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View-only wallets

A view-only wallet sees the payments you receive but can’t spend anything. Use one on a second computer, to watch donations, or for your accountant.

From your wallet

Wallet › View-Only shows the three things a view-only wallet needs: the primary address, the secret view key and the restore height. Create view-only wallet saves one as a file, with a password if you want; Show QR shows them as a QR code for another computer.

From keys

On the other computer, choose Restore wallet from… › Keys, set the wallet type to View Only, and enter the primary address and the secret view key, or click Scan QR. Then enter the restore height.

Limits

A view-only wallet sees incoming payments, not outgoing ones. Once the wallet has spent, its balance is too high until you import the key images from the full wallet: Tools › Key image sync, as in offline signing.
Anyone with the view key sees all your incoming payments. Share it only with people you trust with that.
It covers Monero only. Bitcoin and Litecoin aren’t part of it.