> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://gerfaut-wallet.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Add a wallet
> Start watching a wallet in Gerfaut from its descriptor, extended public key or address: paste it, open a file or scan a QR code, then check the first address.
Give Gerfaut the public side of your wallet: the descriptor, extended public key or address your signing device or wallet software exports. Gerfaut refuses anything that contains a private key or a seed phrase.
## Add the wallet
**1. Open the add dialog**
**Android**
Select **Add a wallet** at the bottom of the home screen.
**Desktop**
Select the wallet switcher at the top of the sidebar, then **Add a wallet**. Before your first wallet, the sidebar shows **Add a wallet** in its place.
**2. Paste, import or scan the wallet**
Paste it in `Descriptor, extended public key, or address`, then select **Continue**. Two other ways in:
* **Import a file:** A `.txt`, `.json`, `.desc` or `.bsms` file, such as the export of another wallet.
* **Scan a QR code:** Plain text, UR or BBQr, animated or not. Keep the camera on an animated code until the counter reaches its total. On Android the button reads **Scan**.
A refused input says why, under the field.
**3. Check the first address**
The card reads `Recognized as` with the kind of input, then `First address`, the first address Gerfaut derives.
> [!WARNING]
>
> Compare `First address` with the first address your signing device or wallet software shows. A different address means Gerfaut watches another wallet.
For an extended public key, check the script type too: see [Wallet types](/docs/wallets/wallet-types#pick-the-script-type-of-an-extended-public-key).
When a QR code names no receive or change path, Gerfaut shows `This QR code carries no receive or change path, so Gerfaut assumes the usual 0/* and 1/*. Compare the first address with your signer.` If `First address` differs, select **Back**. Then paste or import the descriptor your signing device or wallet software exports, which names its paths.
**Android**
**Desktop**
**4. Name the wallet and select Add wallet**
Enter a name in `Name`. When the input [fits several networks](/docs/wallets/wallet-types#pick-a-network), pick one in `Network` and check `First address` again. Gerfaut opens the wallet and runs its first sync.
**Android**
**Desktop**
> **Use a custom derivation path**
>
> For an extended public key used outside the usual derivation branches, open **Advanced** on the confirmation step. Enter the `Receive path`, the `Change path` and the `Key origin`, then select **Apply**. Check the new first address again.
## Manage your wallets
Open **Settings** > **Wallets**. Each wallet has its own row:
* **Rename:** Select **Rename**, enter the new name and select **Save name**. Selecting the wallet name at the top of its page on Android, or of its Overview on desktop, does the same.
* **Icon:** Select **Icon**, then one of seven icons, such as `Key`, `Snowflake` or `Pin`.
* **Rescan:** Read the wallet again from its first address, change included, up to the `Gap limit` at the top of the section. Raise that limit first for coins further out. Gerfaut then shows the result, such as `Rescanned ยท 2 new transactions`.
* **Remove:** Stop watching the wallet once you confirm with **Remove wallet**. Nothing moves on-chain.
* **Reorder:** Drag a wallet by its handle, or hold a wallet card on the Android home screen and drag it.
* **Advanced:** Select **Advanced** under the list to pick the wallets [Live follows first](/docs/settings/notifications#pin-the-wallets-live-follows-first) when it cannot follow every address.
**Android**
**Desktop**
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