How to Export/Import Labels In Popular Wallets

[Pmalek]

BIP-329 defines a new standard for exporting and importing labels from Bitcoin wallets, but many wallets still don't support this functionality.
dkbit98 did a good job listing those that do in his topic, BIP-329 Labels Export Wallets. That thread lists the wallets that support BIP-329, but I wanted to take it one step further and explain how to export/import the labels manually from popular software wallets and hardware wallet native apps regardless if they support BIP-329 or not.

Without any delay, let's get to it.
I have contacted customer support of popular wallet apps and asked them for information about exporting labels from their software. The following is information they told me via live chat or e-mail, plus some info that I managed to find online.

This topic is a work in progress. I can update it when new information becomes available and when we find information about new wallets that support importing and exporting labels.


Hardware Wallets and their Native Apps

* Bitbox and Bitbox App
Supports exporting labels: YES

The Bitbox app supports exporting account names and transaction labels for Bitcoin using the BIP-329 standard. The app refers to the exported information as "notes".

How to export notes from the BitBox App:

1. Connect and unlock your BitBox02 hardware wallet. (You can skip this step if you have the 'Remember wallet' option enabled for your accounts).
2. In the BitBoxApp, click on Settings and ensure you are on the General settings page (this is usually the default page within Settings).
3. Scroll down the General page.
4. Click the button labeled "Export notes".
5. A file saving dialog from your operating system will open. Choose a desired destination path and file name, then click Save.
6. The exported file contains the necessary information to restore your account names and transaction notes. Save this file securely or transfer it to another device.

How to import notes into the BitBox App:

1. Connect and unlock your BitBox02 hardware wallet. (You can skip this step if you have the 'Remember wallet' option enabled).
2. In the BitBoxApp, click on Settings and ensure you are on the General settings page.
3. Scroll down the General page.
4. Click the button labeled "Import notes".
5. A file opening dialog from your operating system will appear. Navigate to and select the previously saved file containing the notes you wish to import, then click Open.
6. Your transaction notes and account names from the file are now restored and visible within the BitBoxApp.

* Coldcard
Supports exporting labels: NO

There are no labels on the CC itself, just on your companion app like sparrow. You should be able to export your labels from there.

* Foundation Devices and Envoy App
Supports exporting labels: Yes
- Only applicable to Envoy standalone wallets and not when Envoy is paired with Foundation hardware wallets.

Envoy supports exporting of labels and tags as .json files in BIP-329 format.

How to export labels using the Envoy app:

1. From the Account selection, click on the two horizontal lines on the top left.
2. Click "Backups."
3. Click "Advanced Backups."
4. Select "Export Tags & Labels (BIP-329)" and select a location where you want to save the file.
5. Click "Save."

* Jade and Blockstream App
Supports exporting labels: NO

At this time, it is not possible to export address labels or account names from Blockstream Green. Labels entered for transactions and custom account names are stored locally and are not included in your recovery phrase or backup data.

* Keystone and Keystone Nexus
Supports exporting labels: NO

At the moment, Keystone does not support bulk exporting of address labels or account names. We understand how valuable this information is, and we appreciate your feedback.

For now, we recommend manually recording any important labels or account names you wish to keep. That said, we’ve noted your request, and we will seriously consider adding support for exporting this data in future updates.

* Ledger and Ledger Live
Supports exporting labels: NO

Ledger Live supports exporting transaction history but not labels and account names.

Please note that this CSV export will include your transaction history but may not include address labels or account names. For precise tax reporting or more detailed data management, consider using a service like ZenLedger, available in the 'Discover' section of Ledger Live.
Unfortunately, Ledger Live does not currently support exporting address labels or account names directly. You might need to manually document these details if they are crucial for your records.

* SafePal and SafePal App
Supports exporting labels: NO

* Satochip
Supports exporting labels: NO

Those information are stored locally within Sparrow Wallet. You can find all ressources here: https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/faq.html

* Tangem and Tangem App
Supports exporting labels: NO

* Trezor and Trezor Suite
Supports exporting labels: YES

Labels from Trezor Suite can be stored locally on your device or synced with your cloud storage account, such as Google Drive or Dropbox. When the labeling feature is on, you can label receiving and outgoing transactions and addresses and rename accounts.

First, you have to enable labeling in the app. Here is how you do that:

- Open Trezor Suite and click the gear icon in the top-right corner to access Settings.
- In the Application settings tab, scroll down to Labeling.
- Click the toggle to enable labeling.
- Confirm the action on your Trezor device.
- Choose where to store your labels in the "Save labels" window (Dropbox, Google Drive, or locally).

