---
title: "Connect a wallet"
description: "Connect, switch, and disconnect without giving ENS.Tools custody."
canonical: "https://ens.tools/docs/connect-wallet"
section: "Get started"
stability: "stable"
version: "Web app"
verifiedAt: "2026-07-29"
owner: "ENS.Tools Product"
---

# Connect a wallet

Connect, switch, and disconnect without giving ENS.Tools custody.

## Overview

Wallet connection identifies the names you control and lets you review signatures. ENS.Tools uses Privy and standard Ethereum wallet connections; it never asks for a seed phrase or private key.

## What this covers

- Supports injected wallets, WalletConnect-compatible wallets, Coinbase Wallet, and embedded Privy sessions.
- Portfolio data is read from the connected address; switching wallets clears address-specific query caches.
- The account menu links to your public profile, gas calculator, primary-name manager, and Etherscan.

## Before you run this workflow

### Networks

- Ethereum mainnet unless the page explicitly labels a test network

### Prerequisites

- A current browser; a wallet is only required for address-specific data or signing

### Wallet permissions

- Public reads require none
- State changes require a separate wallet review and signature

### Expected result

- A current read result, prepared action, or explicit unknown/error state

### Errors and recovery

- Confirm the active wallet and network
- Refresh stale evidence
- Never force-send a failed simulation

## How to use it

1. **Select Connect Wallet.** Choose your wallet and approve the connection request inside the wallet.
2. **Check the active address.** The header shows a primary ENS name when reverse resolution is configured, otherwise a shortened address.
3. **Disconnect when finished.** Open the account menu and select Disconnect. Disconnecting does not revoke onchain approvals already granted to contracts.

## A connection is not a transaction

> Connecting only exposes the active public address. Always read the separate wallet prompt before signing a message, approval, or transaction.

## Related guides

- [Safety, simulation, and signing](https://ens.tools/docs/safety-and-signing)
- [Portfolio dashboard](https://ens.tools/docs/portfolio-dashboard)