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Forgot Rabby Wallet Password? How to Change It & Recover
In short
Rabby cannot retrieve your forgotten password: it protects encrypted wallet data on your device, not an online account. The right recovery route depends on what you still have.
- With verified backups for every stored phrase and imported private key, you can reset the extension and restore those accounts under a new password. Resetting deletes the locally stored phrases and keys.
- Without complete backups, preserve the original browser profile. Its encrypted vault may allow a targeted password search; feasibility depends on the remaining data and password candidates.
- Hardware wallet keys stay on the device and follow its recovery route. If biometric access or a previously synced mobile installation still works, preserve that access before resetting anything.
One recovery phrase does not restore accounts imported from unrelated private keys.
Forgot your Rabby Wallet password? Rabby is a non-custodial browser wallet for Ethereum and EVM networks: the password protects the encrypted vault on your device, and the vault holds your private keys and seed phrase. That single fact decides everything below: the password isn’t a login, Rabby can’t reset it for you, and access always runs through material that still exists on your device or in your backup.
Understanding Rabby Wallet and password security
Like MetaMask, Rabby has no traditional login tied to an email address or username, and the same logic applies as with a forgotten MetaMask password. The password exists only on your device. Rabby uses it to lock and unlock the wallet and to encrypt the seed phrases and private keys stored there, and it never receives a copy. Each installation has its own password, so the browser extension and Rabby Mobile can have different ones. If you turned on Password for non-whitelisted transfers, Rabby also asks for the password before a transfer to an address outside your whitelist.
A seed phrase, also called a recovery phrase, is the master key to the accounts derived from it. Rabby creates 12-word phrases and imports phrases of 12 to 24 words. With the phrase you can always set up the wallet again with a new password, but only for that phrase’s accounts: anything else stored in Rabby needs its own backup.
What actually unlocks a Rabby wallet
| What you have | What it unlocks | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| A seed phrase (BIP-39 or SLIP-39) | Only the accounts derived from that phrase | Check backups for every account before resetting |
| A separately backed-up private key | The account controlled by that key | Import the key separately; another seed phrase will not restore it |
| The encrypted vault (original browser profile) | Every phrase and key stored in it, but only with the password | A structured password search against a copy of the vault, after a case-specific assessment |
| A connected hardware wallet (Ledger, Trezor) | The hardware accounts, immediately | Reconnect the device with its PIN; Rabby’s password is irrelevant for those keys |
| Nothing | Nothing | Not recoverable, by us or anyone |
How to change your password on Rabby Wallet
Rabby has no setting to change a password, even one you still know. Some guides describe a Settings > Security > Change Password route, but the current Rabby extension has no such option, and Rabby’s own help article on changing or resetting the password describes only one way to a new password: resetting the wallet.
A reset deletes the seed phrases and private keys stored in Rabby, so a new password always means re-importing them. Back up every phrase and key first: in the extension, open the address list, click the ▶ button next to an address and choose Backup Seed Phrase or Backup Private Key. If neither option appears, Rabby does not hold that key, as with a Ledger address. Then follow the reset steps below.
Rabby Mobile has no reset feature. To set a new password there, Rabby says to uninstall and reinstall the app and restore your addresses from the seed phrase or private key.
What to do if you forgot your Rabby password
Rabby can’t retrieve a forgotten password, so what gets you back in depends on what still exists. If you set up biometric unlock and it still works, do not reset yet: the wallet is still open to you, and moving the funds to a wallet you control may still be possible. Revealing a seed phrase or private key still asks for the password, and so does a transfer to a non-whitelisted address if you turned that check on.
If you still have the seed phrase: reset the password
Before resetting, check that you can restore every account whose keys are stored in Rabby. Each seed phrase covers only its own accounts; separately imported private keys need their own backups. If any account lacks a verified recovery route, keep the original browser profile and do not reset or uninstall Rabby.
- On the Rabby lock screen, click Forgot Password?. If you use biometric unlock, choose Unlock with password first to see it.
- Click Begin Reset Process. Rabby lists what the reset deletes for good, the seed phrases and private keys, and what it keeps: imported hardware wallets and Safe wallets, contacts and watch-only addresses, whitelist settings and signature records.
- Type RESET in the box and click Confirm Reset.
- Set a new password of at least 8 characters.
- Choose Import Seed Phrase and enter the words in the exact order they were written. Import any other seed phrases and separately backed-up private keys as well, then compare the restored addresses with your records.
If an address is missing after the import, it may sit further down Rabby’s address list or on another HD path, the derivation path a wallet uses to number its addresses. Rabby’s help center explains how to switch HD path and look beyond the first 50 addresses.
Keep the seed phrases and any separately imported private keys backed up offline in two secure locations. One phrase does not replace backups for unrelated accounts.
