How to delete wallet without deleting blockchain

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I am registering some addresses as watch only addresses and I would like the ability to reset my wallet without having to sync again. Can I just delete my wallet.dat?

I use Bitcoin Core version 16.1.

This wallet does not handle any private keys with a non-zero balance.

Thorkil Værge

Posted 2018-08-07T07:29:16.540

Reputation: 637

2Yes, you can just delete the wallet.datRaghav Sood 2018-08-07T07:29:47.177

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As Raghav already commented:

Yes, you can delete the wallet.dat file as long as you don't have any private keys in it. Once you restart Bitcoin Core it creates a new and wallet.dat.

0xb10c

Posted 2018-08-07T07:29:16.540

Reputation: 953

1as long as you don't have any private keys in it with a non-zero balance which you don't have tested backups ofRedGrittyBrick 2018-08-07T09:21:37.367