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# Importing a Wallet with a Recovery Phrase

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### Open the app

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### Tap "Add a wallet"

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### Tap "Import existing wallet"

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### Tap "Use recovery phrase"

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### Select option for entering your recovery phrase/mnemonic seed

If copying and pasting, navigate to your saved seed on your phone and copy it. After copying, navigate back to the app and tap "Paste from clipboard". If entering manually, tap "Enter manually" and make sure to select the appropriate length of your phrase at the top of the screen before entering each word of your phrase in the correct order and with the correct spelling.
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### Name your wallet and tap "Continue"

If the seed phrase in the previous screen is entered correctly, you will be navigated to enter a wallet name. This name is only viisble to you.
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### Create a password and tap "Set password"

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### Wallet will import, and your balance in the wallet will now show on the home screen.

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