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# Importing Seed Phrases Into Electrum-NIX

How to import any seed phrase for recovery using Electrum-NIX

Begin by downloading the Electrum-NIX wallet for your Operating System from the [NIX website](https://nixplatform.io/wallet) or directly from [GitHub](https://github.com/NixPlatform/electrum/releases/).

Once you've emptied your wallet/sent whatever funds you want to send, you can either keep the wallet for future use (encryption recommended), or delete it using File, Delete.

## Flare Wallets (Mobile and Desktop)

### Legacy addresses beginning with G

1. Open Electrum-NIX and select File, New/Recover (or skip to #2 if you've just installed electrum-nix for the first time)
2. Give your wallet a name (Flare Legacy might be an obvious choice)
3. Select "Standard wallet"
4. Select "I already have a seed"
5. Enter your 12 words and then click on the Options button and select "BIP39 seed"
6. Select "legacy (p2pkh)"
7. Be sure the derivation path is: m/44'/400'\
   \- For additional accounts in Flare Mobile, add /1' to the end for the 2nd account, /2' for the 3rd, and so on. \
   Example: m/44'/400'/1' to access your Flare Mobile Legacy NIX wallet in account #2
8. If you wish to keep this wallet installed as an Electrum account, it is strongly recommended to encrypt it when prompted to do so.

### Segwit addresses beginning with nix1

1. Open Electrum-NIX and select File, New/Recover (or skip to #2 if you've just installed electrum-nix for the first time)
2. Give your wallet a name (Flare Segwit might be an obvious choice)
3. Select "Standard wallet"
4. Select "I already have a seed"
5. Enter your 12 words and then click on the Options button and select "BIP39 seed"
6. Select "native segwit (p2wpkh)"
7. Be sure the derivation path is: m/84'/400'\
   \- For additional accounts in Flare Mobile, add /1' to the end for the 2nd account, /2' for the 3rd, and so on. \
   Example: m/84'/400'/1' to access your Flare Mobile Segwit NIX wallet in account #2
8. If you wish to keep this wallet installed as an Electrum account, it is strongly recommended to encrypt it when prompted to do so.

## Webwallet

1. Open Electrum-NIX and select File, New/Recover (or skip to #2 if you've just installed electrum-nix for the first time)
2. Give your wallet a name (Webwallet might be an obvious choice)
3. Select "Standard wallet"
4. Select "I already have a seed"
5. Enter your 12 words and then click on the Options button and select "BIP39 seed"
6. Select "legacy (p2pkh)"
7. Be sure the derivation path is: m/44'/400'
8. If you wish to keep this wallet installed as an Electrum account, it is strongly recommended to encrypt it when prompted to do so.

## NIX Mobile Wallet

1. Open Electrum-NIX and select File, New/Recover (or skip to #2 if you've just installed electrum-nix for the first time)
2. Give your wallet a name (Mobile Wallet might be an obvious choice)
3. Select "Standard wallet"
4. Select "I already have a seed"
5. Enter your 12 words and then click on the Options button and select "BIP39 seed"
6. Select "legacy (p2pkh)"
7. Change the derivation path to: m/0'
8. If you wish to keep this wallet installed as an Electrum account, it is strongly recommended to encrypt it when prompted to do so.