Hey guys, my chrome browser is no longer starting but before reinstalling it, I wanted to get my seed to secure my wallet. Is it somehow possible to get my seed from the data on my pc? I’ve read about the vault data and already found my file containing what I think are my metamask data, but when I open it I can’t read most of it and not find any words like “vault”.
Would be awesome if somebody could help me out.
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Hi https://metamask.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018766351-How-to-use-the-Vault-Decryptor-with-the-MetaMask-Vault-Data
C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn
In that folder you’ll see a file called 000003, open that file with a text editor or code editor software like Atom
In the text editor search for the word “vault”
and ad to MetaMask Vault Decryptor
Download https://atom.io/ text editor
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Hey thanks for the fast reply! I already looked into the article but my file there is called 000019 and not 000003 and a huge part of the text is not written in words, so I can’t find the word “vault” when searching for it. But there are words like “metaswap” etc.
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you open .ldb file? me file name is 000008.ldb 
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Nethrahil one crazy idea 
in windows create next user account
and in old user acount save folder 
Local Extension Settings
In new windows account
install chrome + metamaskSearch folder Local Extension Settings and delete this folder
add old Local Extension Settings folder…
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Hey man! Thank you so much for the help! I found the right file and I was able to extract the needed text! It worked and I got my seed, wrote it down immediately I logged in and got access to all my tokens! We did it, thanks again!
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ok good work 
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Hi,
I cant find those files and have about 0.3 bnb worth on it. Is there any other way to get it back?
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Hi max2004 what browser are you using?
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google.
i cant find any files
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max2004 You set? see the hidden files 
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files-0320fe58-0117-fd59-6851-9b7f9840fdb2
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Hi Nethrahil,
I have exactly the same issue you had.
Can you share the solution to open the .ldb file and extract the needed text?
If anyone has a good solution, please let me know.
Thank you!
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Hi @DanCo instructions can be found here 
https://metamask.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018766351-How-to-use-the-Vault-Decryptor-with-the-MetaMask-Vault-Data
You using a Chrome browser?
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Hi Luigi,
Yes using Chrome browser.
My issue is I cannot find the word « vault » in the .ldb file and the name of the file is 000005, even using text editor like Atom.
Most of the text is special characters and very little words.
I am not too sure how to find the needed text to use the vault decryptor.
Would be great if you have a solution for me.
Many thanks,
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Is it definitely in the nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn subfolder ?
I can’t find the .log in this folder.
Also, what text editor would you recommend here ?
Again thank you very much for your help and time here,
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@DanCo YES 
you have to search in the folder nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn
Try search in .ldb file word: salt or Keyr
I use program Atom
and the console does not work?
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@Luigi, my issue is I have uninstall by mistake the metamask chrome extension a few months ago.
When I try to added back in I created a new metamask account with a new pwd and recovery phrase but obviously none of my tokens were there.
The biggest issue is I do not have my recovery phrase anymore from the old metamask account and while I can remember the password, I was trying to use the vault decryptor to get the phrase back but using the old extension.
So I am trying to read the older .ldb file. I have last modified on 17/06/2020 so I guess that’s the one with the old extension but the problem is I cannot find any of the words you mention under Atom, most of the characters being special characters and not letters.
Any help would be deeply appreciated,
Thanks,
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Hi @Luigi Do you know where the seed data is stored for Firefox browser? I guess a sqlite file?
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Hi @cryptonosh Firefox stores this information in the sql file.
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