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Export OTPs grom Mobile authenticators to 1P?
A question, which I imagine has been asked before. I come to 1Password having dozens of 2FAs saved on an authenticator app on my phone: you all know how tedious it is to go through the whole process ...
1P_Timothy
Community Manager
Community ManagerHi @vapre, thanks for your reply and apologies for my lack of clarity.
What I was proposing was a workaround to moving your OTPs into 1Password from Aegis not a comment on their security. Many apps (including 1Password) offer some unencrypted export options which can be very useful, but requires an additional degree of caution when used. Again, my apologies for the lack of clarity there. I cannot offer an assessment of the security of another app, but from everything I've seen Aegis does seem reputable.
so if I copy that string you highlighted as "one-time password" I could manage it from 1P?
Yep! So this secret would also be visible if you edit your OTP in Aegis and look under "Advanced". You could copy from Aegis to 1Password for Android rather than exporting them.
Below you can see I've copied the secret from the JSON into the one-time password field of my test item. After saving the item I get the TOTP that matches what I see in the test item in my authenticator.
Needless to say, the method you originally proposed would be much smoother. As that option isn't available at the moment, I wanted to suggest some workarounds. If you have any questions or there's anything I can clarify, please let me know!
