Is it possible to import a Metamask account to Mist or Ethereum Wallet?

Question

Is it possible to import a Metamask account to Mist or Ethereum Wallet? Metamask doesn't allow to export UTC file or json file, only pass phrase and private key and I don't see the option to import these in Mist or Ethereum wallet? Thanks.

Answer 1

This question is already answered here. Just for the shake of no link only answer.

DO the following steps to import your private key to geth and get a keystore file:

• Open Notepad
• Paste key into notepad without any extra characters or quotations
• Save the file as nothing_special_delete_me.txt at C:\
• Run the command, geth account import C:\nothing_special_delete_me.txt
• After successful import, delete the file at C:\nothing_special_delete_me.txt

If you don't want to use or you don't have geth. You can create keystore file using node and ethereumjs-wallet for same. (Ref: here)

var Wallet = require('ethereumjs-wallet');
var key = Buffer.from('efca4cdd31923b50f4214af5d2ae10e7ac45a5019e9431cc195482d707485378', 'hex');
var wallet = Wallet.fromPrivateKey(key);
wallet.toV3String('password');

The output of the last command is content of your keystore file. Just paste this in a json file and put this in .ethereum/keystore folder.