<p>this was a gui bug; the menu did not really export private keys.</p>

<p>fixed here: <a href="https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/3fc7d0ef9e34465a47017ffa1f567d829aa0f2a2" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/3fc7d0ef9e34465a47017ffa1f567d829aa0f2a2</a></p>

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ThomasV
<p>Why am I able to export private keys using my seedless online Electrum wallet?</p>

<p>I thought this wallet is not meant to be able to expose any of my Bitcoin, but yet it has the option to export private keys? I have not gone to the point of actually exporting them because I'm scared it will compromise me somehow since I can't even set a password on seedless Electrum, so perhaps it is just a redundant option?</p>

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Why am I able to export private keys using my seedless online Electrum wallet?
Miles Bardan
# Why am I able to export private keys using my seedless online Electrum wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-26)

Why am I able to export private keys using my seedless online Electrum wallet?

I thought this wallet is not meant to be able to expose any of my Bitcoin, but yet it has the option to export private keys? I have not gone to the point of actually exporting them because I'm scared it will compromise me somehow since I can't even set a password on seedless Electrum, so perhaps it is just a redundant option?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-04. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

this was a gui bug; the menu did not really export private keys.

fixed here: <https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/3fc7d0ef9e34465a47017ffa1f567d829aa0f2a2>


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