Restore a wallet
Rebuild a wallet you already have, from its seed words, its private spend key, or as a view-only wallet that can watch but not spend. Use this on a new device, after reinstalling, or to bring in a wallet made by another Monero app.
DANGER
Type your seed only into Kilonova on your own device, never into a website, chat or form. Anyone who sees the seed can take the funds. Kilonova and Dhiva Labs cannot recover a lost seed.
Before you start
- Select the right network in the Network switcher. A wallet belongs to one network; a mainnet seed restored on stagenet shows a different, empty wallet.
- If you have it, find the wallet's restore height: the block number when it was created. Kilonova shows it under Show seed for wallets it made. Polyseed seeds carry it already.
Restore from seed words
Select +, then Restore wallet.
Under Restore from, choose Seed words.
Type a Wallet name.
In Seed words, type the 25 words, or 16 for Polyseed, separated by spaces.
In Restore height (optional), enter the block number if you know it. Leave it empty to scan from the start of the chain.
Under How should this wallet sync?, choose Full sync or Light wallet server.
Set a password for this device, then select Restore wallet.
The wallet then scans for its payments. With no restore height and full sync, the first scan covers the whole chain and takes a long time.
Restore from a spend key
Choose Spend key under Restore from, then enter the Private spend key (64 characters, 0 to 9 and a to f). The rest is the same as above. A wallet restored from keys has no seed to show later, so Show seed says This wallet was restored from keys and has no seed to show.
Restore as view-only
A view-only wallet shows incoming payments but cannot spend. Use it to watch a wallet whose spend key stays elsewhere.
Under Restore from, choose View-only.
Enter the Main address and the Private view key.
Use the wallet's main address, not a subaddress or integrated address.
Finish as above.
A view-only wallet cannot see its own spends, so its balance shows everything received.
Error messages
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| A seed has 25 words, or 16 for Polyseed. | Count the words; check for a missing or extra word. |
| One of the words is not in the English seed word list. | Check the spelling against your paper copy. |
| The words do not match their checksum. Check the spelling and order. | A word is wrong or two are swapped. |
| This Polyseed uses features Kilonova does not support yet. | Restore it in the app that made it. |
| This view key does not belong to this address. | The key and address are from different wallets. |