<p>Importing a private key should not cause you to lose your wallet. If you import a private key and then restore from a previous backup, you may lose that key, however.</p>

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<p>Using Litecoin-QT</p>

<p>First I created wallet <strong>a</strong>. Then I sent 2 LTC to that wallet's public address.</p>

<p>Then I imported a private key in Litecoin-QT and wallet <strong>a</strong> was gone?! Aren't all .dat files  that has been used stored somewhere, or do they get overwritten everytime you import a new key to your wallet?</p>

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Lost Litecoin wallet?
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# Lost Litecoin wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-29)

Using Litecoin-QT

First I created wallet **a**. Then I sent 2 LTC to that wallet's public address.

Then I imported a private key in Litecoin-QT and wallet **a** was gone?! Aren't all .dat files that has been used stored somewhere, or do they get overwritten everytime you import a new key to your wallet?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-29. Score: 2

Importing a private key should not cause you to lose your wallet. If you import a private key and then restore from a previous backup, you may lose that key, however.


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