these.

First, stop Chrome from saving and autofilling passwords so it doesn't compete with SilentSurf.

Step 1 — Open Chrome and go to chrome://password-manager/settings (paste this directly into the address bar).

Step 2 — You'll see "Offer to save passwords" — turn this off.

Step 3 — Below that, turn off "Auto sign-in" as well. This prevents Chrome from automatically filling credentials into forms.

Step 4 — While you're here, scroll down and turn off "Use and save passwords from your Google Account". This stops Chrome from syncing passwords across devices.

That's it. Chrome will no longer prompt you to save passwords or autofill them. Your existing saved passwords remain in Chrome until you choose to delete them (we'll export them first).

Now let's get your passwords out of Chrome in CSV format.

Step 1 — Go to chrome://password-manager/settings in your address bar (same page as the previous step).

Step 2 — Find "Export passwords" and click Download file.

Step 3 — Chrome will ask you to verify with your device password (Windows Hello, Mac password, etc.). Confirm your identity.

Step 4 — Choose where to save the CSV file. Save it somewhere you'll find it — Desktop is fine.

Important: This CSV file contains all your passwords in plain text. Don't email it, don't upload it to cloud storage, and delete it after importing. We'll remind you at the end.

Now bring those passwords into SilentSurf's encrypted vault.

On the web app:

Step 1 — Log into silentsurf.io and go to your Password Manager in the dashboard sidebar.

Step 2 — Click the Import button (upload icon) in the top toolbar.

Step 3 — Select the CSV file you exported from Chrome. SilentSurf auto-detects both Chrome and Bitwarden CSV formats.

Step 4 — Watch the progress bar. Each password is encrypted client-side with your master password before being sent to the server. Your master password never leaves your browser.

Step 5 — Done. Your passwords are now in SilentSurf's vault, encrypted and organized.

On the extension:

The same Import button is available in the SilentSurf extension popup under the Password Manager section. Same process — pick the CSV, watch it import.

SilentSurf automatically skips duplicates, so if you accidentally import the same file twice, you won't get double entries.

Two things to do after a successful import:

Delete the CSV file — It contains all your passwords in plain text. Right-click it, delete it, and empty your recycle bin / trash. If you saved it to Downloads, make sure it's gone.

Optionally clear Chrome's saved passwords — Go back to chrome://password-manager/passwords. You'll see a list of all saved logins. You can delete them individually, or go to chrome://settings/clearBrowserData, check "Passwords and other sign-in data", and clear them all at once.

Only do this after you've confirmed all your passwords imported correctly into SilentSurf.

You're done. SilentSurf now handles all your password autofill, generation, and storage — fully encrypted, with breach monitoring if you're on a paid plan.