# Wallets and accounts FAQ

> Delete a wallet or account safely, add accounts, and find the networks that only your first account has. Back up a wallet before you delete it.

URL: https://docs.fxwallet.com/settings/wallets-and-accounts
Last reviewed: 5 October 2026

A wallet can hold several accounts, each with its own addresses, and all of a wallet's accounts come from the same mnemonic phrase. You manage both in **Me** → **Wallet Management**.

## How do I delete a wallet?

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> FxWallet doesn't check that you've backed up a wallet before you delete it. A wallet deleted without its mnemonic phrase or private key is lost for good, with everything in it. In **Wallet Management**, a wallet you haven't backed up is marked **Not Backed Up**.

Go to **Me** → **Wallet Management**, select the wallet, tap **Delete**, and confirm it's you. The wallet leaves only this phone: its assets stay on the blockchain, and you can import it again from its backup. Deleting your last wallet resets FxWallet: see [Reset the wallet](https://docs.fxwallet.com/settings/security).

## How do I delete an account?

Select the wallet in **Wallet Management**, tap the account, then tap **Delete Account**. Its assets stay on the blockchain, and the wallet's mnemonic phrase can bring it back: see below.

## Can I get a deleted account back?

Yes, with the wallet's mnemonic phrase. **Add Account** always adds the account after the highest one in the wallet:

- If you deleted the last account, **Add Account** brings it back, with the same addresses.
- If you deleted one before it, import the mnemonic phrase again as a new wallet, then add accounts until you reach it. Accounts come back in the same order, with the same addresses.

## Why can't I add an account?

A wallet imported with a private key, or a watch wallet, has one account, so **Add Account** does nothing for it. For a wallet created or imported with a mnemonic phrase, FxWallet first asks you to back up the phrase: back it up, then add the account.

If FxWallet says **The previous account is still being added. Please try again later.**, wait and try again. If adding an account was interrupted, open the account and tap **Resume Account Setup**.

## Why doesn't my new account have some networks?

Some networks are only in a wallet's first account: Toncoin, Aptos, Asset Hub Polkadot, Siacoin, ScPrime and Bitcoin BLAKE2b (XBT). Use the first account for them.

## Are accounts in one wallet kept apart?

No. Every account in a wallet comes from the same mnemonic phrase, so anyone who has the phrase controls all of them. To keep crypto apart, create a separate wallet with its own phrase.