# How can I get my seed phrase checking only the file system?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/how-can-i-get-my-seed-phrase-checking-only-the-file-system/12270>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 2, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-can-i-get-my-seed-phrase-checking-only-the-file-system/12270 "2024-10-02T09:03:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyPogi](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/heypogi/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@HeyPogi](https://bisq.community/u/HeyPogi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-can-i-get-my-seed-phrase-checking-only-the-file-system/12270/1 "2024-10-02T09:03:15Z")

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Here is my problem: recently I deleted the SPV file because I was suggested so in bisq. I had changed the Bitcoin nodes that are already predetermined in bisq to my own personal node. Maybe because of that now when I try to open bisq again, it doesn’t recover the SPV file, I’ve been days waiting but it doesn’t go further than “COnnecting to Bitcoin Network”. So I decided to access this founds with the seed phrase in another wallet (Sparrow in this case) but I turns out that when I fill the 12 words I had written sparrow tells me that wallet doesn’t have founds, I don’t know if I write the words in different order or what, so now I am worried.

I would like to recover my seed phrase. I have all the files in the bisq folder, the btc\_mainnet folder, etc. How can I obtain the seed phrase??

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**Author:** ![HeyPogi](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/heypogi/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@HeyPogi](https://bisq.community/u/HeyPogi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-can-i-get-my-seed-phrase-checking-only-the-file-system/12270/2 "2024-10-02T11:00:25Z")

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Nevermind, it has been solved with this fix [Temp fix for btc network connection in Bisq1 · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/suddenwhipvapor/1727300ec358e49c4a3696625d680f5d) Now it is synchronizing.

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**Author:** ![suddenwhipvapor](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/suddenwhipvapor/32/3291_2.png) [@suddenwhipvapor](https://bisq.community/u/suddenwhipvapor)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-can-i-get-my-seed-phrase-checking-only-the-file-system/12270/3 "2024-10-02T16:12:30Z")

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good to know. To expand on your question though, Bisq uses a non-standard derivation, check under account \> wallet info to see which custom derivation path you need to configure, use [Import Bisq wallet as watch only wallet in Sparrow - Bisq Wiki](https://bisq.wiki/Import_Bisq_wallet_as_watch_only_wallet_in_Sparrow) as a stub to follow for importing seed