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Control Center imports public keys (xpubs) only. Your coins stay on your wallet. Nothing can be spent.

What you need

Other wallet or address type? Use an xpub or descriptor instead.
Wallet scans only list accounts with a balance above zero. A new or emptied wallet shows “No wallets found”. To track it anyway, add it by xpub or descriptor.

Add a hardware wallet

Every wallet follows the same three stages.
  1. Select Add Account. Pick your wallet.
    Add Account screen listing wallets, exchanges, and manual entry

    Pick your wallet.

  2. Follow the steps for your wallet below.
  3. Check the account and balance. Select Yes, Continue. The account is saved as pending.
  4. Sign the message on your device. The account becomes verified. See Verify ownership.
  1. Plug in by USB. Unlock with your PIN. Open the Bitcoin app.
  2. Select Next. In a browser, allow the connection prompt.
  3. Control Center scans for accounts. Pick one if it finds several.
Ledger connection prompt in Control Center

Connect your Ledger.

Names: accounts are named like Ledger Live, such as “Bitcoin Native Segwit 1”. “Segwit” alone means Nested SegWit.Scan rule: Control Center checks account 1 of each address type. It checks account 2 only if account 1 has a balance, and so on. An account after an empty one is not found. Add it by xpub instead.
On the desktop app, close Ledger Live and other wallet apps first. Only one app can talk to the Ledger at a time.

After you add it

The new account syncs. Large wallets take longer.
New account syncing in the Accounts list

Syncing a new account.

  • Balance looks wrong? See Troubleshooting.
  • Stopped before signing? The account stays pending. Open it and select Continue.
  • To rename, archive, or remove it, see Manage accounts.
Never type your seed phrase into Control Center. Approve signatures on the device only.