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Title: Remove imported private key from bitcoin-qt wallet
Post by: donut on June 17, 2013, 07:03:51 PM
I want to remove a private key I added a while back that has a lot of spammy transactions (think 'correct horse battery staple', except it's not the one) from my wallet.

How do I do this? Obviously without creating a new wallet and transferring everything there, please don't offer that as an option.


Title: Re: Remove imported private key from bitcoin-qt wallet
Post by: Remember remember the 5th of November on June 17, 2013, 08:35:22 PM
You can try to use pywallet, I've seen people suggest it in cases like these, but how you would use it, you would need to read the documentation.


Title: Re: Remove imported private key from bitcoin-qt wallet
Post by: Stephen Gornick on June 18, 2013, 06:57:26 AM
I want to remove a private key I added a while back that has a lot of spammy transactions (think 'correct horse battery staple', except it's not the one) from my wallet.

How do I do this? Obviously without creating a new wallet and transferring everything there, please don't offer that as an option.

According to the following instructions for a specific pywallet, delete an address is possible:
 - http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=pywallet


Title: Re: Remove imported private key from bitcoin-qt wallet
Post by: jackjack on June 18, 2013, 08:19:08 AM
Yes pywallet will gladly do this
If you use Windows and encounter problems to run it, just post I'll help you