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.

- File > Import From....
- Select Plain Text...
- Set import settings and parameters for the text file being imported
- 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.
- Click OK
- Select the text file to import.
- 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.