# Locating Your Seed

> **Like all other crypto wallets, your seed phrase should be stored securely and offline. If you lose your seed phrase then you also permanently lose your wallet and there is nothing anyone can do to recover it. The seed phrase itself is the only recovery method.**

### Prerequisite

* You have either [created](https://terminalwallet-cli.gitbook.io/terminal-wallet/first-time-setup/creating-a-new-wallet) or [imported](https://terminalwallet-cli.gitbook.io/terminal-wallet/first-time-setup/import-an-existing-wallet) a wallet

### Locating Seed Phrase Walkthrough

#### 1. On the Main Balance Screen navigate to 'Wallet Tools' using the arrow keys and press Enter

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#### 2. Press Enter on 'Show Current Mnemonic & Index'

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#### 3. Type in your Terminal Wallet password

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After this, your wallet's seed phrase will be revealed.&#x20;