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Please be very careful with your private keys because they control access to your funds. Never share them with anyone and only import them into platforms that you trust 100%. If you choose to import your private keys into a third-party platform, you do so at your own risk. To find out more, visit: How do I keep my money safe?
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How do I view my private keys?
Important information about private keys
You have full control of your private keys with Exodus wallet, and this guide will explain how to find your private keys within it.
We designed Exodus to make it easy to hold and manage blockchain assets. Since most of our customers are new to the technology, we purposely hid the private keys in order to protect beginners from getting phished. Although Exodus does not recommend manual management of private keys, many advanced users might want to view and test private keys.
While viewing your private keys, please make sure no one is around you. Private keys are for your eyes only!
If anyone is able to view your system with remote-sharing apps like Skype, Zoom, TeamViewer, etc. please disconnect them first! Exodus Support will never ask for your private keys.
Each asset inside Exodus has a set of private keys. Some assets like ETH will have a single private key, while UTXO-based assets like BTC, LTC, BCH, BSV, etc. will have multiple private keys, one for each address.
For more information about private keys, visit: What are private keys?
Mobile
To view your mobile private keys, you will need to sync your mobile wallet to a desktop or laptop by following this guide: How do I sync my mobile wallet to a computer?
Then you can follow the Exodus desktop instructions to view your private keys.
Desktop
Tutorial video: How do I view my private keys?
How do I view my private keys on Desktop?
In Exodus Desktop, a) click the Wallet icon and b) find the asset you're looking for. Next, If the asset is supported on multiple networks, you will need to c) select which network you want to view the private key for.
a) Click the More icon in the top right corner, and b) click View Private Keys.
After reading the popup message, click Yes, I'm sure.
Enter your password and click Unlock Now to view your private keys.
While viewing your private keys, please make sure no one is around you. Private keys are for your eyes only! Please be very careful with your private keys because they control access to your funds. Never share them with anyone, and only import them into platforms that you trust 100%. If you choose to import your private keys into a third-party platform, you do so at your own risk. To find out more, visit: How do I keep my money safe?
Next, resize the window by hovering on the edge until you see the double arrow and dragging wider to see the entire private key. Double-click or highlight the private key with the mouse cursor, then copy it to your clipboard.
To copy the private key to your clipboard, on your keyboard, press CMD+C on Mac or CTRL+C on Windows. Afterward, clear your clipboard data by following the instructions in the section: How do I clear my clipboard data?
Web3 Wallet
You can only view the private keys for networks supported in the Exodus Web3 Wallet. To see a list of the supported networks, visit: What networks and tokens does Exodus Web3 Wallet support?
In Exodus Web3 Wallet, a) click the Profile icon, then b) click Security.
Click Back Up.
a) Enter your password and b) click Next.
Click on the Key icon in the top right corner.
a) Select the private key you want to view, then b) click on View Key.
While viewing your private keys, please make sure no one is around you. Private keys are for your eyes only! Please be very careful with your private keys because they control access to your funds. Never share them with anyone, and only import them into platforms that you trust 100%. If you choose to import your private keys into a third-party platform, you do so at your own risk. To find out more, visit: How do I keep my money safe?
Click on the private key to expand it. You can now view your private key.
How do I clear my clipboard data?
After copying and pasting your private keys, it's crucial to clear your clipboard to prevent websites, apps, or anyone with access to your device from retrieving the clipboard's contents.
To do this, simply copy non-sensitive text, as most devices only store one clipboard item at a time. Alternatively, restarting your device will clear the clipboard, as the data is stored in RAM and gets deleted upon reboot.
For Windows desktop devices, it's possible that copying another line of text may not work if the clipboard history feature is enabled.
In this case, you can use the following How-To Geek guide to disable your device's clipboard history feature: How to delete clipboard data and the disable clipboard history feature
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