Recovery phrase or keys

NEVER share your recovery phrase or keys with anyone! If you do, they can steal your funds. Always save them in a safe place!

Choose your currency

After tapping Recovery Phrase or Keys on the Restore Wallet screen, choose the currency you want to restore.

Choose the currency you want to restore

Many currencies can be restored from either a recovery phrase or your private keys — you'll switch between the Recovery Phrase and Keys tabs on the next screen. Some currencies support recovery-phrase restore only.

Enter your recovery phrase or keys

Give the wallet a name, then paste or type in your recovery phrase. To restore from your keys instead, tap the Keys tab at the top and enter them there.

Name your wallet and enter your recovery phrase

For Monero, make sure the seed type matches your recovery phrase. Tap the seed-type selector and choose Polyseed (16 words), Legacy (25 words), or BIP39 (12 words) accordingly.

Select the seed type that matches your recovery phrase

Set a restore point

For coins that scan the blockchain (such as Monero), set a restore point so Cake Wallet doesn't have to scan the entire chain. Enter the block height from when you first created the wallet, or tap Restore from date and pick a date.

If you don't know the block height, choose a date a few days before you created the wallet. For example, if you created your wallet in February 2020, use January 31st, 2020.

Enter a restore height or date

The earlier the date or height, the longer the initial sync takes. Picking a point close to when you first used the wallet keeps syncing fast without missing any transactions.

Restore and sync

Tap Restore, then leave your phone awake with Cake Wallet open while it synchronizes. Sync progress is shown at the top of the home screen; once it finishes, your full balance and transaction history will be visible.

Cake Wallet synchronizing after restore