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# View Secret Key

View the Secret Key of a Leather wallet in the browser extension, to check or back it up.

Leather shows the Secret Key of a wallet after you enter your password. Use this to check a backup or to write the key down again.

## View your Secret Key

1. Click the settings icon in the header and select "Settings".
2. Select "Secret Key".
3. Enter your password and continue.
4. Reveal the words, or click "Copy" to copy them.
5. Click "I've backed it up" to close the page.

With more than one wallet, open the account switcher, click "Manage", open the menu of the wallet you want and select "View Secret Key". A Ledger wallet has no Secret Key in Leather, so this option does not appear for it.

## Private keys of single addresses

Leather shows the Secret Key only. It has no export for the private key of one address. To get one, restore the Secret Key in another wallet and open the derivation path of the account. See [Understanding Wallet Derivation Paths](/wallet-and-security/wallet-derivation-paths.md).

## Related

* [Secure Your Secret Key](/wallet-and-security/secure-secret-key.md)
* [Lock and Unlock Wallet](/get-started/lock-and-unlock-wallet.md)
* [Account Privacy](/wallet-and-security/account-privacy.md)