How to label receiving addresses:

1. Hover over the receiving address and click "Add label".
2. Enter a label name and click the green checkmark to confirm.

How to label outgoing addresses:

1. In the Send tab, locate the "Address" input field.
2. Click "Add label".
3. Enter the label name and click the green checkmark to confirm.

Where to find labels that are stored locally:

- MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/@trezor/suite-desktop/metadata/
- Linux: ~/.config/@trezor/suite-desktop/metadata/
- Windows 11: C:\Users\YOURPCNAME\AppData\Roaming@trezor\suite-desktop\metadata

Read this for information about storing and finding Trezor Suite labels on the cloud.


Popular Software Wallets

* Blue Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

At the moment, Blue Wallet supports exporting labels but not importing them.

To export labels, follow these steps:

1. Click on your wallet on the home screen.
2. Click on the three dots in the top right corner.
3. Click on the three dots in the top right corner of the new screen that appears.
4. Click "Export History to CSV" and then on the "Save" icon.
5. The labels will be saved to a file on your device in a field called "Memos".

* Electrum
Supports exporting labels: YES

Electrum supports exporting and importing labels previously saved as JSON files.

How to import or export labels with Electrum:

1. Open your wallet in Electrum.
2. Click on "Wallet" and hover your mouse over "Labels".
3. Click on "Import" or "Export".
4. Enter the location of the saved file if importing or select where you want to save the file if exporting and click on "Open" or "Save".

* Liana Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

* Credits go to satscraper
Liana supports only exporting of labels as JSON files according to the BIP-329 standard. Importing is not possible yet.

How to export labels with Liana Wallet:

1. Open your wallet and click on "Settings".
2. Click "Import/Export".
3. Under "Other formats" click on "BIP 329 labels".
4. Select the location where you want to save the .json file.

* Nunchuk Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

Nunchuk supports exporting and importing labels in Nunchuk's export format or as JSON files according to the BIP-329 standard.

How to export labels with Nunchuk Wallet:

1. Open your wallet from the home screen.
2. Click on "View wallet config."
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
4. Click on "Export labels."
5. Select either the Nunchuk or BIP329 export format.
6. Enter the location where to save the .json file.

How to import labels with Nunchuk Wallet:

1. Open your wallet from the home screen.
2. Click on "View wallet config."
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
4. Click on "Import labels."
5. Select either the Nunchuk or BIP329 import format.
6. Find the location where you saved the .json file and import it.

* Sparrow Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

Sparrow supports exporting and importing labels previously saved as JSON files according to the BIP-329 standard.

How to import or export labels with Sparrow Wallet:

1. Load your wallet in Sparrow.
2. Click on "File".
3. Click "Import wallet" to import labels or "Export wallet" to export labels.
4. Enter the location where the saved labels file is located (if importing) or select where to save the exported labels file (if exporting).

* Specter Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

* Credits go to nc50lc
Specter supports exporting and importing labels previously saved as CSV files. The software is compatible with Electrum's exports.

How to export labels with Specter Wallet:

1. Open the wallet in your Specter Desktop.
2. Click on the "Transactions" tab.
3. Click on "Export" and "Export Transactions to CSV".
4. Click the "Done" button.

How to import labels with Specter Wallet:

1. Open the wallet in your Specter Desktop.
2. Click on the "Settings" tab.
3. Click on "Advanced".
4. Click the "Import" or "Upload File" buttons and navigate to your saved labels file.


Sources:
https://trezor.io/guides/trezor-suite/trezor-suite-desktop/labels-in-trezor-suite
https://support.bitbox.swiss/managing-wallet-labels-bip-329/import-export-notes-labels-bip329

Translations in other languages:

- Pidgin translation, by Chilwell
- Russian translation, by zasad@
- Romanian translation by GazetaBitcoin
- Croatian translation by katanic97
- Ukrainian translation by DrBeer
- Urdu translation by Adiljutt156
- Indonesian translation by Husna QA
- German translation by cygan
- Portuguese translation by r_victory
- Hindi translation by M47AK16

[Pmalek]

Reserved...

[satscraper]

Found the list of wallets that may compliment that one published by OP:

Technically it's possible to support address labeling directly on hardware wallets, but due to their limited memory it's pretty impractical. That’s why this functionality is typically handled by the companion app.
As for Envoy, Foundation hasn’t implemented address labeling in this app yet, so it currently lacks support for BIP 329. Hope, they’ll consider adding it in one of their future releases.

