Configuring Bitwarden from the beginning

grb · November 18, 2023, 1:22am

OK, here are your instructions…

Modify the column titles of your .csv file, by making the following changes in the first row of Columns A–H:

Change url to login_uri (all-lowercase);
Change username to login_username (all-lowercase);
Change password to login_password (all-lowercase);
Change totp to login_totp (all-lowercase);
Change extra to notes (all-lowercase);
Change grouping to folder (all-lowercase);
Change fav to favorite (all-lowercase).

Then, create three more columns, by entering the following column titles in the first row of your .csv file:

In Row 1 of Column I, enter fields (all-lowercase);
In Row 1 of Column J, enter reprompt (all-lowercase);
In Row 1 of Column K, enter type (all-lowercase).

Finally, for each row (starting at Row 2) that has an non-empty entry in Column A, enter the value login (all-lowercase) in the column named “type” (Column K).

Save the .csv file.

Follow the steps below to purge your Bitwraden vault and import your conditioned data:

Log in to the Web Vault.
Click on the account profile icon in the upper right corner, and select “Account Settings”.
Scroll down to the section titled “Danger Zone”, and click on “Purge Vault”.
In the pop-up window, enter your master password and click “Purge Vault”.
Log out and log back in to the Web Vault. Confirm that the vault is completely empty.
Click “Tools” in the top navigation bar, and then click “Import data” in the lefthand navigation menu.
Under “File Format”, select “Bitwarden (csv)”.
Click the Choose File button, then select your .csv file in the file picker, and click “Open”.
Click Import Data, and wait for the success message (which will say that “A total of N items were imported”, where N should be the number of items in your .csv file), then click “OK”.
Click on the account profile icon in the upper right corner, and select “Account Settings”.
Scroll down to the section titled “Danger Zone”, and click on “Deauthorize Sessions”.
In the pop-up window, enter your master password and click “Deauthorize Sessions”.
Log back in on all of your apps.