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On the tool bar of my wallet - the word 'Coins' has appeared! It's never been there in the past.
Any ideas as to how or why 'Coins' has suddenly appeared?

When I opened up 'Coins' two small amounts of bitcoin were revealed. The transaction fees for spending these coins would far outweigh the value of the coins. How do I delete these coins?

Also, when I opened 'Addresses' some of the 'used' addresses had the number 2 next to them underneath the heading 'TX'. Can anyone explain why the number 2 should be next to these specific addresses?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

For the first problem i am not really sure but it is prob some dust coins just ignore  them . for the number appear underneath TX it is the numbers of

how many time this address have been used the counting count in and out transaction  . to see it yourself just right click and press history . Hope i

 helped .

The coins tab is used for coin control - fine grained selection of inputs in a transaction. You can't delete teh coins. Leave it to electrum to figure out how to handle them. You can hide the coins tab by going to wallet menu > coins.

The TX column on the addresses tab lists the number of transactions associated with an address. 2 means the address received some bitcoins and then those bitcoins were spent or moved to another address. You can hide the addresses tab by going to wallet menu > addresses.

Okay. Thanks for the help from you two guys.
Regarding my wallet and the issues in question - is there anything I should be worried about?

As mentioned above you can't do anything about those dust amounts. Most likely you will have to pay the tx fees for those when you spend from your wallet. The only other thing I can suggest is to upgrade to the latest electrum version because it handles tx fees better than older versions.

TX fees? What does 'TX' represent?

With regard to upgrading my wallet: Would I be able to keep my coins?

TX is shorthand for Transaction.

You mean if you want to upgrade to a new version of Electrum? Of course, all your coins will remain in your wallet. You shouldn't need to worry about anything weird happening unless you are upgrading from a VERY old version. What version do you have now? (Latest is 2.8.3)

I have an older version - downloaded about 3 months ago. Should I upgrade and download a new version of my wallet? I still have the seed of the old one.

Yes, it is recommended to use the latest version which includes bug fixes and features. You shouldn't even need to recreate the wallet with the seed as the new version should be compatible with your existing wallets. If you ever have any issues the seed is always compatible with newer versions as well.