SubWallet - Polkadot Wallet
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  • Introduction
  • 📴Mobile App - User Guide
    • Getting started
      • Install the SubWallet mobile app
      • Create your master password
      • Customize language display
      • Customize currency display
    • Account security
      • Manage master password
        • Change master password
        • Forgot master password
      • Enable biometric authorization
      • Lock & unlock wallet
    • Account management
      • Understand account types
      • Create a new account with new seed phrase
      • Derive a new account from an existing account
      • Switch between accounts and change account name
      • Import accounts
        • Import from seed phrase
        • Import from JSON file
        • Import from private key
        • Import by QR code
      • Attach a watch-only account
      • Export & backup accounts
    • Cold wallet management
      • Attach Polkadot Vault (prev. Parity-Signer) accounts
        • Add networks to Polkadot Vault
        • Update network metadata
        • Attach account
      • Connect Keystone devices
    • Asset & address management
      • View token balances
      • Show/hide balances
      • Manage address book
      • Customize your assets
        • Enable/disable tokens
        • Import & manage customized tokens
        • Import NFTs
    • Receive & transfer assets
      • Receive tokens & NFTs
      • Transfer tokens
        • Understand existential deposit
        • Single-chain transfer
        • Cross-chain transfer
        • Transfer tokens via bridges
      • Transfer NFT
      • View transaction history
    • Buy crypto from fiat money
    • Swap tokens
      • Single-chain swap
      • Cross-chain swap
    • Earning
      • Nomination pool
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Claim staking rewards
        • Unstake
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Direct nomination
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Unstake
        • Cancel a previous unstaking action
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Parachain (Collator) staking
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Unstake
        • Cancel a previous unstaking action
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Liquid staking
        • Start staking
        • Unstake & redeem funds
    • Connect dApps & manage website access
      • Connect/disconnect dApp via WalletConnect
      • Sign transactions from dApp
      • Add new networks unavailable in pre-defined list from dApp
    • View transaction history
    • Network management
      • Customize your networks
        • Enable/disable networks
        • Import custom networks
        • Manage custom networks
      • Customize endpoint/provider
    • Mission Pools
    • View crowdloans
    • FAQs
  • 🧩Extension - User guide
    • Getting started
      • Install SubWallet
      • Create a master password
      • Customize language display
      • Customize currency display
      • Manage in-app notifications
    • Account security
      • Manage master password
        • Change master password
        • Forgot master password
      • Lock & unlock wallet
      • Advanced phishing detection
    • Account management
      • Understand account types
      • Create a new account with a new seed phrase
      • Derive a new account from an existing account
      • Switch between accounts and change account name
      • Import accounts
        • Import from seed phrase
        • Import from JSON file
        • Import from private key
        • Import by QR code
      • Migrate solo accounts to unified accounts
      • Attach a watch-only account
      • Export & backup accounts
    • Cold wallet management
      • Connect Ledger devices
        • Connect via network-specific apps
        • Connect via EVM apps
        • Connect via the Polkadot app
        • Connect via the Polkadot Migration app
      • Attach Polkadot Vault (prev. Parity Signer) accounts
        • Add networks in Polkadot Vault
        • Update network metadata
        • Attach an account
      • Connect Keystone devices
    • Asset & address management
      • View token balances
      • Show/Hide balances
      • Manage address book
      • Customize your assets
        • Enable/disable tokens
        • Import & manage customized tokens
        • Import NFTs
    • Receive & transfer assets
      • Receive tokens & NFTs
      • Transfer tokens
        • Understand existential deposit
        • Single-chain transfer
        • Cross-chain transfer
        • Transfer tokens via bridges
      • Transfer NFT
      • View transaction history
    • Buy crypto from fiat money
    • Swap tokens
      • Single-chain swap
      • Cross-chain swap
    • Earning
      • Nomination pool
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Claim staking rewards
        • Unstake
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Direct nomination
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Unstake
        • Cancel a previous unstaking action
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Parachain (Collator) staking
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Claim staking rewards
        • Unstake
        • Cancel a previous unstaking action
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Liquid staking
        • Start staking
        • Unstake & redeem funds
      • Subnet staking (dTAO staking)
        • Start staking
        • Stake more
        • Unstake & redeem TAO
    • Connect dApps & manage website access
      • Connect/disconnect dApp via WalletConnect
      • Sign transactions from dApp
      • Add new networks unavailable in pre-defined list from dApp
    • Network management
      • Customize your networks
        • Enable/disable networks
        • Import custom networks
        • Manage custom networks
      • Customize endpoint/provider
    • Mission Pools
    • View crowdloans
    • FAQs
  • 📋Web Dashboard - User guide
    • Getting started
      • Lock and unlock your wallet
        • Change auto-lock time
      • Create a password
        • Change password
        • Forgot password
      • Customize currency display
    • Account management
      • Connect extension
      • Create a new account
      • Derive a new account from an existing account
      • Switch between accounts and change account name
      • Import an account
      • Attach a watch-only account
      • Export & backup an account
    • Cold wallet management
      • Connect Ledger devices
      • Connect Keystone devices
    • Receive & transfer assets
      • Receive tokens and NFTs
      • Transfer tokens
        • Single-chain transfer
        • Cross-chain transfer
      • Transfer NFTs
      • Transfer assets using domain name
        • Transfer tokens using domain name
        • Transfer NFTs using domain name
    • Buy crypto from fiat money
    • Manage dApp list and connect WalletConnect
      • Manage dApp list
      • Connect dApp with WalletConnect
    • Mission Pools
    • Import & manage customized assets
      • Import & manage customized tokens
        • Import new tokens unavailable in pre-defined list from dApp
      • Import NFTs
        • Remove NFT collectible
    • Manage address book
    • View transaction history
    • Customize your networks
    • Customize endpoint/provider
    • Earning
      • FAQs
      • Earning calculator
      • Earning information
      • Polkadot nomination pool
        • Start staking
        • Unstake
        • Claim staking rewards
      • Acala liquid staking
        • Start staking
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Parallel liquid staking
        • Start staking
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
      • Bifrost liquid staking
        • Start staking
        • Withdraw unstaked funds
  • 🛡️Privacy & security
    • Basic Safety
    • Security
    • Protect Yourself from Scam
    • Terms of Use
  • 🔌Integration
    • Supported Network
    • DApp Integrations
    • Integration Instructions
  • 🍜Maintain
    • Change Log
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Connect Ledger devices

