Is There an Online Monero Wallet? What a Web Wallet Needs From You
Is there an online Monero wallet you can open in a browser? Not from the Monero project. The best-known web wallet, MyMonero, went offline on January 6, 2026. Any web wallet needs your keys in the browser, or your view key on its server. This guide explains what a web wallet learns, how to spot a fake login page, and what to use instead.
We make Monero One, a phone wallet. It is not a web wallet, and this guide says why we built it that way.
How We Checked
On October 22, 2026, we read the Monero project's downloads page, FAQ, Moneropedia and user guides. We read MyMonero's own site and checked that its web wallet address no longer loads. We ran a web search for "monero web wallet online login" and read the pages that came up. For Monero One, we read the app source code at the store versions, iOS 1.0.9 (10) and Android 1.0.9 (15).
Is There an Official Monero Web Wallet?
No. The Monero project builds two wallets, the GUI and the CLI, and both run on a computer. Its downloads page lists other wallets in two groups, and none of them is a web page.
- Local synchronization. The page says these wallets "connect to remote nodes and scan the blockchain on your device, without sharing any key with the nodes."
- Remote synchronization (lightweight). These wallets "share your private view key with a remote server, which continuously scans the blockchain looking for your transactions." The page adds: "They are faster to use, but your privacy can be lessened if you don't control the remote server."
A web wallet is a lightweight wallet that runs in a browser tab. It has the same trade, plus the risks of a website.
What Happened to the MyMonero Web Wallet
MyMonero announced its sunset on October 6, 2025. The service went offline on January 6, 2026. Its timeline says all MyMonero data was "permanently destroyed" on February 6, 2026. On October 22, 2026, the old web wallet address returned an error, and mymonero.com said: "MyMonero has closed."
Your XMR did not close with it. The funds are on the Monero blockchain, and your seed still controls them. Our guide to restoring a MyMonero wallet shows each step. It also explains why a 13-word MyMonero seed needs a different wallet than a 25-word one.
How a Monero Web Wallet Works
A Monero wallet does two jobs. It finds the payments to you, and it signs the payments that you send.
Finding payments takes the private view key. Something must check every new block with that key. A phone or desktop wallet does it on the device. A web wallet hands the job to its server, because a browser tab is a poor place to download and scan the chain each time you open it.
Signing takes the private spend key, which comes from your seed. A careful web wallet signs in the browser, so the spend key never leaves your computer. But you type your seed into a web page to log in. That page comes from the operator's server, and the operator can change it at any time.
What a Web Wallet's Server Learns
The Monero FAQ describes it: "For a lightweight wallet, you give your view key to a node, who scans the blockchain and looks for incoming transactions to your account on your behalf. This node will know when you receive money."
With your view key, the server can see:
- Every payment to you. Moneropedia says a view key gives "access to view every incoming transaction for that address."
- When you log in, and from where. Like any website, it sees your IP address.
- Your history over time. It keeps scanning while you are away.
Your view key cannot spend your XMR. But you cannot take it back once a server has it. Our guide to the Monero view key explains what it shows. Our guide to what a Monero node sees compares this with a normal remote node, which gets no key at all.
How to Spot a Fake Monero Wallet Login
Fake wallet pages want one thing: your seed. With it, they can take your XMR.
On October 22, 2026, we ran a web search for "monero web wallet online login." Most results were look-alike articles with near-identical text on unrelated blogs. One of them sends readers to a "web login" site whose name copies MyMonero. The article itself says the writer noticed "the site asking for the full private view key." The address is not a MyMonero address, and on the same day it did not load. We do not link to it.
Use these rules:
- Never type your seed into a website. No real support team, exchange or block explorer needs it.
- Check the address before you type anything. A name with "monero" or "mymonero" in it proves nothing.
- Do not trust search ads or blog links for a wallet. Start from the wallet's own site or from the Monero downloads page.
- Be wary of "login" pages. Monero has no accounts. A page with a Monero "login" is a web wallet, or a fake one.
- If you typed your seed into a site, act now. Make a new wallet in an app on your own device, and send your XMR to it.
Can You Check a Monero Balance Online?
Not from an address. Monero hides amounts and recipients on the blockchain, so an address alone shows no balance and no history on any explorer.
Some block explorers have a tool that takes your address and your private view key, then shows the payments to you. That hands your view key to the explorer's server, so it learns your incoming payments too. Moneropedia also warns that a view key cannot reliably show what you spent: "the balance of a Monero address as shown via a viewkey should not be relied upon."
To check a balance, open your own wallet and let it sync.
Options If You Do Not Want a Heavy Install
A full node takes a lot of disk space. You do not need one to use Monero safely.
| Option | Where your keys live | Who scans for your payments | What the operator learns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web wallet | Your seed is typed into a web page | The web wallet's server | Your view key, your incoming payments, your IP address |
| Lightweight app | On your device | A server, with your view key | Your incoming payments and your IP address |
| Phone wallet with local scan, such as Monero One | On your phone | Your phone | The node sees your IP address and the transactions you send |
| Feather (desktop) | On your computer | Your computer | The node sees your IP address and the transactions you send |
| Monero GUI with your own node | On your computer | Your computer | You run the node, so no outside operator learns anything |
A phone wallet is the closest thing to a web wallet without its risks. It installs in a minute, it keeps your keys on the phone, and it connects to a remote node. We built Monero One this way. It scans on the phone, so your view key never leaves it, and it sends us no analytics. If you would rather use a computer, see our guide to the Monero GUI wallet, or Feather.
How to Move from a Web Wallet to a Wallet on Your Device
- Find the seed that you wrote down when you made the web wallet. Count the words.
- Install a wallet app from its official store page or site.
- Choose Restore Wallet and type the seed.
- Pick a restore date before your first payment, so the wallet finds your whole history.
- Wait for the sync to finish. Then check your balance.
Our guide to Monero seed words tells you which wallet takes which seed length. A 25-word seed restores in Monero One. If your balance shows zero after the restore, read our guide to a Monero balance that shows zero.
FAQ
Is there an online Monero wallet?
There is no official one. The Monero project lists phone, desktop and lightweight wallets, and none of them runs in a browser. MyMonero, the best-known web wallet, closed on January 6, 2026.
Is MyMonero still working?
No. MyMonero went offline on January 6, 2026, and says it destroyed its data on February 6, 2026. Your seed still controls your XMR. Restore it in a wallet app on your own device.
Is a Monero web wallet safe?
It is riskier than an app. Its server gets your view key and sees your incoming payments. Each login asks you to type your seed into a page that the operator can change. Fake login pages also show up in search results.
Can someone steal my XMR with my view key?
No. The view key only shows payments to you. Spending takes the spend key, which comes from your seed. Keep the seed offline, and type it only into a wallet app on your own device.
Can I look up a Monero address online?
An address alone shows nothing on a block explorer. Monero hides the amounts and the recipients. A tool that asks for your view key as well can show your incoming payments, but its server then learns them too.
New to Monero One? Get it from the App Store or Google Play. The FAQ covers the basics.
Sources
Read on October 22, 2026.
- Monero project: downloads, FAQ, Moneropedia: view key, Moneropedia: spend key
- MyMonero: mymonero.com
- Feather: featherwallet.org
- Monero One: iPhone source code, Android source code