If you used a hardware wallet
If you connected a Ledger, Trezor, or other hardware wallet to Rabby, those keys were never in the browser vault. The password only protects the software wallet. Reconnect the hardware device with its PIN and the hardware accounts are back, without touching Rabby’s password at all. A reset keeps imported hardware wallets in Rabby, and if Rabby holds no seed phrase or private key at all, Forgot Password? lets you set a new password straight away. Check Rabby’s settings for the hardware accounts and confirm the derivation path matches the one you used, then re-add any that are missing.
Forgot your Rabby password and lost the seed phrase?
This is the hardest case. Rabby cannot reset your password or retrieve your seed phrase for you, so start with what may still exist: a written copy of the phrase in an old notebook or safe, a private key you exported separately, a backup of the computer, or a password hint.
Rabby stores an encrypted vault in your browser profile. If the extension is still installed on the original device or browser profile, that vault is real recovery material. The realistic route is a structured search: everything you remember about the password — base words, numbers, symbols, your habits — becomes a candidate list tested against a copy of the vault, offline, in a controlled environment.
The encrypted vault must still exist; the candidate strategy and complete case require assessment. Rabby keeps the vault in the extension’s local storage, which the browser clears when the extension is removed, so uninstalling the extension, clearing browser data, or a profile reset can delete it. Browser sync does not copy it. Rabby’s own Mobile Sync feature does: if you once synced addresses from the extension to Rabby Mobile by QR code, the phone holds a copy of them under the mobile app’s password, which is the extension password unless you had already set a separate one. That copy is also recovery material. Check every browser profile you used, too.
What not to do
- Do not uninstall Rabby or clear browser data first. The vault lives in the profile; once it’s gone, the search has nothing to work from.
- Do not upload the vault, your phrase, or password guesses to any website that offers to "recover" them.
- Do not keep guessing on the live wallet. Work on a copy, and stop before repeated attempts make the situation harder to assess.
Can’t recover your Rabby password? When professional recovery is realistic
We assess Rabby cases on the same rule as every wallet: what still exists. If you have no seed phrase but the wallet is still installed, the encrypted vault is the recovery target. Crypto Recovers takes a copy of that vault and runs a structured brute-force and dictionary search built from what you remember, such as parts of the password or the patterns you tend to use. If the password is found, the vault opens with it and gives back the seed phrase and keys inside. Remembered password details are what make that search practical, and the complete case is assessed first.
Nothing left means nothing to recover. A completely lost phrase with no vault and no backup isn’t recoverable, and no service can change that.
The assessment is free and needs no sensitive material at first contact. Under a written agreement we work on copies in a controlled, offline environment, and you regain access and move the funds yourself.
FAQ: Rabby Wallet password recovery
What should I do if I forgot my Rabby password?
Rabby cannot retrieve it. A verified seed phrase restores the accounts derived from it: reset Rabby from the lock screen with Forgot Password? and re-import the phrase with a new password. Before resetting, also check the backups for any other phrases and separately imported private keys. If any account has no verified backup, preserve the browser profile: its encrypted vault may still allow a password search.
How do I change my Rabby Wallet password?
Rabby has no setting to change a password, even one you know. The only route to a new password is a reset: Forgot Password? on the lock screen in the extension, or reinstalling Rabby Mobile. A reset deletes the locally stored seed phrases and private keys, so back up every one of them first and re-import them afterwards; a single phrase does not restore unrelated accounts.
Can I restore my Rabby Wallet password if I’ve forgotten it?
Rabby cannot retrieve the old password for you: it exists only on your device, and Rabby never receives a copy. You can restore access instead: reset Rabby and re-import your seed phrase or private key under a new password, or, if the phrase is gone, have the encrypted vault assessed for a password search. Remembered parts of the password make that search more focused.
Can Rabby recover my password for me?
No. Rabby has no server-side copy of your local password or vault. Recovery depends on the relevant phrase, a separately backed-up private key, or the encrypted vault. Connected hardware wallets keep their keys on the device.
What are the steps to reset my Rabby password?
In the extension, click Forgot Password? on the lock screen (choose Unlock with password first if you use biometrics), click Begin Reset Process, type RESET, confirm, and set a new password of at least 8 characters. Then re-import your seed phrases and private keys. Rabby Mobile has no reset feature: uninstall and reinstall the app and restore from the seed phrase or private key. Uninstalling the extension also gives a fresh start, but it deletes the encrypted vault together with everything the reset would have kept.
What if I lost both the password and the phrase?
A separately backed-up private key may still restore its account. Otherwise, preserve the original browser profile: if the encrypted vault remains, a structured password search may be assessed. Without the relevant phrase, private key, vault or another usable backup, that account cannot be rebuilt.
I used a hardware wallet with Rabby — do I need Rabby's password?
No. Hardware wallet keys live on the device, not in the vault. Reconnect the device with its PIN; a reset keeps imported hardware wallets in Rabby, and you can re-add the hardware accounts if they are missing.
Is a Rabby recovery a theft risk?
Only if you send your material to the wrong place. Legitimate recovery never asks for your phrase through a form or chat, works on copies in a controlled environment, and never holds your funds. Anyone asking for the phrase upfront, or for a fee before an honest assessment, is the risk.