<p>If the wallet was protected by a password, the keys will be encrypted. You can only obtain the keys using tools like BTCRecover if you know almost all of the password, or maybe if you know the password is very short. You might have to run BTCRecover for weeks, months or years. Maybe longer.</p>

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RedGrittyBrick
<p>Yes it is possible to extract private keys from wallet.dat file. The wallet.dat file is encrypted with a password. Tools like btcrecover can help you crack that password, but you will need to have some password guesses and some experience. After successfully cracking the password you will be able to import your keys to another wallet like electrum</p>

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<p>Is there a way to export private keys from a wallet.dat file using BTCrecover? I've been unsuccessful in achieving this using Bitcoin-qt or pywallet with an older wallet.dat file from 2018.</p>

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Export private keys from a wallet.dat file using BTCrecover
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# Export private keys from a wallet.dat file using BTCrecover

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-08-28)

Is there a way to export private keys from a wallet.dat file using BTCrecover? I've been unsuccessful in achieving this using Bitcoin-qt or pywallet with an older wallet.dat file from 2018.

**Tags:** wallet-recovery, bitcoin-qt-setup, private-key-export


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-08-28. Score: 1

If the wallet was protected by a password, the keys will be encrypted. You can only obtain the keys using tools like BTCRecover if you know almost all of the password, or maybe if you know the password is very short. You might have to run BTCRecover for weeks, months or years. Maybe longer.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-10-24. Score: 0

Yes it is possible to extract private keys from wallet.dat file. The wallet.dat file is encrypted with a password. Tools like btcrecover can help you crack that password, but you will need to have some password guesses and some experience. After successfully cracking the password you will be able to import your keys to another wallet like electrum


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