The primary way to access your wallet is with your encrypted QR and your password. Scan the QR (or upload, paste, or restore from Google Drive), enter your password, and W2QR decrypts your seed phrase in your browser using WebAssembly. No server interaction is needed for password-based decryption.

If you used the Strong Password Generator, you can regenerate the password from your memorable phrase at any time — the derivation is deterministic.

Back up your encrypted QR data to Google Drive using Cloud Backup. The backup is ciphertext — Google stores the file but cannot read your password, seed phrase, or private keys.

If you lose your QR code, restore the encrypted data from Google Drive. This is equivalent to scanning the printed QR or uploading a photo — the restored data is still ciphertext and requires your password to open.

If your password was generated using the Strong Password Generator from a memorable phrase, you can recover it by entering the same phrase again. The generator uses a deterministic derivation — the same phrase always produces the same password.

This means your password QR is also recoverable: regenerate the password, then create a new password QR. Your memory of the phrase is the backup.

If you created Shamir shares as a backup, you can recover your wallet by combining the required number of shares (M of N). Each share is independently encrypted — you need both the share data and its password to use it.

Go to Shamir Shares to combine shares and reconstruct your mnemonic. The combine process runs entirely in your browser.

When you enroll biometric protection from Biometry / Pincode, opening the wallet requires an additional verification step on the enrolled device after entering your password. This uses WebAuthn (Touch ID, Face ID, Windows Hello, or device PIN).

Biometric credentials are stored locally in your browser (IndexedDB) and bound to your device hardware. If you reset your device or clear browser data, the credentials are lost — but you can still open the wallet with your QR + password on any device, then re-enroll biometrics.

Cards use the same honey encryption as any W2QR wallet. Recovery follows the standard process: if you lose the card, restore from Google Drive backup. If you forget the password, regenerate it from your catchy phrase (if you used the Strong Password Generator).

The physical card remains usable with its original password. Honey encryption means any password produces a valid mnemonic, but only the original password produces the correct wallet.