MyMonero shut down: how to move your Monero to Cake Wallet

Quick steps

1. Find your 25-word seed. Use your written MyMonero backup. If the app still opens, select the wallet, expand the section next to the address and copy the Secret Mnemonic in private.
2. Install Cake Wallet. Install Cake Wallet from an official source on Android, iPhone, Mac or Linux and tap Set a PIN.
3. Start a restore. Tap Restore Wallet, then Recovery Phrase or Keys, and select Monero.
4. Enter the seed. Name the wallet and paste or type the 25 words.
5. Choose Legacy (25 words). Change the seed type from the default Polyseed (16 words) to Legacy (25 words).
6. Set the restore date. Tap Restore from date and pick a date shortly before you first used MyMonero, or enter the block height if you know it.
7. Restore and wait. Tap Restore and keep the app open until it shows SYNCHRONIZED and your balance appears.

MyMonero was one of the oldest Monero wallets, known for its quick sync: a server scanned the blockchain for you. Cake Wallet announced on 6 October 2025 that MyMonero would sunset and that MyMonero was handing stewardship of its users to Cake Wallet. The service went offline on 6 January 2026, and Cake said server data would be destroyed within 30 days, by 6 February 2026 (Cake Wallet blog, 2025). Cake also said it would never receive users' view keys, addresses or transaction history.

Your Monero was never stored by MyMonero. It is on the blockchain, and your seed controls it. Without MyMonero's servers the old app cannot sync or send, so restoring the seed in a wallet that scans the chain itself is the way to get access. Frosting Guide is independent of both projects.

Watch for scams first

Shutdowns attract scammers. Expect fake "MyMonero recovery" sites, fake support accounts and fake apps. Real rules:

• Neither MyMonero nor Cake Wallet will message you first or ask for your seed.
• Never type your seed into a website, including ones promising to "migrate" or "convert" it.
• Install Cake Wallet only from official sources, starting from cakewallet.com typed in yourself. Check links with our download checker.

Finding your MyMonero seed

Ideally you wrote down the 25-word Secret Mnemonic when you opened the wallet. If the MyMonero app still opens on your device, Cake's docs describe how to show it: select the wallet, expand the dropdown next to the address, confirm you are somewhere private and copy or write down the words in the Secret Mnemonic box. Clear the clipboard afterwards.

If your seed has a different number of words, check it with our seed type checker (it asks only for the word count). Cake Wallet's Monero restore offers 16-word Polyseed, 25-word legacy and 12-word BIP39 seeds. Some very old MyMonero accounts used a 13-word seed, and the current restore form does not accept 13 words; a user on Cake's forum reported in April 2026 that such a seed was refused. If the MyMonero app still opens, export the 25-word Secret Mnemonic from it; otherwise contact Cake support through the app, and never paste the seed into a website or chat that offers to convert it.

The MyMonero app now shows "MyMonero migration error 523". Cake's docs explain that this "appears because the MyMonero service has shut down" and that you should restore the seed directly into Cake Wallet instead.

Restoring in Cake Wallet, in detail

1. Install Cake Wallet on Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac or Linux. Windows releases are paused; Cake recommends starting with the mobile app.
2. Tap Set a PIN, then Restore Wallet, Recovery Phrase or Keys and Monero.
3. Name the wallet and enter the 25 words.
4. Change the seed type selector from Polyseed (16 words) to Legacy (25 words).
5. Tap Restore from date and choose a date shortly before you started using MyMonero, or enter a block height if you noted one. Earlier is safer than later.
6. Tap Restore. Keep the app open with the screen on until the bar at the top shows SYNCHRONIZED.

Why the first sync takes longer

MyMonero's server did the scanning. Cake Wallet scans on your device, which is better for privacy because no server learns your view key, but an old wallet means many blocks to check. An account opened years ago can take hours on a phone. To speed it up:

• Use the latest date you are sure is before your first deposit; our restore height tool converts dates to blocks.
• Stay on stable Wi-Fi and keep the app in the foreground. On Android, background sync for Monero can continue while the app is closed.
• If the block count stops moving, switch to another node; see not syncing.

Balance shows zero after syncing

A common report on Cake's forum is a MyMonero import that finishes syncing but shows a zero balance. The usual cause is a restore date after the first deposit. Open the connection settings, tap Rescan and choose a date about a week before your first transaction, or a year earlier if unsure. See balance zero or missing.

What you can and cannot get back

Cake's announcement advised exporting transaction history as CSV from MyMonero before the shutdown. If you did, keep that file for your records and tax purposes.

You are not locked in

Cake Wallet is MyMonero's named successor, but your 25-word seed is a standard Monero seed. Cake's announcement notes it will keep working with any Monero wallet, so you can also restore it in another wallet you trust. Whichever you choose, the steps are the same: legacy 25-word seed, a restore date before your first deposit, and a full sync. Our Cake Wallet alternatives page compares the main options.

After the move

Optionally, create a new 16-word Polyseed wallet in Cake Wallet, back it up on paper, and send your funds to it so the old seed no longer matters. Polyseed stores its own creation date, which makes any future restore quicker. Learn more in Monero in Cake Wallet.

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