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layout: static_page layout: static_page
title: "Restoring your Monero Account" title: "Restoring your Monero Wallet"
title-pre-kick: "Restoring your " title-pre-kick: "Restoring your "
title-kick: "Monero " title-kick: "Monero "
title-post-kick: "Account" title-post-kick: "Wallet"
kick-class: "purple-kicks" kick-class: "purple-kicks"
icon: "icon_userguides" icon: "icon_userguides"
attribution: "<!-- Icon is based on work by Freepik (http://www.freepik.com) and is licensed under Creative Commons BY 3.0 -->" attribution: "<!-- Icon is based on work by Freepik (http://www.freepik.com) and is licensed under Creative Commons BY 3.0 -->"
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## Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac ## Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac
### Account Software: monero-wallet-cli.exe ### Account Software: monero-wallet-cli
- Retrieve your 25 word @mnemonic-seed that you saved when creating your old Monero @account - Retrieve your 25 word @mnemonic-seed that you saved when creating your old Monero @wallet
- Open a command prompt and navigate to the drive and directory that contains monero-wallet-cli.exe - Open a command prompt and navigate to the drive and directory that contains monero-wallet-cli
- At the command prompt type: `monero-wallet-cli --restore-deterministic-wallet` - At the command prompt type: `monero-wallet-cli --restore-deterministic-wallet`
- Once you press enter you will be prompted for an account file name. Give your account a new name, any name will do - Once you press enter you will be prompted for a wallet file name. Give your wallet a new name, any name will do
- Press enter again and you will be prompted for a password. Give your wallet a new and long password - Press enter again and you will be prompted for a password. Give your wallet a new and long password
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- You will then be prompted with "Restore from specific blockchain height (optional, default 0):" Default will start the restore process from the beginning of the Monero blockchain. If you don't know the specific blockchain height, just hit enter. (Specifying a specific blockchain height will start the restore process from that specific height. This will save a bit of time in scanning, if you know what starting blockchain height your initial funds were transacted for this specific account.) - You will then be prompted with "Restore from specific blockchain height (optional, default 0):" Default will start the restore process from the beginning of the Monero blockchain. If you don't know the specific blockchain height, just hit enter. (Specifying a specific blockchain height will start the restore process from that specific height. This will save a bit of time in scanning, if you know what starting blockchain height your initial funds were transacted for this specific account.)
After you have entered the 25 word mnemonic seed and have chosen your specific blockchain height, monero-wallet-cli will generate the same public address and view key as your old account and begin the refresh process automatically. (Please be patient as the refresh process may take a while.) After you have entered the 25 word mnemonic seed and have chosen your specific blockchain height, monero-wallet-cli will generate the same public address and view key as your old wallet and begin the refresh process automatically. (Please be patient as the refresh process may take a while.)