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<p><strong>Can i sweep or send btc from the addresses individually to another address/wallet like electrum?</strong></p>
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<p>Yes, but you sweep the private keys not the addresses.</p>
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<p><strong>How do i do this exactly?</strong></p>
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<p>By following published guidance, such as that given on the Electrum unofficial guide:</p>
<p>See <a href="https://bitcoinelectrum.com/sweeping-your-private-keys-into-electrum/#:%7E:text=Sweeping%20your%20private%20keys%20means,will%20cost%20you%20transaction%20fees." rel="nofollow noreferrer">Electrum - sweeping private keys</a></p>
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<li>To sweep your private keys you go to Wallet menu &gt; Private keys &gt; Sweep:</li>
<li>Then you enter your private keys one per line:</li>
<li>Your private keys need to be in Wallet Import Format (WIF) or mini private key format. These are standard formats for private keys.</li>
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2023-10-25T10:58:57.707Z
Ok great thank you. Just to be clear, can i sweep the private keys individually as my wallet holds more than one address with their priv keys. Will my wallet be compromised if i sweep them individually?
Diee
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2023-10-25T13:01:21.513Z
I see no reason why you couldn't sweep one key at a time. The most prudent method would be to make backups of the wallets before sweeping and test recovery from the backups on separate devices.
RedGrittyBrick
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<p>I have a btc backup wallet.dat file. I dumped the file with pywallet.py using python. I now have the wallet.txt showing all my addresses (Legacy) with their private keys in that wallet. So there are multiple addresses each with amounts of btc in them. Can i sweep or send btc from the addresses individually to another address/wallet like electrum? And will the rest if the addresses still be in my wallet then with their btc balances? How do i do this exactly?</p>

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Can i send bitcoin from one address in wallet with multiple addresses?
Diee
# Can i send bitcoin from one address in wallet with multiple addresses?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-10-24)

I have a btc backup wallet.dat file. I dumped the file with pywallet.py using python. I now have the wallet.txt showing all my addresses (Legacy) with their private keys in that wallet. So there are multiple addresses each with amounts of btc in them. Can i sweep or send btc from the addresses individually to another address/wallet like electrum? And will the rest if the addresses still be in my wallet then with their btc balances? How do i do this exactly?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet, address, wallet.dat, sweep


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-10-24. Score: 2

> **Can i sweep or send btc from the addresses individually to another address/wallet like electrum?**

Yes, but you sweep the private keys not the addresses.

> **How do i do this exactly?**

By following published guidance, such as that given on the Electrum unofficial guide:

See [Electrum - sweeping private keys](https://bitcoinelectrum.com/sweeping-your-private-keys-into-electrum/#:%7E:text=Sweeping%20your%20private%20keys%20means,will%20cost%20you%20transaction%20fees.)

> * To sweep your private keys you go to Wallet menu > Private keys > Sweep:
> * Then you enter your private keys one per line:
> * Your private keys need to be in Wallet Import Format (WIF) or mini private key format. These are standard formats for private keys.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ok great thank you. Just to be clear, can i sweep the private keys individually as my wallet holds more than one address with their priv keys. Will my wallet be compromised if i sweep them individually?  
> **username_1**: I see no reason why you couldn't sweep one key at a time. The most prudent method would be to make backups of the wallets before sweeping and test recovery from the backups on separate devices.  

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