status-desktop/devuser_guide/content/dev_guide/wallet/adding_accounts.md

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title : "Adding Accounts"
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date: 2020-10-06T08:48:23+00:00
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// TODO: needs more detail, specially about the backend

## Adding an Account
- [`ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/LeftTab.qml`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/LeftTab.qml#L66)
- [`ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccount.qml`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccount.qml#L7)

### Generating an account
- [`ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/GenerateAccountModal.qml`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/GenerateAccountModal.qml#L103)
- [`src/app/wallet/view.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/app/wallet/view.nim#L416)
- [`src/status/wallet.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/status/wallet.nim#L251)

### Adding a watch only address
- [`ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddWatchOnlyAccount.qml`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddWatchOnlyAccount.qml#L103)
- [`src/app/wallet/view.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/app/wallet/view.nim#L434)
- [`src/status/wallet.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/status/wallet.nim#L295)

### Adding an account using a seed phrase
- [`ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithSeed.qml`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithSeed.qml#L131)
- [`src/app/wallet/view.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/app/wallet/view.nim#L422)
- [`src/status/wallet.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/status/wallet.nim#L271)

### Adding an account using a private key
- [`ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithPrivateKey.qml`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithPrivateKey.qml#L129)
- [`src/app/wallet/view.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/app/wallet/view.nim#L428)
- [`src/status/wallet.nim`](https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/blob/af2ec66e0c7912baad871aea34efcc493e02de27/src/status/wallet.nim#L284)