<p>If you forgot your encrypted wallet's password, there is nothing you can do.</p>

<p>Keep it anyway, just in case you remember it someday.</p>

<p>Of course, if you have a backup, you can use that one.</p>

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2012-12-18T16:09:28.143Z
I think the one I used was the long string of random characters given by default. Is there no way to brute force it, even it if it takes a while?
Ray
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2012-12-18T17:39:21.610Z
You might be confusing the wallet key with the api password, which are different. Are you sure your wallet is encrypted? (if it is, there it no way to bruteforce it, or it would be pointless to encrypt it in the first place).
o0'.
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2013-04-29T23:05:01.990Z
Wrong. The wallet can be bruteforced, but the encryption used by bitcoin-qt makes bruteforcing very slow (but it is still possible). Try using [this script](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=85495.msg942171#msg942171) and input some of the passwords you use on other services.
Nicolai
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2013-04-30T08:18:22.500Z
@Nicolai it can only be bruteforced if you remember vaguely the password and forgot some details, or if you have a stupid or recycled password.
o0'.
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2013-05-12T00:00:49.970Z
@Lohoris No, it can always be bruteforced. And you can ofc bruteforce the password faster, if you know parts of it, but even if you don't, then bruteforcing will still be possible (just very slow).
Nicolai
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2012-12-18T15:42:35.063Z
2012-12-18T15:42:35.063Z
o0'.
<p>I want to send bitcoins, but cannot unlock my wallet. The rpc password located in \AppData\Roaming does not work. How can I unlock my wallet? Deleting the wallet.dat erases all my bitcoins, which I would like to keep.</p>

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2013-04-04T11:11:25.650Z
possible duplicate of [Are there Bitcoin password crackers I can use to recover forgotten passwords?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3313/are-there-bitcoin-password-crackers-i-can-use-to-recover-forgotten-passwords)
o0'.
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2013-04-17T15:49:14.020Z
How *precisely* are you trying to send Bitcoins? And what *precisely* happens when you try to unlock your wallet? (Start *before* you were even asked to enter a password.)
David Schwartz
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# Unlocking wallet, recovering password

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-12-18)

I want to send bitcoins, but cannot unlock my wallet. The rpc password located in \AppData\Roaming does not work. How can I unlock my wallet? Deleting the wallet.dat erases all my bitcoins, which I would like to keep.

**Tags:** wallet, passphrase

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: possible duplicate of [Are there Bitcoin password crackers I can use to recover forgotten passwords?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3313/are-there-bitcoin-password-crackers-i-can-use-to-recover-forgotten-passwords)  
> **username_2**: How *precisely* are you trying to send Bitcoins? And what *precisely* happens when you try to unlock your wallet? (Start *before* you were even asked to enter a password.)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-12-18. Score: 1

If you forgot your encrypted wallet's password, there is nothing you can do.

Keep it anyway, just in case you remember it someday.

Of course, if you have a backup, you can use that one.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I think the one I used was the long string of random characters given by default. Is there no way to brute force it, even it if it takes a while?  
> **username_1**: You might be confusing the wallet key with the api password, which are different. Are you sure your wallet is encrypted? (if it is, there it no way to bruteforce it, or it would be pointless to encrypt it in the first place).  
> **username_3**: Wrong. The wallet can be bruteforced, but the encryption used by bitcoin-qt makes bruteforcing very slow (but it is still possible). Try using [this script](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=85495.msg942171#msg942171) and input some of the passwords you use on other services.  
> **username_1**: @username_3 it can only be bruteforced if you remember vaguely the password and forgot some details, or if you have a stupid or recycled password.  
> **username_3**: @Lohoris No, it can always be bruteforced. And you can ofc bruteforce the password faster, if you know parts of it, but even if you don't, then bruteforcing will still be possible (just very slow).  

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