<p>According to <a href="https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_gettingStarted.html" rel="nofollow">MultiBit's Getting Started</a>, the wallet file of MultiBit seems to be named <strong><code>multibit.wallet</code></strong>, not wallet.dat. You might want to try searching for that instead.</p>

<p>Sorry to break the bad news, but the <strong>addresses aren't sufficient</strong> to regain control of the bitcoins. If that were the case, anyone that knew your address could grab your coins, and addresses are public information which would make for a very insecure system.</p>

<p>Therefore, you need your <strong>private keys</strong> in order to transfer your bitcoins. </p>

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<p>I had to remove a copy of multibit wallet from my system &amp; after multiple times of trying to get it to work on my 64 bit system I can now open multibit wallet. I guess when I removed the program that the wallet .dat files were removed as well but I do have the wallet addresses that were removed. Is it possible to retrieve the missing data? Can I just send my bitcoin to another wallet or do I have to have the .dat file in order to accomplish this? Hopefully I have not caused all my bitcoin to go away permanantly. Any advice on this subject will be totally appreciated big time.</p>

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# reinstalled multibit wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-12)

I had to remove a copy of multibit wallet from my system & after multiple times of trying to get it to work on my 64 bit system I can now open multibit wallet. I guess when I removed the program that the wallet .dat files were removed as well but I do have the wallet addresses that were removed. Is it possible to retrieve the missing data? Can I just send my bitcoin to another wallet or do I have to have the .dat file in order to accomplish this? Hopefully I have not caused all my bitcoin to go away permanantly. Any advice on this subject will be totally appreciated big time.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-12. Score: 1

According to [MultiBit's Getting Started](https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_gettingStarted.html), the wallet file of MultiBit seems to be named **`multibit.wallet`**, not wallet.dat. You might want to try searching for that instead.

Sorry to break the bad news, but the **addresses aren't sufficient** to regain control of the bitcoins. If that were the case, anyone that knew your address could grab your coins, and addresses are public information which would make for a very insecure system.

Therefore, you need your **private keys** in order to transfer your bitcoins.


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