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What is the Recovery Phrase and what happens if I lost it?
What is the Recovery Phrase and what happens if I lost it?
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Written by TransferChain Team
Updated over a week ago

A recovery phrase, also known as a seed phrase or mnemonic phrase, is a sequence of words that serves as a backup. You can consider it a human-readable form of your private key.

The "Recovery Phrase" allows you to sync your account to another device and restore your data. It should not be shared with third parties as this could cause privacy and security problems.

If you cannot find your recovery phrase but you are logged in on any device, go to the settings in the lower left corner of the Web App and navigate to the security section. At the bottom of the page, you can view your recovery phrases by entering your password.

If you can't find your recovery phrase in the privacy section, you can reset your account and get new recovery phrases. (How to reset my account) However, you need to back up all your data because, after this process, you will need to clear your cloud.

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