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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26867: doc: Mention restoring wallet via GUI
dc9bad5 Change dots to an ellipsis and fix capitalization (John Moffett) 9b158ae Update to mention restoring wallet via GUI (John Moffett) Pull request description: bitcoin/bitcoin@f9783b0 Recently added the ability to restore wallets via the GUI, but the current wallet guide says backups must be restored via RPC. ACKs for top commit: kouloumos: ACK dc9bad5 jarolrod: re-ACK dc9bad5 hebasto: re-ACK dc9bad5 Tree-SHA512: 325a0023ef10c75073b0288f69c99f01b029b0b7b64ae91e7ef72d4ab1fa4da60fe4cd1b4528c1c0d34617122d9aee3cd9cb32aef05a25493fc01e9ec2e6cc10
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$ bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet="wallet-01" backupwallet /home/node01/Backups/backup-01.dat
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In the GUI, the wallet is selected in the `Wallet` drop-down list in the upper right corner. If this list is not present, the wallet can be loaded in `File` ->`Open wallet` if necessary. Then, the backup can be done in `File` -> `Backup Wallet...`.
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In the GUI, the wallet is selected in the `Wallet` drop-down list in the upper right corner. If this list is not present, the wallet can be loaded in `File` ->`Open Wallet` if necessary. Then, the backup can be done in `File` -> `Backup Wallet`.
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This backup file can be stored on one or multiple offline devices, which must be reliable enough to work in an emergency and be malware free. Backup files can be regularly tested to avoid problems in the future.
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### 1.6 Restoring the Wallet From a Backup
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To restore a wallet, the `restorewallet` RPC must be used.
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To restore a wallet, the `restorewallet` RPC or the `Restore Wallet` GUI menu item (`File` -> `Restore Wallet…`) must be used.
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$ bitcoin-cli restorewallet "restored-wallet" /home/node01/Backups/backup-01.dat
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unexpectedly or otherwise misses any scripts, please create an issue on GitHub. A backup of the
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original wallet can be found in the wallet directory with the name `<name>-<timestamp>.legacy.bak`.
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The backup can be restored using the `restorewallet` command as discussed in the
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[Restoring the Wallet From a Backup](#16-restoring-the-wallet-from-a-backup) section
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The backup can be restored using the methods discussed in the
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[Restoring the Wallet From a Backup](#16-restoring-the-wallet-from-a-backup) section.

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