How do I view my private keys?

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, check out this article from our Knowledge Base: How do I keep my money safe?

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Important information about private keys

You have full control of your private keys with Exodus wallet!

This guide will explain how to find your private keys within your Exodus wallet.

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, please check out this article:

• What are private keys?

Web3 Wallet

Currently, you can only view the private keys for networks that are supported in Exodus Web3 Wallet. To see a list of the supported networks, visit: What networks and tokens does Exodus Web3 Wallet support?

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Open your Exodus Web3 Wallet and a) click the
Profile icon, then b) click
Security.

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Click
Back Up.

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a) Enter your password and b) click
Next.

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Click on the
Key icon in the top right corner.

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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, check out this article from our Knowledge Base: How do I keep my money safe?

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Click on the private key to expand it. You can now view your private key.

Desktop

Tutorial video: How do I view my private keys?

How do I view my private keys on Desktop?

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Open your Exodus wallet and a) click the
Wallet icon. 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.

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a) Click the
More icon in the top right corner, and b) click
View Private Keys.

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After reading the popup message, click
Yes, I’m sure.

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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, check out this article from our Knowledge Base: How do I keep my money safe?

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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?

Mobile

To view your mobile private keys, you will need to sync your mobile wallet to a desktop or laptop by following this guide:

Then you can follow the Exodus desktop instructions to view your private keys.

How do I clear my clipboard data?

After copying and pasting your private keys, it’s an important safety measure to delete the contents of your clipboard. This is because it’s possible for websites or apps to access the contents of your clipboard. Moreover, anyone with physical access to your device can access your clipboard’s contents.

The universal approach to clearing your device’s clipboard data is to copy another line of (non-sensitive) text. This works because the majority of devices will only allow you to store one clipboard item at a time, and so copying something else automatically deletes and replaces your previously copied text (i.e. your private keys).

Another way to delete your clipboard data is to restart your device. This works since clipboard data is generally saved in your device’s RAM, so your clipboard data will automatically get deleted after your device has been restarted.

For Windows desktop devices, on the other hand, 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, and ensure sensitive clipboard data is deleted: How to delete clipboard data and the disable clipboard history feature

This resource is not affiliated with Exodus. As such, Exodus cannot guarantee that the steps shown and the information provided will always be accurate.