# How to Securing the Noir Core Wallet

#### Encrypt Your Wallet <a href="#encrypt-your-wallet" id="encrypt-your-wallet"></a>

After your wallet is[ up to date](https://github.com/official-zoin/zoin/releases) and you’ve sent Noir to it, you will want to make it secure in case something happens.

The first step is to **encrypt** it. You can do this by clicking on **Settings**–>**Encrypt Wallet**. You should type in a passphrase that is strong (a combination of letters, both upper and lower case and numbers/symbols), and something you will remember or can write down on paper in a secure location. Confirm your passphrase and proceed to encrypt your wallet.

**Please be advised, once you set your passphrase you can’t forget it or all your funds will be lost**!

Right after your wallet has been encrypted, you should make a backup of it. Click on **File**–>**Backup Wallet** and save the wallet as a wallet.dat file. Store this backup in a secure location like an offline flash drive.

If you want to open your wallet on another computer you may save the wallet file onto a flash drive or other backup device / method you may already have. Remember that if you encrypted your wallet before doing this backup you must know the passphrase in order to access your wallet.

#### Print a Paper Wallet <a href="#print-a-paper-wallet" id="print-a-paper-wallet"></a>

A paper wallet contains QR codes of your private keys along with the written private key for easy and secure storage.

Click on the **Receive** tab in your desktop wallet and choose **Show Paper Wallet**

If you previously encrypted your wallet you will need to enter your passphrase to display your paper wallet.+

You may now print the displayed paper wallet and store it in a secure location.