Need help accessing your wallet? See the following guide: How to access your wallet with MEW Portfolio.
MyEtherWallet's legacy web version allows users to view their private key and paper wallet when accessing with keystore file or recovery phrase. However, keep in mind that keystore file, recovery phrase, and private keys are not recommended methods for online access. For more information on why, see the following article: MEW says ‘Not Recommended’ when I access my wallet.. Why?
Please note: Recovery phrases are tied to a number of wallet addresses and each wallet address has its own private key. If you access with a private key, there is no recovery phrase for your address. Private keys can be retrieved from recovery phrases, but not the other way around.
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To see your Private key
The latest version of MEW at https://www.myetherwallet.com/ does not support viewing private keys in your account, but you can still view your private key when accessing with keystore or recovery phrase on our official legacy version - see instructions below.
Visit our legacy version of MEW Portfolio at www.myetherwallet.com/wallet/access.
Click on ‘Access my wallet’ and then click ‘Software’ on the bottom.
Click your access method: either Mnemonic phrase or Keystore. For help with accessing your wallet using these methods, see How to access your wallet with MEW Portfolio.
When you’ve accessed your wallet, locate the colorful account card found on the left-hand side of the screen and click the down arrow next to ‘Portfolio value’.
Click ‘View Paper Wallet’. You will have the option to print out your paper wallet or write down the private key for safekeeping.
Best Practices
Write down your private key on a piece of paper and save it somewhere safe. It’s always a good rule of thumb to save recovery information offline and off of any type of computer.
NEVER provide your private key to anyone. This is the most sensitive information anyone can have for a wallet because private keys allow immediate access to the wallet and can never be changed.
For your security, avoid using your private key as the main method of access for your wallet. We recommend using MEW Mobile app or Enkrypt browser wallet instead.
The MEW Mobile app does not support private keys as a restore/import method. You would need a mnemonic/recovery phrase to import your wallet into MEW Mobile. See Import/restore your wallet in MEW Mobile for more info.
Our Enkrypt multichain browser wallet does support import of accounts with private key, after generating a new wallet or importing a wallet with recovery phrase. See 'Add and import accounts into Enkrypt' for more information.
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