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Password Manager Migration Checklist

The plaintext export file is the real risk.

Switching password managers is a rare enough event that most people do it without a clear process, and the two most common failure modes are both serious: a plaintext CSV export file left sitting in a Downloads folder indefinitely, and TOTP (two-factor authentication) secrets that silently don't transfer, leaving you needing to re-enroll 2FA account by account after the fact. This checklist walks through the full migration — export, secure storage of that export, import verification, 2FA migration, and secure deletion of the export file once everything's confirmed working.

→Weights secure handling and deletion of the plaintext export file as heavily as the migration itself
→Specifically flags TOTP/2FA secrets, which many exports silently exclude from migration
→Covers shared vaults and emergency access — two settings that don't transfer automatically
→Ends with a full device-sync check so the migration isn't 'done' on just one computer
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