# How to create a wallet canister locally?

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-create-a-wallet-canister-locally/1540>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-create-a-wallet-canister-locally/1540 "2020-11-03T09:31:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-create-a-wallet-canister-locally/1540/1 "2020-11-03T09:31:04Z")

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Hi, I’m interested in wallet canister. Now a wallet canister was provided to me with pre-loaded cycles, but how can I create a new wallet canister with new identity locally so that I can test some functions?  
And will the future design of the wallet for both ICP and cycles is actually a canister?