Importing an Existing Wallet
To import an existing wallet into the IOTA Wallet, you can use your mnemonic recovery phrase, a ledger device and more.
Migrating from deprecated Wallet
If you are trying to migrate from a wallet like Firefly or Bloom, you can follow one of the listed guides depending on your setup:
Once you set up your IOTA Wallet, you can use the Balance Finder to search for all your funds
What's Changed?
Account Management
In Firefly, accounts were structured using a multi-account index,
which allowed generating multiple addresses under a single account without exposing the underlying BIP32 derivation
paths. In practice, this means that Firefly would display a single wallet account that actually represented n addresses.
The IOTA Wallet now displays each address individually. This change provides transparency for users managing accounts across different wallets or tools.
When restoring accounts by importing a mnemonic phrase or seed, the IOTA Wallet will display the main account by default. To access derived accounts use the Balance Finder tool to scan for assets associated with historical paths. This ensures compatibility with Firefly’s legacy multi-account framework.
If you are trying to restore an Legacy Chrysalis-era account from a mnemonic in a third-party wallet, you may notice a
discrepancy in the amount of IOTA in your wallet. You should use the Balance Finder in the
IOTA Web Wallet and move all your funds in Legacy addresses to a new address to be able to access them in any wallet.
Stronghold Has Been Deprecated
Restoring a wallet account using a seed is not an industry standard, it may not work on wallets that are not maintained by the IOTA Foundation. Once you restore your account using the seed, you should transfer your funds to an account with a known mnemonic
The new IOTA Wallet does not support Stronghold. If you have your mnemonic, private key or seed, you can use them to import your account.
Alternatively, if you only have your seed or .stronghold file backup and know the password, you should follow the
Restore Account guide.