<p><strong>Definition of Watch-only Adress:</strong> </p>

<p>An address or pubkey script stored in the wallet without the corresponding private key, allowing the wallet to watch for outputs but not spend them.</p>

<p><strong>So you should find your private keys in order to spend these adresses</strong></p>

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2016-05-28T13:00:52.717Z
2016-05-28T13:00:52.717Z
Comodore
<p>I had to open up the old wallet, wait for the wallet to sync and then I transferred all the coins out from the old wallet to the new wallet.</p>

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2016-05-31T21:28:56.177Z
You should probably edit this to say that this is a workaround.  By transferring the bitcoin from one wallet to another, you didn't import the private keys, you simply spent the bitcoin to yourself.
Jestin
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2016-05-28T12:37:22.983Z
2016-05-28T12:37:22.983Z
henry18341834
<p>the spendable amount is not updating to the watch only amount. this is now going on 3 weeks or longer. I am using bitcoin ver 0.12.1</p>

<p>any ideas??</p>

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2016-05-13T20:44:05.980Z
looks like almost all of my transactions are labeled as (watch only).
henry1834
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2016-05-14T02:00:01.903Z
Did you specifically add these addresses as watch-only? If all your transactions are labeled as watch-only that sounds like you don't have the private keys in your wallet which would explain why your spendable amount is not updating.
m1xolyd1an
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2016-05-14T12:28:30.603Z
I upgraded computers and had to reload bitcoin. I did add addresses manually. is there a way that I can find my private key to remove the "watch only"??
henry1834
<wallet><watch-only>
the bitcoin wallet spendable amount is not updating
henry1834
# the bitcoin wallet spendable amount is not updating

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-13)

the spendable amount is not updating to the watch only amount. this is now going on 3 weeks or longer. I am using bitcoin ver 0.12.1

any ideas??

**Tags:** wallet, watch-only

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: looks like almost all of my transactions are labeled as (watch only).  
> **username_1**: Did you specifically add these addresses as watch-only? If all your transactions are labeled as watch-only that sounds like you don't have the private keys in your wallet which would explain why your spendable amount is not updating.  
> **username_0**: I upgraded computers and had to reload bitcoin. I did add addresses manually. is there a way that I can find my private key to remove the "watch only"??  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-28. Score: 1

**Definition of Watch-only Adress:**

An address or pubkey script stored in the wallet without the corresponding private key, allowing the wallet to watch for outputs but not spend them.

**So you should find your private keys in order to spend these adresses**


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-05-28. Score: 0

I had to open up the old wallet, wait for the wallet to sync and then I transferred all the coins out from the old wallet to the new wallet.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: You should probably edit this to say that this is a workaround.  By transferring the bitcoin from one wallet to another, you didn't import the private keys, you simply spent the bitcoin to yourself.  

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