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# Accounts overview
The home screen lists every account the Vault holds.
After the password, the Vault opens on **Accounts**. Each account is a card. Tap a card to open it, or tap **Add** to create or import one.
## What you need
* The Vault, unlocked.
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### The account cards
Each card shows the account's name and a short version of its address.
The bottom bar has five slots. From left to right: **Accounts**, **Activity**, the **Sign** button (a raised round violet QR button in the middle: one tap opens the camera, because scanning is what the Vault is for), then **Settings** and **Lock**. Lock is drawn in red, so it never reads as one more tab.
Until your first sync, a violet banner at the top of the screen explains how to use the Vault with the browser extension. Once you have synced once it disappears, and the violet **Extension Sync** card on the accounts list stays as the way back.
The Accounts screen with two accounts.
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### The three kinds of account
A small badge on each card tells you where it came from:
* **Recovery phrase account**: made from 12 or 24 words. It has an address on every supported chain.
* **Imported private key**: a single Ethereum-style key. Works on Ethereum and Tron, not on Solana, Sui or Stellar.
* **Single-network key**: a key for one chain only (for example a Solana keypair or a Bitcoin WIF).
The badge shows the kind of account.
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**Which one should I use?** A *recovery phrase account* is the normal choice: one phrase, all chains, one paper backup. The other kinds exist so you can bring in keys you already own.
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## Learn more
* [Add an account](/vault/add-an-account.md)
* [Account detail](/vault/account-detail.md)
* [Your addresses](/vault/your-addresses.md)
* [Sync with the browser extension](/vault/sync-with-the-extension.md)
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