<p>I found the answer seconds after I posted my questions. I was not writing the code right, here it is</p>

<p>openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md md5 -a -in /Users/adriangonzalez/Desktop/bitcoin-wallet-backup-2019-06-26-22-20 -out ~/Desktop/file.txt</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md</a></p>

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2019-06-29T01:47:48.217Z
2019-06-29T01:47:48.217Z
Adrian Gonzalez
<p>Does anyone know how to decrypt on a mac? I used <code>openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -md md5 -a -in /Users/adriangonzalez/Desktop/bitcoin-wallet-backup-2019-06-26-22-20 -out ~/Desktop/file.txt</code>, but the resulting file does not show mnemonic 12 words.</p>

<p>I'm using Bitcoin Wallet for Android.</p>

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2019-06-29T01:59:33.973Z
Bitcoin Core has never existed as a mobile wallet app.
Pieter Wuille
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Decrypting Bitcoin Wallet for Android
Adrian Gonzalez
# Decrypting Bitcoin Wallet for Android

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-29)

Does anyone know how to decrypt on a mac? I used `openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -md md5 -a -in /Users/username_0/Desktop/bitcoin-wallet-backup-2019-06-26-22-20 -out ~/Desktop/file.txt`, but the resulting file does not show mnemonic 12 words.

I'm using Bitcoin Wallet for Android.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Bitcoin Core has never existed as a mobile wallet app.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2019-06-29. Score: 1

I found the answer seconds after I posted my questions. I was not writing the code right, here it is

openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md md5 -a -in /Users/username_0/Desktop/bitcoin-wallet-backup-2019-06-26-22-20 -out ~/Desktop/file.txt

<https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md>


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