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Switch from LastPass to tigerpassword

Move your LastPass vault into tigerpassword in four careful steps — export, preview, import, delete the export — with no subscription waiting at the end.

By Tiger · Updated September 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Moving out of LastPass takes about fifteen minutes, and the only part that needs care is the plain-text export file LastPass hands you. This page walks through it the way we would with a family member: pack the box, carry it over, unpack, then get rid of the box.

Before you start: the three safety rules

  1. The export has no lock. LastPass writes every password into a plain CSV file that anyone can read. Make it, use it, delete it, and empty the trash. Never email it to yourself or drop it in a shared folder.
  2. Do this at home, on your own computer. Not at work, school or a library, and not with anyone looking over your shoulder.
  3. Check before you say goodbye. Import first, confirm your items arrived, and only then delete anything in LastPass.

Step 1 — Export from LastPass

  1. In your browser, click the LastPass icon.
  2. Open Account → Fix a problem yourself → Export (older versions: Account Options → Advanced → Export).
  3. LastPass sometimes shows the export as a page of text instead of saving a file. If that happens, select all of it, paste it into a new plain-text file, and save it as lastpass.csv.

Step 2 — Preview the import

tigerpassword reads the file on your computer and shows what it would add before it changes anything:

vault-cli import ~/my.vault ~/Downloads/lastpass.csv

Every column LastPass exports is kept — folders become tags, notes stay notes, custom fields stay custom fields. Anything without an obvious home lands in a custom field rather than the bin.

Step 3 — Commit

Happy with the preview? Run the same line with --commit:

vault-cli import ~/my.vault ~/Downloads/lastpass.csv --commit

Items with the same website and username as something already in your vault are skipped, so running it twice never makes doubles.

Step 4 — Delete the export

Delete lastpass.csv, then empty the trash. This is the step people skip and the one that matters most.

After the move

  • Open tigerpassword and spot-check a few favourites. Does your email login fill on its site?
  • Use tigerpassword for a week before you delete anything in LastPass.
  • When you are sure, delete your LastPass data and close the account.

What you gain

No monthly bill, no vault on someone else’s server, and a second secret — the Secret Key — standing between a stolen file and your passwords. The security page explains both in plain words. If you kept two-factor codes in LastPass, they import as TOTP fields and keep working.

If something looks wrong

  • “It found 0 items.” The file is probably the wrong one; make the plain CSV export again.
  • “It skipped some items as duplicates.” That is the doubles protection. Add --keep-duplicates if you truly want copies.
  • Anything else: the full moving guide covers every app, and contact reaches a human.