1Password - Migrate your passwords from LastPass
After you’ve activated your 1Password account, install 1Password for Mac, Windows, or Linux and sign in, then follow the steps below to import your LastPass data. The import tool is only available in the desktop applications, and is recommended for importing from LastPass.
Caution! You can also export from LastPass and import to 1Password, however this creates a plain-text file with all of your passwords. Ensure this file is properly secured and disposed of when not needed.
A video demo of the import process can be found here: https://app.getguru.com/card/igB4qGoT/LastPass-Importer-Demo
Attention! If you've already run the Import Tool for your individual passwords, delete them out of LastPass. If you do not remove them from LastPass they will be imported again. Be careful not to delete the contents of Shared Folders until you've validated they are in 1Password.
Before you begin Import your LastPass data Shared folder permissions Email address mapping Troubleshooting
Before you begin
Before you begin, learn more about what happens when you import your data from LastPass to 1Password:
- Private folders will be converted to tags.
- Individual items that are shared with you will be imported.
- Password history is imported for shared items, but not private items.
- Shared folders are NOT included by default. When your team is ready to migrate your shared folders, contact the 1Password admins at 1passwordadmins@office365.wisc.edu.
- Shared folders will be converted to vaults, and will include permissions. Learn more about how shared folder permissions are imported.
- Shared folders can only be imported by someone who has administrator privileges in the shared folder. After a shared folder is imported, it will not be available for other administrators to import.
When you import your data, your item types will change:
| LastPass item type | 1Password item type |
|---|---|
| Password | Login |
| Address | Identity |
| Application | Login |
| Custom item | Secure Note |
| File or one-time password attached to an item | Automatically attached to the same item* |
| Bank Account, Credit Cards, and others | Equivalent item type |
To make sure nothing is left behind, 1Password also imports account-related settings and other metadata as Secure Notes. These can be found in the Imported Unknown Data vault. You can review and archive them if you don’t need them.
Import your LastPass data
To import your data in the 1Password desktop app, follow these steps on your computer:
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Instructions for Mac
- Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
- Download link: https://1password.com/downloads/mac
- Sign-in address is uw-madison.1password.com
- From the menu bar, choose File > Import > LastPass.
- Enter your LastPass account details, choose the 1Password account to import your data to from the dropdown at the bottom of the window, then click Next.
- If you sign into LastPass with your NetID, you'll be prompted to Sign in with SSO. Click the link and authenticate with your NetID. Return to the app and click Next.
- If you sign into LastPass with a master password, enter it and click Next. Complete the MFA/Duo prompt.
- If you are an "administrator" of a Shared Folder in LastPass, you will see additional options. Shared Folders will not be imported until coordinated with 1Password administrators. When your team is ready to migrate your shared folders, contact the 1Password admins at 1passwordadmins@office365.wisc.edu.
- Select Only import folder sharing permissions to update the permissions for shared folders you’ve already imported without making other changes.
- Select Map user email addresses to map shared folder permissions for people who have different email addresses in 1Password than they did in LastPass. You’ll only see this option if you’re a LastPass admin.
- Click Import to begin the import process.
Instructions for Windows
- Open and unlock 1Password for Windows.
- Download link: https://1password.com/downloads/windows
- Sign-in address is uw-madison.1password.com
- Choose the ellipsis menu > Import > LastPass
- Enter your LastPass account details, choose the 1Password account to import your data to from the dropdown at the bottom of the window, then click Next.
- If you sign into LastPass with your NetID, you'll be prompted to Sign in with SSO. Click the link and authenticate with your NetID. Return to the app and click Next.
- If you sign into LastPass with a master password, enter it and click Next. Complete the MFA/Duo prompt.
- If you are an "administrator" of a Shared Folder in LastPass, you will see additional options. Shared Folders will not be imported until coordinated with 1Password administrators. When your team is ready to migrate your Shared Folders, contact the 1Password admins at 1passwordadmins@office365.wisc.edu.
- Select Only import folder sharing permissions to update the permissions for shared folders you’ve already imported without making other changes.
- Select Map user email addresses to map shared folder permissions for people who have different email addresses in 1Password than they did in LastPass. You’ll only see this option if you’re a LastPass admin.
- Click Import to begin the import process.
Instructions for Linux
- Open and unlock 1Password for Linux.
- Download link: https://1password.com/downloads/linux
- Sign-in address is uw-madison.1password.com
- Choose the ellipsis menu > Import > LastPass
- Enter your LastPass account details, choose the 1Password account to import your data to from the dropdown at the bottom of the window, then click Next.
- If you sign into LastPass with your NetID, you'll be prompted to Sign in with SSO. Click the link and authenticate with your NetID. Return to the app and click Next.
- If you sign into LastPass with a master password, enter it and click Next. Complete the MFA/Duo prompt.
- If you are an "administrator" of a Shared Folder in LastPass, you will see additional options. Shared Folders will not be imported until coordinated with 1Password administrators. When your team is ready to migrate your shared folders, contact the 1Password admins at 1passwordadmins@office365.wisc.edu.
- Select Only import folder sharing permissions to update the permissions for shared folders you’ve already imported without making other changes.
- Select Map user email addresses to map shared folder permissions for people who have different email addresses in 1Password than they did in LastPass. You’ll only see this option if you’re a LastPass admin.
- Click Import to begin the import process.
Tip
You can find all imported items using the LastPass tag. Learn more about organizing your 1Password items with tags.
Shared folder permissions
When you import shared folders from LastPass, permissions will be also be imported automatically. Each shared folder gets converted into a vault, every item in the shared folder is added to the vault, and permissions for the folder are also applied to the vault.
Shared folder permissions aren’t imported if the person or group that has access to the folder doesn’t exist in your 1Password account or if the person is an external LastPass user.
If you want to re-import your folder permissions from LastPass without making other changes, you can go through the import process again and select Only import folder sharing permissions.
| Permission in LastPass | Becomes |
|---|---|
| administer | Manage Vault |
| read-only | View Items |
| hide-passwords | Removes “View and Copy Passwords” |
Email address mapping
If people have different email addresses in 1Password than they did in LastPass, select Map user email addresses during the import process to make sure that the correct shared folder permissions are assigned to each person.
Upload a CSV file that includes one mapping per line, formatted as old email,new email. For example:
wendy.appleseed@wisc.edu,wappleseed@wisc.edu
johnny.appleseed@wisc.edu,jappleseed2@wisc.edu
This option is only available to LastPass Shared Folder admins in accounts that have at least one shared folder.
For security reasons, the import process doesn’t preserve individual administrative access to specific LastPass folders for people whose email addresses have changed. You can find instances of dropped administrative access by looking in your 1Password logs for messages similar to the following:
Dropping 'manage vault' permission of user from line 10 of the user mappings CSV from vault 'VAULT-UUID'
Troubleshooting
If you receive an error message stating "Unable to import your passwords Check your notifications to approve the login, then try again", you can disable this requirement in your LastPass account.
Sign in to your LastPass account, choose Account Settings > Show Advanced Settings, and click the box for Disable Email Verification. Select Update to save.
Try the import again.