[Pmalek]

Found the list of wallets that may compliment that one published by OP:

I am familiar with that list. I saw a link to it in dkbit98 topic that I linked to in my OP. That list is limited to software that supports the new BIP-329 standard. The only wallet that's interesting on that list to me is Nunchuk. According to the data, it supports BIP-329. I will take a look at the process of exporting and importing labels with it to see how it's done. Another software wallet I forgot to mention is Specter Wallet. I wonder if they have a label importing/exporting feature!? 

[satscraper]

Another software wallet I forgot to mention is Specter Wallet. I wonder if they have a label importing/exporting feature!?  

One year ago I had this app installed but it was running pretty slow with my Passport Core paired and I ended up knocking down Spectre from my machine. Right now I sieved through their releases and evidenced that many of them include changes relevant to address labeling. For example in v.0.8.1 release there is the entry "Add addresses labels to wallet backup file" . From this it seems clear for methat Spectre supports importing and exporting address labels.

[Pmalek]

Does anyone here use Specter Wallet or has used it in the past?

I am trying to find out how to export and import wallet labels with it. I couldn't find anything useful on the website or the documentation. I created a GitHub issue last week but no replies there. Seems like their GitHub is pretty quiet.

I downloaded the software on my laptop to check it out myself. It's not like your usual Bitcoin software. It immediately asks to connect your hardware wallet if you want to create a new wallet or import your xPUBs. I don't want to do that. I also didn't see any option to create a hot wallet.

[nc50lc]

Does anyone here use Specter Wallet or has used it in the past?

I used it in the past.

If they didn't change it, it should be as simple as: Open the wallet->Go to Transactions tab->Export.
The transactions including the labels will be exported as csv file, can also be done in the Address tab to export the addresses and thier labels instead.
To import, go to the wallet's Settings tab and in the advanced tab, there should be an Import option there.

I downloaded the software on my laptop to check it out myself. It's not like your usual Bitcoin software.

Yeah, it's more of a browser that works as an interface to a daemon (specterd) running in the background.
This is why the GUI is not so responsive compared to other wallets.

[Pmalek]

Thanks nc50lc,

Since you aren't using the wallet now, how sure are you that you remember the procedure properly? I can't test it myself so I can only take your word for it, which I will. But before I add this to my OP, please check one more time if that's the way to do it.

If they didn't change it, it should be as simple as: Open the wallet->Go to Transactions tab->Export.
The transactions including the labels will be exported as csv file, can also be done in the Address tab to export the addresses and thier labels instead.
To import, go to the wallet's Settings tab and in the advanced tab, there should be an Import option there.

If I understand properly, the Specter Wallet doesn't have a unique option just for exporting and importing labels. They are included in the .csv file together with the transactions and addresses.

[nc50lc]

Since you aren't using the wallet now, how sure are you that you remember the procedure properly? I can't test it myself so I can only take your word for it, which I will. But before I add this to my OP, please check one more time if that's the way to do it.

I can test this on a new install to double-check.
But since you've mentioned that their GitHub page isn't active, I bet that the buttons and settings are in the same locations.

I'll try to post an update after a few hours with some screenshots.

-update-

The options are there and surprisingly, it's compatible with Electrum's export but definitely not BIP329 standard.
Export:


Import:

[Pmalek]

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Thanks for the instructions!
This is what I added to the list in OP. If you think something should be added or changed, feel free to comment. I am waiting to hear back from the Nunchuk support. That's the remaining wallet I plan to add to the collection.

* Specter Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

* Credits go to nc50lc
Specter supports exporting and importing labels previously saved as CSV files. The software is compatible with Electrum's exports.

How to export labels with Specter Wallet:

1. Open the wallet in your Specter Desktop.
2. Click on the "Transactions" tab.
3. Click on "Export" and "Export Transactions to CSV".
4. Click the "Done" button.

How to import labels with Specter Wallet:

1. Open the wallet in your Specter Desktop.
2. Click on the "Settings" tab.
3. Click on "Advanced".
4. Click the "Import" or "Upload File" buttons and navigate to your saved labels file.

[satscraper]

@Pmalek, you can also change "NO" to "Yes" for Envoy by Foundation. The latest release, i.e. v.2.0.0 added BIP 329 support to this wallet which can be used ether in the standalone mode or alongside with Passport line of HW.

