<p>If you install Electrum on Windows, you will have two programs you can start. One of them is called "Electrum Testnet".</p>

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Thorkil Værge
<p>Run Electrum with the <code>--testnet</code> startup option.</p>

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testnet is not working for linux environment
xds2000
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and for linux? that doesnt exist
Tim Kretschmer
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Ava Chow
<p>General answer is running:
$ electrum --testnet</p>
<p>If you are using Mac OSX then open terminal an jump to:
/Aplications/Electrum/Contents/OSX
there you need to run:
&amp; ./Electrum --testnet</p>
<p>On newer Mac OS versions <br><code>/Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/run_electrum --testnet</code></p>

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On my system dir is /Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS
Riccardo Casatta
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and `./run_electrum --testnet`
baloo
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PlatoWright
<p>I'm building an application on bitcoin and want to use testnet instead of using real bitcoins to do my test. I'm mainly using Electrum-3.1.3 to do sweeping of addresses. But how can I switch this to be on the testnet chain instead?</p>

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I would also like to know how to get Electrum mobile on testnet.
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How to get Electrum 3.1.3 on bitcoin testnet?
Patoshi パトシ
# How to get Electrum 3.1.3 on bitcoin testnet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-25)

I'm building an application on bitcoin and want to use testnet instead of using real bitcoins to do my test. I'm mainly using Electrum-3.1.3 to do sweeping of addresses. But how can I switch this to be on the testnet chain instead?

**Tags:** client, electrum, testnet, sweep

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I would also like to know how to get Electrum mobile on testnet.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2018-10-04. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

General answer is running:
$ electrum --testnet

If you are using Mac OSX then open terminal an jump to:
/Aplications/Electrum/Contents/OSX
there you need to run:
& ./Electrum --testnet

On newer Mac OS versions   
`/Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/run_electrum --testnet`

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: On my system dir is /Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS  
> **username_8**: and `./run_electrum --testnet`  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-14. Score: 4

If you install Electrum on Windows, you will have two programs you can start. One of them is called "Electrum Testnet".


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-26. Score: 4

Run Electrum with the `--testnet` startup option.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: testnet is not working for linux environment  
> **username_5**: and for linux? that doesnt exist  

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