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# Export a private key

Reveal one key in the format another wallet expects.

Sometimes you want to use one of your addresses in another app: Phantom for Solana, Sparrow for Bitcoin, Lobstr for Stellar. The Vault can show the private key of a single chain, in that app's format.

## What you need

* The Vault, unlocked.
* A private place. The key on the screen *is* the money.

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### Open the account and tap "Export private key"

On the account page, next to the chain you want, tap **Export private key**. Choose the format:

* **Hex private key** — Ethereum and EVM wallets
* **Base58 keypair** — Phantom, Solflare (Solana)
* **WIF** — Sparrow, Electrum (Bitcoin)
* **suiprivkey** — Slush, Suiet (Sui)
* **Secret seed S…** — Lobstr, xBull (Stellar)

<figure><img src="https://3674012151-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FT2jyfPJ4rcVavAvTU9nL%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4b438cc78855e904d0b695847a10887aa15d6ad4%2F01-format-picker.png?alt=media" alt="format picker"><figcaption><p>Pick the format your other wallet understands.</p></figcaption></figure>
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### Enter your master password

**Unlock to export the key.** The Vault asks for the master password every time.

<figure><img src="https://3674012151-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FT2jyfPJ4rcVavAvTU9nL%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e3df72da5440835b89e577f26f7c6f10bfc04007%2F02-unlock.png?alt=media" alt="unlock"><figcaption><p>Password required at every reveal.</p></figcaption></figure>
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### Read or copy the key, then close

The key is shown with the warning **Never share this key. Anyone who sees it controls these funds.** Type it into the other wallet, then tap **Close**.

<figure><img src="https://3674012151-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FT2jyfPJ4rcVavAvTU9nL%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a8184df5e924fee9b817e0463c9d4d69c8656443%2F03-key-shown.png?alt=media" alt="key shown"><figcaption><p>The key, in the chosen format.</p></figcaption></figure>
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{% endstepper %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Once a key has been typed into an online wallet, that address is no longer air-gapped.** Treat it as a hot wallet from then on, and keep your main funds on addresses whose keys never left the Vault.
{% endhint %}


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