How to export a private key in Phantom and bots

To export a private key in the Phantom app, open Settings › Manage Accounts, tap the three dots next to the account and choose Show Private Key. Trading apps differ: BasedBot, pump.fun and Fomo let you export the key, Axiom gives you the recovery phrase, and GMGN does not allow export. Our Phantom wallet review covers the wallet itself.

Which tools let you export a key

Locke works with BasedBot; it is scored with the same methodology.

Step by step

Steps checked October 14, 2026 against the official docs.

Phantom

1. 1

   Open Manage Accounts

   In the app, tap your profile avatar, then Settings › Manage Accounts. In the browser extension, click your avatar, then Manage Accounts (Phantom help (opens in a new tab)).
2. 2

   Show the private key

   In the app, tap the three dots next to the account, then Show Private Key. In the extension, click the account, then Show Private Key. Choose a network, then copy the key (Phantom help (opens in a new tab)).

pump.fun and Fomo

1. 1

   Export the key in the app

   Both apps make a Privy wallet (pump.fun docs (opens in a new tab), Fomo terms (opens in a new tab), section 6). Sign in, find the export wallet option and copy the private key (Phantom help (opens in a new tab)). Neither app documents the menu path, so check in app. Fomo asks for FaceID before an export (Fomo security (opens in a new tab)).
2. 2

   Import the key into Phantom

   With no Phantom wallet yet, import the key from the welcome screen. With a wallet, import it as an extra account (Phantom help (opens in a new tab)).

BasedBot

1. 1

   Log in with Telegram

   Open basedbot.app and choose Connect with Telegram. A wallet login makes a separate account without your bot wallets (BasedBot docs (opens in a new tab)).
2. 2

   Export the key

   On the Portfolio page, open the Wallets panel, tap the wallet, then Export Key (BasedBot docs (opens in a new tab)).

Axiom and GMGN

Axiom shows your recovery phrase at sign-up, and its sign-up guide (opens in a new tab) says you can access it any time in settings. It suggests that you import the phrase into Phantom, Rabby or Solflare. GMGN’s wallet docs (opens in a new tab) say private key export is prohibited on all chains, also for imported wallets. To move funds out of GMGN, withdraw them on the GMGN website.

Good to know

• No key for Google or Apple wallets: Phantom accounts made this way have no Show Private Key option. Back up the recovery phrase instead (Phantom help (opens in a new tab)).
• Key or phrase: a private key controls one account; a seed phrase restores every account made from it.
• Nobody asks for it: Phantom support (opens in a new tab) and the BasedBot team (opens in a new tab) never ask for your key. Store the key offline, as Phantom advises.
• GMGN users: you cannot take the key out, so keep only trading money there (GMGN review). For a bot wallet that you can export, use BasedBot: its web app has Export Key (BasedBot docs (opens in a new tab)).

Bottom line

Phantom shows each account’s private key under Manage Accounts, except for Google and Apple wallets. BasedBot, pump.fun and Fomo let you export the key, Axiom gives the recovery phrase, and GMGN keeps the key locked. Read our Phantom wallet review before you move a key into it.