Ledger Live Backup: A Step-by-Step Guide

Backing up your Ledger Live data is essential to ensure quick recovery of your portfolio view and transaction history. Follow these straightforward steps for comprehensive protection.

Step 1: Understand the Two-Layer Backup Strategy

Your backup involves two critical components. First is your 24-word Secret Recovery Phrase, which is the ultimate key to your cryptocurrency assets. This phrase backs up the private keys on your hardware device and is displayed only once during initial setup . Second, you can back up the account metadata and transaction history stored in the Ledger Live app itself . Remember that your Recovery Phrase provides direct access to your funds, so it must be kept secure offline and never shared .

Step 2: Export Your Ledger Live Configuration (Desktop)

For a complete backup of your app settings, open Ledger Live on your desktop and navigate to Settings > Help > Export Ledger Live data . The app will generate a .json file containing your added accounts and transaction history. Save this file securely, for example on an encrypted USB drive. Crucially, this file does not contain your private keys, but it does store account metadata, so treat it with care .

Step 3: Backup on Mobile

On the mobile app, go to Settings > Export accounts & settings . You can then save the data to a secure location like iCloud or Google Drive.

Step 4: Restore Your Accounts

If you need to restore your portfolio view, simply import your .json file into Ledger Live on your new device. For the underlying crypto assets, use your hardware device and your 24-word Secret Recovery Phrase .

Official Links:

• Download: https://shop.ledger.com/pages/ledger-wallet-download
• Support: https://support.ledger.com