<p>Multibit will prompt you for a password regardless of whether you are sending it to your own wallet or not. This is by design, since if it didn't do this, it would allow anyone who can access your laptop to transfer bitcoins from your encrypted wallet by sending it to the unencrypted wallet first.</p>

<p>Sorry but unless you made an unencrypted backup of the wallet in the past, your coins are lost if you can't recover your password.</p>

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2014-07-25T22:48:34.943Z
Does it demand the password every time you send coins, or only when the program is first started? Because if it's the latter then OP might be okay.
Nate Eldredge
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2014-07-26T00:04:47.587Z
it demands the password every time you send coins
k kurokawa
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k kurokawa
<p>You must recover your password to transfer your assets to other wallets. I am not sure if you forgot password or the password itself is changed as I understand Multibit wallet itself has password change issue in it.</p>
<p>If you use the password cracker on a .key file, they are multiple workarounds for character encoding issues, but they should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. I encourage you to keep doing your research or to contact me.</p>

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@user289455, you can see my github and repos as reference.
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<p>I am running multibit.  I have less than half a bitcoin.  I realised today that I have totally forgotten my password.  My wallet is still open so I can still use it to pay for stuff.  Can I create a new wallet in multibit and transfer the bitcoin balance to that without having to retype me password or logging out of my current wallet?</p>

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Multibit: Whats the best way to proceed if I have forgotten my password but my wallet is still open
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# Multibit: Whats the best way to proceed if I have forgotten my password but my wallet is still open

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-25)

I am running multibit. I have less than half a bitcoin. I realised today that I have totally forgotten my password. My wallet is still open so I can still use it to pay for stuff. Can I create a new wallet in multibit and transfer the bitcoin balance to that without having to retype me password or logging out of my current wallet?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-25. Score: 3

Multibit will prompt you for a password regardless of whether you are sending it to your own wallet or not. This is by design, since if it didn't do this, it would allow anyone who can access your laptop to transfer bitcoins from your encrypted wallet by sending it to the unencrypted wallet first.

Sorry but unless you made an unencrypted backup of the wallet in the past, your coins are lost if you can't recover your password.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Does it demand the password every time you send coins, or only when the program is first started? Because if it's the latter then OP might be okay.  
> **username_1**: it demands the password every time you send coins  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-07-22. Score: 0

You must recover your password to transfer your assets to other wallets. I am not sure if you forgot password or the password itself is changed as I understand Multibit wallet itself has password change issue in it.

If you use the password cracker on a .key file, they are multiple workarounds for character encoding issues, but they should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. I encourage you to keep doing your research or to contact me.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: @username_0, you can see my github and repos as reference.  
> **username_4**: Your answer could be improved with additional supporting information. Please [edit] to add further details, such as citations or documentation, so that others can confirm that your answer is correct. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer).  

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