Ledger® Live: Desktop | Getting started with Ledger

Learn how to download, install, and launch Ledger Live on your desktop computer. Follow the steps to connect your Ledger device, add accounts, and manage your …

Ledger Live Desktop – Step into the world of dApps

The ledger wallet is popular for its digital assets that claim to provide top-notch security methods. But due to the high wallet prices not every trader can think of getting this wallet and using its services. Only the people who are sure that they want to continue with the crypto trading journey use this wallet. The ledger has several types of products from which you can opt from. On the official ledger wallet website you will find a comparison page of all the products. With the help of said page, you will be able to make out the differences between them and select the one you want to purchase. This whole article will tell you the details related to the Ledger live desktop wallet and its setup.

Steps for Ledger setup

The procedure is not as tough, as you might think it easy. The said procedures could be more time-consuming or different, but being tough isn’t one of them. Some websites might make it seem like a difficult procedure, but let us clarify that this is not the case. Thus, to break this stereotypical thinking, we are here to tell you about the process of the wallet setup on the Ledger. If you want to learn the process through an easy guide, then follow the steps here:

1. If not unpacked, then unbox it and take your Ledger Wallet and the USB cable given with it.

2. Take one end of the cable and plug it into the Ledger device and the other end to your laptop.

3. Get the application of Ledger live desktop first.

4. Next, simultaneously press the buttons given on the wallet to turn it on.

5. After the installation of the application click open it.

6. On the application, press the option of Connect new wallet.

7. Now, from the presented list select the name of the wallet.

8. Create a wallet login PIN, avoid the use of important dates as password because it makes the login PIN easy to decode.

9. After the password is set up, the Ledger Wallet will start to display the seed phrase of your account word by word.

10. Write down your seed phrase on a given sheet with correct spellings. To move on to the next word, use the buttons given on the wallet.

Complete the rest of the further prompts if left any to have your account registered on the wallet.

Logging in to ledger

The login guide is more relevant than any other procedure because it is the only process through which you can have access to your account. Thus, this makes this procedure even more important for you to learn. Under this segment, we will address the Ledger live desktop login process in the simplest yet shortest manner possible. Let us take a look at the said procedure now:

1. With USB connect your hardware wallet and the laptop.

2. Click open the software application of the wallet.

3. Turn on your Ledger hardware device, for this, you will have to press the given buttons at the same time.

4. The wallet, will now prompt you to enter the login passcode.

5. Write down the login PIN and re-check it before you move further.

6. Press Continue.

An incorrect password will ask you to re-try and the correct password will take you to the wallet homepage. However, if you’ve enabled extra security measures as well, such as a fingerprint scanner or 2-factor authentication, then complete them as well.

Final Thoughts!

Our short article on the guiding manual of Ledger live desktop has finally reached its end. However, these were only basic steps, there are quite a few important procedures as well that are left for the discussion. To explore this, you will have to search on the official website and seek guidance from the posted blogs on it. In the end, we can only hope that you understand the basic workings of the Ledger Wallet.