How to Download and Install Exodus Wallet on Windows

A 180 MB desktop wallet with a built-in exchange: install it, back it up properly, and learn which habits keep a hot wallet safe.

Exodus is a desktop wallet for Windows that manages many assets from one interface, with a built-in exchange, portfolio charts and support for hardware wallets. It is listed in the Crypto section of the catalog, under Wallets, and it is free to install at 180 MB. The wallet stores your private keys locally, which is exactly why the setup steps below matter more than the download button.

What you need

• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with 4 GB of RAM and 180 MB of free space.
• A strong password you use nowhere else. It encrypts the wallet file on disk.
• Paper and a pen for the recovery phrase. Not a screenshot, not a note in a cloud document, not a photo on your phone.
• Ideally a hardware wallet for anything you would miss if it disappeared. Exodus pairs with hardware devices and keeps the keys on them.

Download and install

1. Open the Exodus Wallet item page from the Crypto section and download the installer.
2. Verify the file size against the item page before running it. A short download is the usual source of installation errors.
3. Run the installer and keep the default path, so future versions update cleanly.
4. On first launch create a new wallet rather than restoring one, unless you are genuinely recovering an existing seed.

Back it up properly

1. Write the twelve-word recovery phrase on paper, in order, by hand. Check it twice against the screen.
2. Store the paper somewhere physically safe, and keep a second copy in a different location if the amount warrants it.
3. Never type the phrase into a website, a support chat, a browser extension or a second device you do not control. Anyone who has those words has your funds.
4. Set the app password and enable the auto-lock timer.
5. Test the backup before you fund the wallet: restore the phrase into a fresh install or a hardware device and confirm the address matches.

Using the wallet day to day

• Receive funds by copying the address or scanning the QR code, and confirm the first characters match on both screens after pasting.
• The built-in exchange is convenient and priced accordingly. For large amounts, compare against an exchange or a decentralised swap before confirming.
• Portfolio charts read public addresses, so they show balances without exposing keys.
• Staking is available for supported assets. Check the unbonding period first, because some assets lock your balance for days.
• Pair a hardware wallet and move long-term holdings to it. A desktop wallet is a hot wallet by definition, whatever the interface looks like.

Staying safe

Keep the application updated, but download updates from the source you already trust rather than from a search result. Clipboard malware that rewrites addresses is common: always verify the destination address after pasting it. Support will never ask for your recovery phrase, and neither will anyone legitimate. If you keep large balances, treat this wallet as the spending wallet and leave the savings on a hardware device.