Can I have multiple wallets on one device?
Before we jump into the question itself, let's establish: what do we mean by having multiple wallets on one device? Technically, a wallet is just the 12-word phrase, if you think about. Thus, theoretically, you can create as many wallets as you can and then just cycle through them by restoring the wallet with your 12-word phrase. You enter one phrase, you get access to one wallet, if you enter another phrase, you access another wallet, etc. So when we talk about multiple wallets on one device, we're not talking about that. We're talking about the ability to manage multiple wallets without the need to restore the wallet every single time by entering a separate 12-word phrase.
So, can you have two or more wallets on one device? The short answer would be:
- you can’t have two or more wallets on one mobile device.
- And you can have multiple wallets on your desktop device only by managing wallets through separate user accounts.
Atomic Wallet stores your private data, such as private keys and backup phrase locally on your device. When you install a new Atomic Wallet on top of the existing, a new backup phrase and private keys are generated. They replace the existing data and as a result, you will have a new empty wallet.
The only option to have two wallets on one desktop device is to create separate user accounts and manage two (or more) different wallets under these separate user accounts on your computer.
You will have to download Atomic Wallet only one. A new user account on your computer will already have Atomic Wallet in the applications.
Check these guides on how to create a new user account on Mac or Windows:
Mac:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-other-users-on-your-mac-mtusr001/mac
https://www.imore.com/how-create-new-user-account-your-mac
Windows:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026923/windows-10-create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account
https://www.howtogeek.com/226540/how-to-create-a-new-local-user-account-in-windows-10/
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