TABLE OF CONTENTS


Get your Exodus Wallet's Seed Phrase

If you already know Seed Phrase you can skip this step. If you have already generated Seed/Recovery Phrase, you can skip to the last step below.

  • Open "Settings".
  • Switch to Backup Tab and set a password for your wallet's Backup. Make sure to not forget this password.
  • Click on "View Secret Phrase" to view your wallet's Seed Phrase.
  • Click on "Show Secret Recovery Phrase". This will show 12 words in a particular order. Make sure to write down these words with exact spellings and order somewhere secure. Don't share this Seed/Recovery Phrase because using this Phrase anyone can get access to all funds in your wallet. Once you have written down the recovery phrase you can click on "Done".
  • If you can't find written Seed/Recovery Phrase or has already generated Recovery Phrase previously, you can click on View to view it again. 


Restore Using Electrum

  1. Download Electrum and start. You can download Electrum from here: https://electrum.org/. Make sure to have electrum downloaded from the official site.
  2. Create a New Wallet by clicking on "Create New Wallet'. 
  3. Select a wallet Name and location (where to save wallet file). Make sure that you remember these. Click on "Next"
  4. Select "Standard Wallet" when asked What kind of wallet do you want to create. Click on "Next"
  5. When ask about Keystore, select "I already have a seed" option. This is because we will be using seed phrase from Exodus wallet to restore that wallet here in Electrum.
  6. Now asked to Enter Seed, Copy and Paste the 12 word Seed Phrase generated from exodus wallet here.
  7. Click on Options and select "BIP seed" Seed Type option and click on Ok. Then Click on "Next". 
  8. This is a Technical Step that might take some hit and trial on your end to get right.
    1. First click on "Detect Existing Accounts". On clicking this button, Electrum would try to automatically detect deviation path for your Exodus Wallet. If it's able to detect a deviation path, that's great. You can click on "Next" and go to next step.
    2. If Electrum was unable to detect a Deviation Path, you can then select "negative segwit" option and click on "Next".
    3. Please note that if using this Deviation Path, you are unable to finds all or any funds in your electrum wallet, you can try creating a new Electrum wallet following the exact steps as mentioned above (with a different wallet name) but selecting "legacy" option this time. If you are still unable to recover remaining funds, feel free to reach out to us at our Helpdesk. 
  9. Set a Password  for your Electrum Wallet and click "Finish".
  10. That's it. You should now be able to access all the funds Exodus wallet from Electrum Wallet.