# Export your Bitwarden vault

Bitwarden exports your whole vault as one unencrypted .json file, and PrivacyNotes files every item where it belongs: logins, cards, SSH keys, and secure notes.

## Export your vault from Bitwarden

1. Open the Bitwarden web vault (or the desktop app) and sign in.
2. Go to Tools, then "Export vault".
3. Choose the file format .json (the plain one, not ".json (Encrypted)").
4. Confirm with your master password and download the file.

## Where things land

Logins become Vault login entries (with their site icons), cards become card entries, SSH keys become SSH key entries, and secure notes plus identities arrive as readable notes. Bitwarden folders map to tags, and favorites arrive starred. Authenticator keys (TOTP) come along too, so your 2FA codes keep working.

A word of care: the export file holds your passwords in plain text. Import it, verify everything arrived, then delete the file properly. Inside PrivacyNotes it is all end-to-end encrypted again.

## Import into PrivacyNotes

1. Open PrivacyNotes and go to Settings > Import & Export.
2. Pick **Bitwarden** as the source.
3. Drop in the file you just exported, or click to browse.
4. Check what the preview says will arrive, then start the import.

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Source: https://privacynotes.app/help/import/bitwarden