The v.2.0.0 beta is currently in pre-release. However, it will be updated to the latest stable version in just a few days. This is their standard practice to set short delay for release of stable version to catch any potential bugs.

[Pmalek]

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That's positive news. Another hardware wallet native software supports exporting and importing labels. The last piece of info I got from their support team was that it's a feature they are working on and plan to implement but they don't have a set timeline for it. I am glad it's already done. I will wait with updating this in my OP because it hasn't official been released yet, and I would like to know the step-by-step instructions on the export and import processes.

Thanks!

[GazetaBitcoin]

Hello Pmalek,

I'd like to let you know that inside AOBT we consider your thread a very valuable one. As a consequence, we decided to translate your topic in multiple local boards. I hope this is great news for you

Usually, we consider a thread as "done" after we make 10 translations for it, but also more than 10 can be done.

And, so far, already 2 translations are available:

- Pidgin translation, made by Chilwell
- Russian translation, made by zasad@


And, if you are so kind, would you like to add our translation to the bottom of your OP? If you wish to do it, here is an example of how NotATether listed the translations made by AOBT. Of course, it's up to you, but the translators would be very glad if you'd list them at the bottom of OP.

Cheers!

[Pmalek]

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Hi GazetaBitcoin,

Thanks for considering my topic worthwhile as a translation project for The Alliance Of Bitcointalk Translators. It goes without saying that anyone is free to translate anything I write into any language they want to. I will add a link to finished translations at the bottom of my OP now.

Cheers!

[GazetaBitcoin]

Thanks for considering my topic worthwhile as a translation project for The Alliance Of Bitcointalk Translators.

Well, we are always looking for topics from which the entire community benefits, topics which share knowledge... and yours is surely one of them!

I will add a link to finished translations at the bottom of my OP now.

Thank you so much, Pmalek! That was very kind of you and I am sure all translators will appreciate your gesture!

[Pmalek]

I have added to the OP the steps for exporting and importing labels using Nunchuk Wallet. This software supports both the BIP-329 standard but also has a native export format.

* Nunchuk Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

Nunchuk supports exporting and importing labels in Nunchuk's export format or as JSON files according to the BIP-329 standard.

How to export labels with Nunchuk Wallet:

1. Open your wallet from the home screen.
2. Click on "View wallet config."
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
4. Click on "Export labels."
5. Select either the Nunchuk or BIP329 export format.
6. Enter the location where to save the .json file.

How to import labels with Nunchuk Wallet:

1. Open your wallet from the home screen.
2. Click on "View wallet config."
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
4. Click on "Import labels."
5. Select either the Nunchuk or BIP329 import format.
6. Find the location where you saved the .json file and import it.

[satscraper]

Liana wallet supports exporting labels to .json file using data structure that complies with BIP 329. No importing so far.

Code:

{"type":"addr","ref":"bc1qsv09c.............................................................................................z2l","label":"satscraper"}

How to export labels: Settings ==> Import/Export ==> BIP 329 labels ==> Liana prompts to save relevant .json file in directory of your choice.

[Pmalek]

Liana wallet supports exporting labels to .json file using data structure that complies with BIP 329. No importing so far.

Thanks for the information and the step-by-step explanation.
I have heard of Liana Wallet but can't remember seeing any posts of users on the forum who use it regularly. Looking at the images, you seem to use it together with a hardware wallet. Do you like it and does it offer anything unique or different than what you can get from Sparrow, Electrum, or another popular software wallet?

[satscraper]

Do you like it and does it offer anything unique or different than what you can get from Sparrow, Electrum, or another popular software wallet?

@Pmalek, Liana is one-of-a-kind of-the-shelf private keys coordinator which has capability to create and manage advanced schemes involving those keys. These schemes may include features like multiple backup keys with varying activation times, decaying multisig, and more. This functionality ^{which is in fact due to Liana's Miniscript support} opens up potential to use Liana in " passphrase loss-resistant wallet using HW with an extended BIP39 seed phrase", or in various inheritance plans.

P.S. Other day, I have opened up the threat dedicated to Liana wallet.

[Pmalek]

Thanks @satscraper!
I have added Liana Wallet to the list in OP.

Liana Wallet
Supports exporting labels: YES

* Credits go to satscraper
Liana supports only exporting of labels as JSON files according to the BIP-329 standard. Importing is not possible yet.

How to export labels with Liana Wallet:

1. Open your wallet and click on "Settings".
2. Click "Import/Export".
3. Under "Other formats" click on "BIP 329 labels".
4. Select the location where you want to save the .json file.