This document will show you how to connect your Ledger device to SubWallet.

Last updated 24 days ago

Supported Ledger devices

Currently, SubWallet supports these Ledger devices via USB portal only:

  • Ledger Nano S

  • Ledger Nano S Plus

  • Ledger Nano X

  • Ledger Stax

  • Ledger Flex

Types of Ledger apps

Currently, there are 4 types of Ledger apps available for connecting your Ledger device. Review and select the relevant article based on the type that best fits your needs.

Network-specific apps

To connect your Ledger via these apps, choose the network's app on your Ledger and select the corresponding network on SubWallet.

For example, to connect Ledger Avail account(s) to SubWallet, you need to choose the Avail app on your Ledger and then select the "Avail" option on SubWallet.

EVM apps

To connect your Ledger via these apps, choose the network's app on your Ledger and select the "EVM networks" option on SubWallet.

For example, to connect Ledger Moonbeam account(s) to SubWallet, you need to choose the Moonbeam app on your Ledger and then select the "EVM networks" option on SubWallet.

Polkadot app

The Polkadot app lets your Ledger device to sign transactions on all Substrate-based networks as long as they have undergone runtime updates (e.g. Polkadot, Polkadot Asset Hub - Statemint).

To use this app, make sure that the Polkadot app installed in your Ledger is on version v100.0.5 and above.

Polkadot Migration app

This app is designed for users to migrate tokens to the address generated by the Polkadot app and needs to be used when:

  • User has assets on a network that has updated its runtime (e.g., having KSM on the Kusama app)

  • User has assets stuck on a network that has updated its runtime (e.g., having KAR stuck on the Kusama app)

Before using this app, make sure the network you want to connect to has undergone runtime updates. To check if a network has performed this action, visit the . If it hasn't, continue using the corresponding Ledger app.

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Connect via network-specific apps
Connect via EVM apps
Connect via the Polkadot app
Parachains Metadata dashboard
Connect via the Polkadot Migration app