Let’s get you set up to use the Coinbase Wallet mobile app. To get started, you can either create a new self-custody wallet or import an existing wallet using a 12 word recovery phrase from another wallet provider like MetaMask or Trust Wallet, or even another Coinbase Wallet.
In either case, you’ll need to download the Coinbase Wallet mobile app.
First, download the mobile app if you haven’t already.
Step 1: Select “Create a new wallet”.
Step 2: Review and accept the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Step 3: Pick your username and set your privacy preferences. This is how other Wallet users can find you and send you payments.
Step 4: Choose your preferred security method, biometrics or a passcode. We recommend biometric authentication.
Step 5: Backup your recovery phrase. Your recovery phrase is the key to your wallet. Keep this safe, as this is the key to access your wallet and Coinbase cannot recover this phrase for you
Select “Backup to cloud” or “Backup manually”. If backing up to the cloud, you’ll be asked to set a password to encrypt your backup. Like your recovery phrase, keep this password safe, as Coinbase cannot recover it for you.
If you choose to “backup manually”, your recovery phrase will be displayed for you to write down, or to copy and paste in a secure location.
Now, confirm the first and last words of your recovery phrase to confirm your backup.
Step 6: All done - your Coinbase Wallet is ready!
Jump to a wallet that you’d like to import from:
In order to import an existing wallet, you must be able to access the wallet’s recovery phrase.
Most wallets have a 12 word recovery phrase, which acts as the key to your wallet. These words must be kept safe. No wallet provider, including Coinbase, can recover this 12 word recovery phrase for you.
Recovery phrases are portable, enabling you to transfer your wallet from one self-custody wallet provider to another. With Coinbase Wallet, you can import any wallet that you may have created with another provider such as MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and others. You can also recover your existing Coinbase Wallet using a cloud backup or your recovery phrase.
When you import an existing wallet using your recovery phrase into Coinbase Wallet, you will be able to continue using your wallet across multiple providers, and any transactions you make will show up in your wallet across all of your wallet providers.
While the recovery phrase is portable, the app passcode and/or cloud backup password that you set for your wallet is provider-specific and will not be ported over to another provider. Like recovery phrases, passcodes and passwords cannot be recovered by any wallet provider, including Coinbase Wallet.
Step 1: Install the Coinbase Wallet mobile app
Step 2: Open the MetaMask mobile app or browser extension. Enter in your password to access your wallet if prompted.
Step 3: Click on the menu icon on the top left hand corner of the mobile app, or the top right hand corner in the extension, and navigate to Settings. From the list, click on the “Security & Privacy” option, and tap on “Reveal Secret Recovery Phrase”. Enter in your password to continue
Step 4: Copy down your Secret Recovery Phrase. This should be 12 words. Keep this safe.
Step 5: Open the Coinbase Wallet app, and select “I already have a wallet”. Then tap “Restore with Recovery Phrase”
Step 6: Enter in the Secret Recovery Phrase that you copied down on Step 5. This should be 12 words. Keep this safe, as this is the key to access your wallet and Coinbase cannot recover this phrase for you
Step 7: Select a Wallet username and set your privacy preferences
Step 8: Choose your preferred security method: biometric authentication or a passcode. Keep your passcode safe, as Coinbase cannot recover this for you
Step 9: All done - your MetaMask wallet has been imported into Coinbase Wallet, and is ready to use!
Step 1: Install the Coinbase Wallet mobile app
Step 2: Open the Trust Wallet app on your phone
Step 3: Click on the Settings, and tap “Wallets”. Tap the informational icon for the wallet that you’d like to import, and click on “Show Recovery Phrase”
Step 4: Copy down your Secret phrase. This should be 12 words. Keep this safe.
Step 5: Open the Coinbase Wallet app, and select “I already have a wallet”. Then tap “Restore with recovery phrase”
Step 6: Enter in the secret phrase that you copied down on Step 5. This should be 12 words. Keep this safe, as this is the key to access your wallet and Coinbase cannot recover this phrase for you. Click on Import wallet once complete.
Step 7: Select a Wallet username and set your privacy preferences
Step 8: Choose your preferred security method: biometric authentication or a passcode. Keep your passcode safe, as Coinbase cannot recover this for you
Step 9: All done - your Trust Wallet has been imported into Coinbase Wallet, and is ready to use!
Step 1: Install the Coinbase Wallet mobile app
Step 2: Open the Coinbase Wallet app on your phone and select “I already have a wallet”. You will need to either restore your wallet from an existing cloud backup, or by using your 12 word recovery Phrase.
Step 1: On the Restore Wallet page, select the “Restore with cloud” option.
Step 2: Enter the password created for the wallet you’d like to restore. Note that Coinbase cannot recover this password for you.
Step 3: Choose your preferred security method: biometric authentication or a passcode. Keep your passcode safe, as Coinbase cannot recover this for you
Step 4: All done! Your Coinbase Wallet has been recovered, and is ready to use!
Step 1: On the Restore Wallet page, select the “Restore with recovery phrase” option.
Step 2: Enter the 12 word recovery phrase you were given when you created your wallet. Coinbase cannot recover this phrase for you.
Step 3: Choose your preferred security method: biometric authentication or a passcode. Keep your passcode safe, as Coinbase cannot recover this for you
Step 4: All done! Your Coinbase Wallet has been recovered, and is ready to use!
Step 1: Install the Coinbase Wallet mobile app.
Step 2: Open up your existing wallet, either on your mobile app or extension.
Step 3: You can typically find your Recovery Phrase in the Settings menu of most wallets. Copy down your Recovery Phrase. This should be 12 words. Keep this safe.
Step 4: Open up the Coinbase Wallet app, and click on the “Import an existing wallet option”. Enter in the Recovery Phrase that you copied down into the Coinbase Wallet extension. Click on Import wallet once complete.
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