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January 11, 2020, 08:00:46 AM
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Hi all,
I'm new to this forum so please excuse if this message would be better posted in a different place.
I am trying to access my Electrum wallet by am unable to locate any login details aside from my wallet's encryption key. Is there any way to use this key to access the wallet?
I appreciate any help and thank you in advance.
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January 11, 2020, 08:10:17 AM
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what key do you mean?
You have your private key this means, open your electrum wallet, tick standard wallet next, choose import private key.

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January 11, 2020, 08:54:06 AM
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To unlock your wallet file the password you used when initially setting up the wallet should be all you need. When opening your wallet in Electrum, it will ask you for the password. There's no username, if that's what you're asking.

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January 11, 2020, 09:36:05 AM
Last edit: January 11, 2020, 10:18:37 AM by tranthidung
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I am trying to access my Electrum wallet by am unable to locate any login details aside from my wallet's encryption key. Is there any way to use this key to access the wallet?
You gave us very limited information on your case.

Something you should present clearer:

  • Do you use your Electrum on computers or on mobile devices?
  • You should differentiate between mnemonic seed, wallet password
  • Encryption key, what is this? Would you mind clarify it a little bit, please. But do remember not post anything exactly what is yours. What you we need is format of your 'encryption key'.

Encryption key is a very strange term, in case of Electrum, that is a SPV wallet and secured with seeds, mnemonic seeds, more correctly.

So, you should give us the first two things:
  • Computers or mobile devices *
  • Giving us exactly the format of your encryption key. Format of your key, not your key.

*: On mobile devices, you only need PIN code (6 numbers), not password.

If the encryption key you meant is private key, there are guides for you:

If OP lost both seeds and (passwords - on computers; or PINcode - on mobile devices), his fund will be lost and can not be recovered. Remember that passwords or PINcode is the secondary protection and play their roles to prevent hackers or bad guys get access to your wallet that secured by your seeds.

If you disclose your seeds publicly, anyone can get access to your wallet, without needs to know your passwords or your PINcode.

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January 11, 2020, 10:00:40 AM
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If you are using PC then wallet file should automatically select during open. And you will ask you password. This password isn't wallet password, this is for your wallet file. Likely you encrypted your file with password during installation. If software can't detect your file then you must look on below,

On Windows:

Show hidden files
Go to \Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\wallets (or %APPDATA%\Electrum\wallets)
On Mac:

Open Finder
Go to folder (shift+cmd+G) and type ~/.electrum
On Linux:

Home Folder
Go -> Location and type ~/.electrum

If in case you forgot your wallet password then no need to worry, you always able to recover your wallet with seed phrase. If you lost both of them then it's gone. Only way to recover bruite force your wallet file. However, I think you already have your seed. So you may follow this instruction. Even you are using electrum on mobile, still you are able to recover with seed phrase.

Please let us your problem more explicitly.

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January 11, 2020, 10:25:26 PM
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What do you mean by "wallet encryption key"? There's no such thing in Electrum, there is wallet password if you choose to encrypt your wallet, and wallet seed. If you have the password, you need to find the wallet file, otherwise it's useless. You should search everything you can for this file, maybe even try using file recovery tools if you suspect that it might have been deleted recently.

If you control the seed (12 words) then it's simple, just choose an option to restore wallet from seed when creating new wallet, and you will control your coins again.

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January 12, 2020, 04:35:47 AM
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If you control the seed (12 words) then it's simple, just choose an option to restore wallet from seed when creating new wallet, and you will control your coins again.

Judging by the OP write his case, I get the feeling that he lost his seed or never made a backup of it, then lost his wallet file and only note his password. If this is true then this will be a difficult case.

Well, nothing can be done if he's not online anymore.

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January 20, 2020, 02:17:15 AM
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Thank you all very much for your insights and sorry I dropped off for a bit there.
I'll check my external hard drive to see if the wallet is on there and report back.
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