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| title | category |
|---|---|
| How do I back up my wallet? | wallet |
LBRY provides two different wallets, lbryum and lbrycrd. lbryum is the default wallet, but early versions came with lbrycrd as the default.
Wallets should be backed up securely to one or more (redundancy!) locations which only you have control over. Anyone with access to the wallet file could potentially have access to your LBRY Credits. As an added layer of protection when backing up your wallet, you can password encrypt a ZIP file with your wallet data. We are trying to make this process easier for users in the future through the LBRY App.
Windows
Make a copy of the C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\LBRYum\wallets directory. If you originally installed v0.14 or later, you will find the wallet in C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\lbry\LBRYum\wallets. The AppData folder may be hidden, so you can also try %appdata%\LBRYum\wallets or %localappdata%\lbry\LBRYum\wallets for new installations (v0.14+).
Linux
Make a copy of the ~/.lbryum/wallets directory. If you originally installed v0.14 or later, you will find the wallet in ~/.local/share/lbry/lbryum/wallets.
MacOS
Make a copy of the $HOME/.lbryum/wallets directory. Hint: Type ~/.lbryum/wallets into Finder and click Go.
lbrycrd wallet
You may have a lbrycrd wallet if you used an early version of LBRY or if you ran lbrycrdd manually. Look for the C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\lbrycrd directory on Windows, the $HOME/Library/Application Support/lbrycrd directory on MacOS, or the $HOME/.lbrycrd directory on Linux. If you have this directory, back up the wallet.dat file therein.