<p>According to <a href="https://wallet.coinbase.com/faq/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">coinbase</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Wallet is a user-custodied digital currency wallet and DApp browser. This means that with Wallet, the private keys (that represent ownership of the cryptocurrency) are stored directly on your device and not with a centralized exchange like Coinbase Consumer. You do not need a Coinbase Consumer account to use Wallet and you can download Wallet from anywhere in the world.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You cannot recover control over money in a user-custodied wallet using only a Bitcoin-address and a Transaction ID.</p>

<p>If you have somehow lost your wallet (e.g. phone dropped into ocean) - without the recovery phrase or some other equivalent sort of backup, your money is gone forever.</p>

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<p>If by "Coinbase Wallet" you actually mean "Coinbase Consumer" - that is a <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/81240/13866">custodial-wallet</a> (or equivalent service) and your only possible way to recover control over your money is to communicate with the help-desk of Coinbase.</p>

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<p>I just want to ask if there is possibility to recover my money in a Coinbase wallet. I forgot my recovery phrase but I remember my wallet address and TXID.</p>

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Can I recover my money in a Coinbase Wallet?
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# Can I recover my money in a Coinbase Wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-29)

I just want to ask if there is possibility to recover my money in a Coinbase wallet. I forgot my recovery phrase but I remember my wallet address and TXID.

**Tags:** wallet-recovery, coinbase.com


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-29. Score: 2

According to [coinbase](https://wallet.coinbase.com/faq/)

> Wallet is a user-custodied digital currency wallet and DApp browser. This means that with Wallet, the private keys (that represent ownership of the cryptocurrency) are stored directly on your device and not with a centralized exchange like Coinbase Consumer. You do not need a Coinbase Consumer account to use Wallet and you can download Wallet from anywhere in the world.

You cannot recover control over money in a user-custodied wallet using only a Bitcoin-address and a Transaction ID.

If you have somehow lost your wallet (e.g. phone dropped into ocean) - without the recovery phrase or some other equivalent sort of backup, your money is gone forever.

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If by "Coinbase Wallet" you actually mean "Coinbase Consumer" - that is a [custodial-wallet](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/81240/13866) (or equivalent service) and your only possible way to recover control over your money is to communicate with the help-desk of Coinbase.


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