# Export and Import android wallet

1. ## Export and import Android wallet

   If you've been using the Android Pandacoin wallet and want to bring those keys onto the desktop client — for staking, mining, or just long-term storage — here's the full flow.

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p>This guide involves <strong>decrypting your wallet keys to plaintext on your computer</strong> for a short time. Do it on a machine you trust, and delete the decrypted file the moment you're done.</p></div>

   ### Overview

   1. **Back up** your keys from the Android wallet.
   2. **Transfer** the backup file to your desktop.
   3. **Install OpenSSL** on the desktop.
   4. **Decrypt** the backup with OpenSSL.
   5. **Import** the decrypted file into the desktop client.
   6. **Delete** the decrypted file.

   ### Step 1 — back up keys on the Android wallet

   From the Android app, export your wallet keys. You'll end up with a file like `pandacoin-wallet-keys-2021-04-02` — an AES-encrypted text file.

   📺 Video walkthrough: [Backup PandaWallet keys on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msfXugpNc5g).

   ### Step 2 — transfer the backup to your desktop

   Move the backup file from your phone to your computer — USB cable, cloud drive, whatever you prefer. You'll refer to its path later, so put it somewhere you can find.

   ### Step 3 — install OpenSSL

   You need the `openssl` command-line tool to decrypt the backup.

   ### Step 4 — decrypt the backup

   Run the right command for your OS, replacing the paths with where your backup actually lives and where you want the decrypted file to go:

   Enter your Android wallet password when prompted.

   <figure><img src="https://3195711364-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Ma1DXKIiUS1a49GvEno%2F-Man-WJwssXYUBvHRlPP%2F-Man-hfbWOaP1ShPZ7E4%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=790ae94a-d191-43cb-9675-686645f7a07c" alt=""><figcaption><p>OpenSSL decrypting the Android backup.</p></figcaption></figure>

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>You may see a warning like <strong>"deprecated key derivation used. Using -iter or -pbkdf2 would be better."</strong> — ignore it. The Android wallet used the older scheme, and the command above matches what it produced.</p></div>

   ### Step 5 — import into the desktop client

   1. Install and launch the desktop client if you haven't already, and let it fully sync.
   2. Go to **Help → Debug Window**.
   3. Click the **Console** tab.
   4. Run the import command:

   The client will scan the blockchain for transactions on your imported addresses. This can take several minutes.

   <figure><img src="https://3195711364-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Ma1DXKIiUS1a49GvEno%2F-Man-50_UgowI5cBJN-1%2F-Man-DUW7Wsj8ZTeQ9je%2Fimage%20(1).png?alt=media&#x26;token=10189b7e-0956-45f7-88ca-3b4058accdd3" alt=""><figcaption><p>Running <code>importwallet</code> in the debug console.</p></figcaption></figure>

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>If your desktop wallet is encrypted,</strong> unlock it first:<br><code>walletpassphrase "yourpassword" 600</code><br>Then run <code>importwallet</code>. Lock it again when you're done.</p></div>

   ### Step 6 — delete the decrypted file

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="danger" class="hint hint-danger"><p><strong>The decrypted file is plaintext.</strong> Anyone with access to your computer can read your private keys from it. <strong>Delete it now</strong> that your keys are imported. Empty the Recycle Bin / Trash too.</p></div>

   ### After importing

   * **Verify the balance** in the desktop wallet. If it's still rescanning, give it time.
   * **Back up your desktop wallet** — it now holds the imported keys as well. See Backup Pandacoin wallet.
   * **Stop using the Android wallet** for those addresses. Sending from both sides could confuse things.

   ### Troubleshooting

   ### Need help?

   Ask in [Telegram](https://t.me/pandacoin) — the community has done this migration many times and can walk you through it.


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