# Bitcoin Control Center

> Help for Bitcoin Control Center: local-first, watch-only Bitcoin savings app.

- [Bitcoin Control Center help](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/index.md): Help for Bitcoin Control Center, the local-first, watch-only Bitcoin app.
- [Quickstart](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/quickstart.md): Go from install to your first balance.
- [Install on Mac or Windows](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/getting-started/install-desktop.md): Download and open the desktop app.
- [Install on StartOS](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/getting-started/install-startos.md): Run Control Center as a StartOS service.
- [Install on Umbrel](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/getting-started/install-umbrel.md): Sideload Control Center on Umbrel. The App Store listing is pending.
- [First run and Electrum](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/getting-started/first-run.md): Set your PIN, pick an Electrum server, and set up the app.
- [Find your way around](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/getting-started/tour.md): What each page in Control Center does.
- [How accounts work](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/how-accounts-work.md): The three kinds of account, what each status means, and how balances update.
- [Hardware wallets](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/hardware-wallets.md): Track Ledger, Trezor, COLDCARD, and Keystone wallets watch-only.
- [Verify ownership (prove control)](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/verify-ownership.md): Why you sign a message, what it says, and how to finish a pending wallet.
- [Multisig wallets](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/multisig.md): Track a multisig wallet and verify it with your signing keys.
- [Add by xpub or descriptor](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/xpub-and-descriptors.md): Track any single-signature wallet from its public key, without connecting a device.
- [Exchange accounts](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/exchanges.md): Track Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood, and Strike balances with a read-only API key.
- [Manual Bitcoin and ETFs](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/manual-and-etfs.md): Track holdings Control Center cannot read automatically.
- [Manage accounts](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/accounts/manage-accounts.md): Rename, archive, restore, or delete accounts.
- [Understand Home and Portfolio](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/portfolio/home-and-portfolio.md): What each number means, where it comes from, and why it might look off.
- [Statements and Hoseki Verified](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/statements/statements-and-hoseki-verified.md): Create a PDF statement of your self-custody Bitcoin, and what Hoseki Verified means.
- [Settings](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/settings/app-settings.md): Every setting in Control Center and what it does.
- [PIN and lock](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/security/pin.md): Set, change, and reset your PIN. Lock the app.
- [Privacy and security](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/privacy-security.md): What stays local and what leaves your device.
- [Update Control Center](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/maintenance/updates.md): How to get the latest version on each platform.
- [Back up, restore, or move](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/maintenance/backup-restore.md): Keep your data safe. Move to a new computer.
- [Troubleshooting](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/help/troubleshooting.md): Fixes for the most common problems.
- [FAQ](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/help/faq.md): Quick answers.
- [Glossary](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/help/glossary.md): Plain-English meanings of the terms you'll see in Control Center.
- [Contact support](https://help.bitcoincontrolcenter.com/help/contact.md): Get help with Bitcoin Control Center.

## Optional

- [Download](https://www.bitcoincontrolcenter.com)


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