<p>MultiBit HD dev here.</p>

<p>The mbhd-*.zip.aes backup files are encrypted using an AES key derived from the wallet words. Hence you need your wallet words to do a restore from one of these.</p>

<p>The wallet that is opened normally in MultiBit HD is encrypted with your password. This is the *.wallet.aes file.</p>

<p>You can also restore just the transactions using only your wallet words.</p>

<p>You cannot do an 'Open wallet' specifying a location because the wallets are stored in specific directories created with no user input. We found in MultiBit Classic that users would lose wallets simply because they put them 'somewhere' and then forgot where they had stored it.</p>

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2015-08-15T22:24:58.887Z
So, someone could steal by bitcoins if they got a hold of my `*.wallet.aes` file and I used an easy password?
Chloe
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2015-08-15T22:26:40.390Z
Couldn't I just copy `*.wallet.aes` file into the special location on another computer to restore the wallet?
Chloe
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jim618
<p>I could not find an answer to this: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=multibit+hd+restore+wallet+password">https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=multibit+hd+restore+wallet+password</a></p>

<p>I asked about restoring a wallet from <code>mbhd-*.zip.aes</code> files, and someone said that there are two different types of files, one of using wallet words, and one of them using only the password. <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/38966/3267">https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/38966/3267</a></p>

<p>So how do you restore a MultiBit HD wallet from a <code>*.wallet.aes</code> file using only a password? There isn't an option in MultiBit for selecting a file during restore.</p>

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<p>Still no answer to this specific question, only avoidance. Why can't someone just copy the .wallet.aes file into the location MultiBit HD looks for it?</p>

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2017-03-23T17:10:44.807Z
Do youu still ahve all mjultibit HD files if so you can try using password to get the wallet words :)
Vanboohen
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How do I restore a Multibit HD wallet from a backup using only a password?
Chloe
# How do I restore a Multibit HD wallet from a backup using only a password?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-11)

I could not find an answer to this: <https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/search?q=multibit+hd+restore+wallet+password>

I asked about restoring a wallet from `mbhd-*.zip.aes` files, and someone said that there are two different types of files, one of using wallet words, and one of them using only the password. <https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/38966/3267>

So how do you restore a MultiBit HD wallet from a `*.wallet.aes` file using only a password? There isn't an option in MultiBit for selecting a file during restore.

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Still no answer to this specific question, only avoidance. Why can't someone just copy the .wallet.aes file into the location MultiBit HD looks for it?

**Tags:** wallet, multibit, wallet-security, multibit-hd

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do youu still ahve all mjultibit HD files if so you can try using password to get the wallet words :)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-12. Score: 4

MultiBit HD dev here.

The mbhd-\*.zip.aes backup files are encrypted using an AES key derived from the wallet words. Hence you need your wallet words to do a restore from one of these.

The wallet that is opened normally in MultiBit HD is encrypted with your password. This is the \*.wallet.aes file.

You can also restore just the transactions using only your wallet words.

You cannot do an 'Open wallet' specifying a location because the wallets are stored in specific directories created with no user input. We found in MultiBit Classic that users would lose wallets simply because they put them 'somewhere' and then forgot where they had stored it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So, someone could steal by bitcoins if they got a hold of my `*.wallet.aes` file and I used an easy password?  
> **username_0**: Couldn't I just copy `*.wallet.aes` file into the special location on another computer to restore the wallet?  

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