Delete a wallet

Editions: Daedalus

This is how to delete a wallet in the Daedalus wallet application. 

Make sure you have your 12-word Daedalus wallet recovery phrase before you delete your wallet. If you do not then you will lose all the ada in this wallet. 

Select the wallet you want to delete. In the screenshot below there is only one wallet in the Daedalus wallet application. 

Go to the settings tab of the wallet (top right of the window) and click on Delete wallet at the bottom of the window.

The delete wallet popup opens and starts counting down from 10 on the Delete button. 

The message reads "Make sure you have access to backup" this means make sure you have your 12-word Daedalus wallet recovery phrase before you delete your wallet. 

If you have your 12-word Daedalus wallet recovery phrase then proceed with deleting the wallet by ticking the red box, and entering the name of the wallet. 

Once you have entered the name of the wallet correctly the delete button is activated.Click on Delete.

The wallet is deleted without any confirmation.