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title: How do I back up my wallet?
category: wallet
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LBRY provides two different wallets, `lbryum` and `lbrycrd`. `lbryum` is the default wallet, but early versions came with `lbrycrd` as the default.

### Backup `lbryum` wallet

#### Manually

Make a copy of `~/.lbryum/default_wallet`.

### Backup `lbrycrd` wallet

#### Manually

Make a copy of `~/.lbrycrd/wallet.dat`.

#### Command Line

Run `lbrycrd-cli backupwallet <pathtobackup>`.

### See Also

- [important directories](https://lbry.io/faq/lbry-directories).