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====== Account Recovery & Backup File ======

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**ATTENTION!** Qortal does not have account recovery, in the conventional sense where you could reach out to Qortal devs and they could help you recover your account/wallet. This is true decentralization, so it is up to YOU to safely store a backup file for account recovery. If you lose access to your account, for example if your computer stops working, you will not be able to recover it without your seed phrase or backup file. During account setup, you can select ‘I am an advanced user’ to see your seed phrase. You can refresh until you find a seed phrase combination you like. Write that down, memorize it maybe? But it is important to note that you do not need your seed phrase. 

If you access Qortal via seedphrase, ensure you input the seedphrase correctly. Any mistyped seed will get you into a different account, without any 'warning'. There is no such thing an an 'incorrect seedphrase' on Qortal. All seeds input will access an account. 

All you need is the backup file, which is an encrypted copy of your Qortal private account information (private key). This means if someone had your backup file, they still couldn’t hack your account without the password you make to decrypt it! This is a much safer option than having a seed phrase written down, as that is all a hacker needs to gain access to your account/wallet.

This file will never 'grow' in size as it is only your login credential (encrypted private key). But keep in mind, if you lose the password to your backup file, you are out of luck!

See [[Account Setup & Recovery]] wiki page for screenshots and walkthrough of this process.
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