# Cant access my NNS wallet

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485>\
**Category:** internet-identity\
**Tags:** nns\
**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485 "2023-10-03T17:47:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/1 "2023-10-03T17:47:04Z")

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hi guys  
my lap got updated and time got changed… so when i tried to access my nns wallet it did not opened ( i realised it later due to time change), so i cleared cookies and i couldnt acces my wallet now, i didnt saved my seed phrase my bad… is there anyway i can get it back?  
i have only anchor with me ( i use laptop password normally for entering )  
Clearing cookies does it ? or seed is stored somewhere in laptop locally ?  
i have around 5.3DKP and some $CHAT $ICP staked in it , probably worth $11k total currently(its too much money for me to loose)  
someone please help

And also it would be better if we shown seed phrase at the time of identity creation, i thought anchor is enough for accessing and got to know now the there will be seed  
but im familiar with ETH wallets

 ![Screenshot (106)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/dfn/original/2X/9/967840e80203ed3a3e09255b8cdc3287cee761c7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![diegop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/diegop/32/569_2.png) [@diegop](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/diegop)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/2 "2023-10-03T18:02:25Z")

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Hi there, let me pass this to folks who know more than me.

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/3 "2023-10-03T18:10:17Z")

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thanks for the help, hope its get resolved

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**Author:** ![dskloet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/dskloet/32/10783_2.png) [@dskloet](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/dskloet)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/4 "2023-10-03T18:14:52Z")

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Is the screenshot from before or after clearing your cookies?

After entering your anchor, how do you normally identify yourself? Do you touch a fingerprint sensor or something?

Can you try a different browser?

Can you try incognito mode of Chrome?

Can you try restarting your computer?

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**Author:** ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/5 "2023-10-03T18:24:47Z")

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Did you create your identity with or without Passkey?

 ![Capture d’écran 2023-10-03 à 20.23.53](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/dfn/original/2X/7/72f45ff7d8f021cbbaed8f71c6cb67b95dbb86cf.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/6 "2023-10-03T18:25:05Z")

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> [@dskloet](#):
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> try restarting your computer?

 ![Screenshot (107)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/dfn/original/2X/4/4362ac0b7fca80a6c74edeed01da74f56bd8d784.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/7 "2023-10-03T18:25:57Z")

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i think using passkey

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/8 "2023-10-03T18:27:23Z")

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1.after clearing cookies  
2. it shows to enter 4 digit pin  
3. tried but same happened  
4. yeah same happened  
5.tried didnt worked

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/9 "2023-10-03T18:29:25Z")

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ahh, i remember i didnt used passkey

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**Author:** ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/10 "2023-10-03T18:29:27Z")

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> [@Amareswar8](#):
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> i think using passkey

Which biometric method did you use? Finger print or external device or else?

You are trying with the same browser (Brave) as you used to sign-in?

You are also trying nns.ic0.app and not [nns.internetcomputer.org](http://nns.internetcomputer.org) right?

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**Author:** ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/11 "2023-10-03T18:30:02Z")

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> [@Amareswar8](#):
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> ahh, i remember i didnt used passkey

That’s the problem!!!

Update: passkey was used [Cant access my NNS wallet - #26 by maria](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/26)

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/12 "2023-10-03T18:30:33Z")

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> [@peterparker](#):
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> h the same browser (Brave) as you used t

I used system PIN  
yeah i always use Brave  
yes nns.ic0.app is the website i use

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/13 "2023-10-03T18:31:03Z")

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> [@peterparker](#):
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> That’s the problem!!!

ohh then we cant retrieve?

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**Author:** ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/14 "2023-10-03T18:31:16Z")

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> [@Amareswar8](#):
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> ahh, i remember i didnt used passkey

As you cleared your cookies and did not save any seed phrase, I think unfortunatelly there is no chance to retrieve the identity.

I’ll forward this to my colleagues so that someonce can confirm or not.

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**Author:** ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/16 "2023-10-03T18:33:29Z")

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> [@Amareswar8](#):
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> what if i created passkey , as im not 100% sure

then maybe these questions above might help: [Cant access my NNS wallet - #10 by peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/10)

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/17 "2023-10-03T18:38:11Z")

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> [@peterparker](#):
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> ng with the same browser (Brave) as yo

ahh,okay  
seems i didnt not notice when i created account as i didnt thought i would be using this wallet to hold assets, but somehow i used to it and held tokens, now everything gone, thanks for the help peter  
i have ANCHOR and know wallet address is there anyway i can get my tokens by passing any proposal or something kinda stuff

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**Author:** ![peterparker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@peterparker](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/peterparker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/18 "2023-10-03T18:39:40Z")

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> [@Amareswar8](#):
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> my lap got updated and time got changed… so when i tried to access my nns wallet it did not opened ( i realised it later due to time change), so i cleared cookies and i couldnt acces my wallet now

I’m not sure exactly how and if possible, so I forwarded your question internally to my colleagues.

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**Author:** ![Amareswar8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/amareswar8/32/13105_2.png) [@Amareswar8](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Amareswar8)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/19 "2023-10-03T18:40:34Z")

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> [@peterparker](#):
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> ur question internally to my

thanks buddy, thanks for your time and effort

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**Author:** ![dskloet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/dskloet/32/10783_2.png) [@dskloet](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/dskloet)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/20 "2023-10-03T19:01:48Z")

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When approximately did you first create this Anchor? 1 week ago? 1 month ago? 1 year ago?

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**Author:** ![maria](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/maria/32/4084_2.png) [@maria](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/maria)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/cant-access-my-nns-wallet/23485/21 "2023-10-03T19:10:31Z")

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was about to ask the same as David dK: we only launched non-passkey feature 2 weeks ago. if you created your anchor earlier than that then you definitely created a passkey

also it may well be that you used your device pin instead of biometrics to unlock the passkey usage.

also what OS and Brave versions are you using?

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