# Restore an Account using JSON backup file

## Export account from Polkadot {.js}

Click on the vertical ellipsis next to the Polkadot account that you want to export, then choose **Export Account**. You will receive a JSON file which you can import into SubWallet.

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## In a newly installed SubWallet  

**Step 1:** During installation setup, click **Restore account from backup JSON file**.

![1.1](/files/Gtv58sK8D2D4nFnB2TCP) ![1.2](/files/7xsyJXnL5AWQoVi5bAVY)

**Step 2:** Insert your JSON backup file that you exported from Polkadot {.js}. Enter your password and hit **Restore** (You need to remember the password you have set before for this account). Your Polkadot wallet is successfully imported!

![2.1](/files/nUK7ogWRdlH2dpyAoGH4) ![2.2](/files/sIoCbukDw9We1SmXpywj)

## In an existing SubWallet  

Open SubWallet extension and click on the round favicon icon in the top right corner. Then hit **Restore account from Polkadot {.js}** and repeat the steps. This instruction applies to Polkadot native wallet (Substrate account) only.

![1.1](/files/F1E10FxLIEAQtmjU2CD8) ![1.2](/files/3nJfWuigqAnK2z1bEv32)

![1.3](/files/dX9fNhWQqg7zQ3yc9Qn2) ![1.4](/files/3JkITfAhwzxQQlk0mEos)


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