<p>I would check these help pages out. The first one explains that your wallet may not be fully deleted.</p>

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  <p><a href="https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_support_missingWallets.html" rel="nofollow">https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_support_missingWallets.html</a>
  <a href="https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_lostOrForgottenPassword.html" rel="nofollow">https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_lostOrForgottenPassword.html</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Multibit has a pretty good troubleshooting page too, which explains where all their data is stored. I would check and see if you have any data in your system specific directory.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_troubleshooting.html" rel="nofollow">https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_troubleshooting.html</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>If the wallet is truly deleted, and you don't have any backups, then yes, unfortunately your bitcoins are gone forever. :/</p>

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2015-01-20T20:48:27.083Z
I still have my account name. Is that same thing as private key? Can I somehow return my wallet using that?
user23021
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2015-01-21T10:27:14.113Z
The account name is nothing like the private key.
David Schwartz
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2015-01-20T20:38:56.490Z
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morsecoder
<p>So I had my Bitcoin wallet at Multibit and due to computer problems I formatted my hard drive and the wallet within it. I have no backups of the wallet, I have only my account name. Are my Bitcoins now gone forever?</p>

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2015-01-21T03:37:18.473Z
I am not sure what you mean by "account name".  I can't find any reference to Multibit using such a thing.  Can you explain what you mean?  Maybe a screenshot of where in the program you would enter this?
Nate Eldredge
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Wallet gone, how to get it back?
user23021
# Wallet gone, how to get it back?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-20)

So I had my Bitcoin wallet at Multibit and due to computer problems I formatted my hard drive and the wallet within it. I have no backups of the wallet, I have only my account name. Are my Bitcoins now gone forever?

**Tags:** multibit, lost-wallet

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I am not sure what you mean by "account name".  I can't find any reference to Multibit using such a thing.  Can you explain what you mean?  Maybe a screenshot of where in the program you would enter this?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-01-20. Score: 1

I would check these help pages out. The first one explains that your wallet may not be fully deleted.

> <https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_support_missingWallets.html>
> <https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_lostOrForgottenPassword.html>

Multibit has a pretty good troubleshooting page too, which explains where all their data is stored. I would check and see if you have any data in your system specific directory.

> <https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_troubleshooting.html>

If the wallet is truly deleted, and you don't have any backups, then yes, unfortunately your bitcoins are gone forever. :/

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I still have my account name. Is that same thing as private key? Can I somehow return my wallet using that?  
> **username_3**: The account name is nothing like the private key.  

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