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Migrate SOL From Phantom to Gem Wallet

How to Migrate your Solana (SOL) from Phantom Wallet to Gem Wallet​

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This guide shows a live Phantom Wallet for educational purposes. We will migrate a SOL address that is on Phantom Wallet to Gem Wallet.

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Choose the OS of the device you are using.

Step 1 - Get Phantom Recovery Phrase​

In order to migrate your Phantom Wallet to Gem Wallet, you need to get your Recovery Phrase. You can follow this official guide from Phantom on how to view your Secret Recovery Phrase.

SOL on Phantom Wallet Secret Recovery Phrase on Phantom Wallet

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Always make sure that your Recovery Phrase is secure, do not share it with anyone.

Step 2 - Launch Gem Wallet​

Launch Gem Wallet app and tap on Import an Existing Wallet. Choose the specific blockchain you are trying to restore.

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For this example, we will restore a Solana Wallet which is what Phantom currently supports.

Initial Gem Wallet Screen Import a Wallet Screen

Step 3 - Type/Paste Recovery Phrase​

Manually type in or paste your Phantom Wallet Recovery Phrase. Afterwards, tap on Import.

Enter the Recovery Phrase Successfully Migrated Phantom to Gem Wallet

Congratulations, you have successfully migrated a Phantom Wallet to Gem Wallet.

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Gem Wallet uses the same wallet encryption of Phantom Wallet. This allows anyone to safely restore the Recovery Phrase of Phantom to Gem Wallet. The migrated wallet will have the same SOL address from Phantom Wallet.