<p>A <code>wallet.dat</code> file is most likely a wallet database created by the Bitcoin Core wallet. It is specific to the Bitcoin Core wallet, you won't be able to open it using Electrum.</p>

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Thank you very much for answering my question
pentesterlab
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<p>This wallet.dat file is from bitcoin core wallet. You will have to decrypt the wallet.dat file with your password. That file contains private keys which you will be able to use to import funds to electrum wallet (private keys, not wallet.dat). You cannot import wallet.dat into electrum wallet because Electrum does not support this file type.</p>

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<p>I ran into an error when trying to import a <code>wallet.dat</code> into Electrum. I run Kali Linux.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuWG1mZLlEMWI_xBHEEBIglbBis7yqitNNm5kBsLgXrSHctq-d5tSjYDMkFK_Nmy7xt5ie8Qtb0oph_8gUKxMSLd3YgQfQDXgjsrQgU4vNc6dsRmACN6G3j5PMJzHBjNXdi5o8NZXjRxJOzSfqk5-hRzof7wWWAgSrOQ9u4ICPmAoNKC9r2ObdxVNibxh/s599/electrm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a> is a screenshot of the error i get.</p>

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Is it possible to import a `wallet.dat` in Electrum?
pentesterlab
# Is it possible to import a `wallet.dat` in Electrum?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-25)

I ran into an error when trying to import a `wallet.dat` into Electrum. I run Kali Linux.

[Here](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuWG1mZLlEMWI_xBHEEBIglbBis7yqitNNm5kBsLgXrSHctq-d5tSjYDMkFK_Nmy7xt5ie8Qtb0oph_8gUKxMSLd3YgQfQDXgjsrQgU4vNc6dsRmACN6G3j5PMJzHBjNXdi5o8NZXjRxJOzSfqk5-hRzof7wWWAgSrOQ9u4ICPmAoNKC9r2ObdxVNibxh/s599/electrm.png) is a screenshot of the error i get.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet, electrum, wallet-recovery, wallet.dat

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [Electrum wallat.dat](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/110610/electrum-wallat-dat)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-07-25. Score: 2

A `wallet.dat` file is most likely a wallet database created by the Bitcoin Core wallet. It is specific to the Bitcoin Core wallet, you won't be able to open it using Electrum.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you very much for answering my question  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-10-25. Score: -1

This wallet.dat file is from bitcoin core wallet. You will have to decrypt the wallet.dat file with your password. That file contains private keys which you will be able to use to import funds to electrum wallet (private keys, not wallet.dat). You cannot import wallet.dat into electrum wallet because Electrum does not support this file type.


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