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title: "Recovering a Solana Wallet From a Key Array (PDF)"
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# Recovering a Solana Wallet From a Key Array

Learn how to restore a Solana account from a 64-byte secret key array or base58 string into Solflare or Phantom, and how it differs from a seed phrase.

PDF document · Published October 19, 2026 

[ Open the PDF (6 pages, 176 KB) ](/list-phrase/recovering-a-solana-wallet-from-a-key-array-2026-10-19-en.pdf) 

## Contents

1. Structure of the Solana Key Array
2. Key Array vs. BIP39 Seed Phrase
3. Importing Into Solflare
4. Importing Into Phantom
5. Verification and Safety Rules
6. FAQ
7. Sources
8. Sample sequences of BIP39 words
9. Reading a BIP39 phrase
10. See also

Keywords: 

keypair · byte array · base58 · Phantom

Topic: 

[Wallet Recovery: Restoring Funds from Seed Phrases and Backups](/topics/recovery/)

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One of the documents in the [Seed Phrase PDF Archive](/list-phrase/), listed on [archive page 12](/list-phrase/12/).