## Importing Entries

Password Safe allows you to import password information from other formats. These files may be generated by other applications, exported from a spreadsheet, or even written by hand using Notepad or a similar text editor.

The formats that Password Safe support are:

- Text
- XML
- KeePass (another password management utility)

### Text Format

Text files used to import password entries consist of one or more password entries. Each field within an entry is separated by a field separator and each entry may consist of one or more lines. Details on the expected format of the imported text file may be found in the "Plain Text Export & Import Format" section.

### Import Text Settings Dialog

The field separator used in the text file being imported and a default group name to import the new entries into can be configured before processing the file.

1. File > Import From....
2. Select Plain Text...
3. Set import settings and parameters for the text file being imported
4. If a Notes field multi-line delimiter character has been used, either in a previous Export or using a text editor, enter it here so that, during the Import process, the Notes field will be split into multiple lines by replacing this character by a newline.
5. If the text file has no date information, then the "Import V2 or earlier text file" should be checked.
6. Click OK
7. Select the text file to import.
8. At the end of the import process, a small dialog box appears showing how may entries were added, and how many (if any) were unsuccessfully parsed.

IMPORTANT: The first line of the file being imported must be a tab-separated list of the names of the fields that each entry contains, e.g., "Group/Title Username Password URL", etc. This line is generated automatically by the "Export Text" function, but must be added manually for files created from other tools.

### XML

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a popular format for transferring data between applications. Password Safe can import XML files that were generated according to the schema defined in the file pwsafe.xsd, which is provided as part of the distribution.