<p>Go in the console and type : dumpprivkey <em>litecoinaddress</em></p>

<p>Use the help if nessassary.</p>

<p>The console is in : Help\Debug Windows</p>

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2014-01-21T03:47:38.893Z
and if there is passphrase for the wallet, type the following cmd before it: walletpassphrase <your_pass_phrase>
ghalways
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lanaken
<p>I want to backup only the private key, not the full litecoin-qt wallet for the reason that the wallet can be used only with litecoin-qt client and if I have to use it after few years or on other machine, I do not want to wait the client to fully download the full blockchain.</p>

<p>Could anyone please let me know how to extract the private key from the wallet file?</p>

<wallet.dat><litecoin-qt>
How to get private key from litecoin-qt wallet?
ghalways
# How to get private key from litecoin-qt wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-20)

I want to backup only the private key, not the full litecoin-qt wallet for the reason that the wallet can be used only with litecoin-qt client and if I have to use it after few years or on other machine, I do not want to wait the client to fully download the full blockchain.

Could anyone please let me know how to extract the private key from the wallet file?

**Tags:** wallet.dat, litecoin-qt


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-21. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Go in the console and type : dumpprivkey *litecoinaddress*

Use the help if nessassary.

The console is in : Help\Debug Windows

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: and if there is passphrase for the wallet, type the following cmd before it: walletpassphrase <your_pass_phrase>  

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