---
title: "How To Recover Your MyNearWallet Account"
description: "Follow the instructions below to recover your MyNearWallet account using an import method."
url: https://help.mynearwallet.com/en/articles/44-how-to-recover-your-mynearwallet-account
collection: "Getting Started with MNW"
updated: 2026-10-27
language: en
---

# How To Recover Your MyNearWallet Account

Follow the instructions below to recover your MyNearWallet account using an import method.

When recovering your account, you have a couple of different ways to carry out the import process, let's go through each one of them.

##   
USING PASSPHRASE

Before starting the recovery process, ensure that you have your 12-word recovery phrase with you.

Once you have it, click the ‘Recover Account’ button below to proceed with the recovery.

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Enter the seed phrase and then click on 'Find My Account'.

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You will then be logged back into your account.

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## USING LEDGER

Ensure that your ledger is securely connected and that the NEAR application is connected on the device to proceed with the recovery.

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Then, authorize and connect.

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