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Migrate/Switch from Google Chrome Portable to Brave on Windows

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Migrate/Switch from Google Chrome Portable to Brave on Windows:

Open File Explorer
Go to %LocalAppData%
Create folder Google > Chrome > User Data
Open Chrome Portable and navigate to chrome://version/#:~:text=Profile%20Path
Look for the Profile Path field*, copy profile folder & Local State file to %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data
Open Brave and navigate to brave://settings/importData
Select profile and click Import

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Saved passwords:

Open Chrome Portable and navigate to chrome://password-manager/settings
Look for the Export passwords field and click Download file
Open Brave and navigate to brave://password-manager/settings
Look for the Import passwords field and click Select file
Check Delete Chrome Passwords.csv, so others who use this device can't see your passwords and click View passwords

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* = The Default directory is for the primary profile. If you have multiple profiles, they will be listed under separate directories like Profile 1, Profile 2, etc.

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