# The Seeds may have been compromised. How do I create a whole new Wallet with Bisq?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 24, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523 "2017-11-24T17:56:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gilson](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/gilson/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Gilson](https://bisq.community/u/Gilson)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523/1 "2017-11-24T17:56:46Z")

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Hi,

I think the seeds may have been compromised. Fortunately, there are no bitcoins or altcoins stored there at the moment. However, I no longer want to use this private key. How do I generate a whole new wallet with new seeds and delete the current one?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523/2 "2017-11-24T19:28:01Z")

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You can just delete the data directory then which will make Bisq act all brand new.  
You can find it here depending on your OS:  
Mac OSX: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Bisq

- Linux: /home/username/.local/share/Bisq
- Windows 7,8,10: C:\Documents and Settings\username\AppData\Roaming\Bisq
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Bisq

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**Author:** ![Joshuadbr](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/joshuadbr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Joshuadbr](https://bisq.community/u/Joshuadbr)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523/3 "2022-03-11T04:38:51Z")

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I am doing the same thing as Gilson was. So, I took your advice and placed the directory in the trash. I did the same thing with the backup. Nothing seems to have changed within the app, though, and I think that the wallet address remains the same. Am I missing something? Do I need to restart the app for the changes to take place? Also, will the app create a new directory now that the old one is deleted? Thank you for the info that you’ve already given.

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**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523/4 "2022-03-11T09:28:58Z")

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if there was nothing on value in your previous data directory (so no backup was needed, otherwise deleting it altogether has not been a good idea) the procedure is:

- stop bisq
- delete or rename data directory
- restart bisq

application would start with default light theme (white background), without password, and connect to network provided nodes; also checking the seed you will see it’s different from the previous one

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**Author:** ![Joshuadbr](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/joshuadbr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Joshuadbr](https://bisq.community/u/Joshuadbr)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/the-seeds-may-have-been-compromised-how-do-i-create-a-whole-new-wallet-with-bisq/3523/5 "2022-03-11T18:36:14Z")

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Thank you. Everything is straightened out.