diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
index f80b1a23ca..08aca5dbf3 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import qualified Data.UUID.V4 as V4
 import Simplex.Chat.Library.Subscriber
 import Simplex.Chat.Badges (BadgeCredential (..), LocalBadge (..), badgeServerCredential, maxXFTPFileSize, mkBadgeStatus, verifyCredential)
 import Simplex.Chat.Names (SimplexDomainProof (..), SimplexDomainClaim (..), claimDomain, mkDomainClaim)
-import Simplex.Chat.Store.Wallets (deleteSeed, getBoundAccount, getDeviceSeed, getOrCreateAccountRef, getSeedAccounts, importSeed)
+import Simplex.Chat.Store.Wallets (deleteSeed, getDeviceSeed, getOrCreateAccountRef, getSeedAccounts, importSeed)
 import Simplex.Chat.Wallet (NameIndex, WalletSeed (..), accountAddress, deriveNameKey, importRecoveryKey, newSeed, recoveryKeyPhrase, renderNameKeyPath)
 import Simplex.Chat.Call
 import Simplex.Chat.Controller
@@ -1496,7 +1496,8 @@ processChatCommand cxt nm = \case
     accs <- case seed_ of
       Nothing -> pure []
       Just seed -> do
-        -- hidden profiles are left out, as they are by /users
+        -- hidden profiles are left out, as they are by /users, but the gap in
+        -- account indexes still shows that one exists
         as <- filter (\(_, _, active, hidden) -> active || not hidden) <$> withFastStore' (\db -> getSeedAccounts db (wsId seed))
         forM as $ \(n, acct, active, _) -> do
           keys <- forM [0 .. walletNamesShown - 1] $ \k -> do
@@ -1515,17 +1516,17 @@ processChatCommand cxt nm = \case
     when (isNothing r) $ throwCmdError "this device already has a wallet key"
     processChatCommand cxt nm APIWallet
   APIWalletExport -> withUser $ \user -> do
-    (seed, _) <- withFastStore' (\db -> getBoundAccount db user) >>= maybe (throwCmdError noKeyError) pure
+    seed <- withFastStore' getDeviceSeed >>= maybe (throwCmdError noKeyError) pure
     phrase <- either (throwCmdError . ("wallet: " <>)) pure $ recoveryKeyPhrase seed
     pure $ CRWalletPhrase user (safeDecodeUtf8 phrase)
   APIWalletDelete confirmWord -> withUser $ \user -> do
     seed <- withFastStore' getDeviceSeed >>= maybe (throwCmdError noKeyError) pure
     phrase <- either (throwCmdError . ("wallet: " <>)) pure $ recoveryKeyPhrase seed
     case reverse . T.words $ safeDecodeUtf8 phrase of
-      w : _ | w == confirmWord -> do
+      w : _ | w == T.toLower confirmWord -> do
         withFastStore' $ \db -> deleteSeed db (wsId seed)
         processChatCommand cxt nm APIWallet
-      _ -> throwCmdError "to confirm, pass the last word of the recovery phrase"
+      _ -> throwCmdError "this deletes the wallet key for all profiles on this device, to confirm pass the last word of the recovery phrase"
   APISendCallInvitation contactId callType -> withUser $ \user -> do
     -- party initiating call
     ct <- withFastStore $ \db -> getContact db cxt user contactId
@@ -5467,7 +5468,7 @@ walletNamesShown :: NameIndex
 walletNamesShown = 2
 
 noKeyError :: String
-noKeyError = "no wallet key for this profile"
+noKeyError = "no wallet key on this device"
 
 chatCommandP :: Parser ChatCommand
 chatCommandP =
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
index fcd14ee593..4e7235ff40 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds (
   wallet_seed_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
   seed BLOB NOT NULL,                       -- BIP-39 entropy, 16-32 bytes
   -- known issue: after import this starts at 0, so a recovered device can
-  -- re-issue an account that already owns names
+  -- re-issue an account that already owns names, and profiles are bound in
+  -- the order they ask for a key, not the order they had
   next_account_index INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   -- one key per device for now
   single_seed INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 UNIQUE
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
index aa8adc9714..7a3b18af4d 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds(
   wallet_seed_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
   seed BLOB NOT NULL, -- BIP-39 entropy, 16-32 bytes
   -- known issue: after import this starts at 0, so a recovered device can
-  -- re-issue an account that already owns names
+  -- re-issue an account that already owns names, and profiles are bound in
+  -- the order they ask for a key, not the order they had
   next_account_index INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   -- one key per device for now
   single_seed INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 UNIQUE
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs
index 90ddf96653..b7a41a1e79 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 module Simplex.Chat.Store.Wallets
   ( getDeviceSeed,
-    getBoundAccount,
     getSeedAccounts,
     getOrCreateAccountRef,
     importSeed,
diff --git a/tests/WalletTests.hs b/tests/WalletTests.hs
index 644b3cea3e..3f90ea8852 100644
--- a/tests/WalletTests.hs
+++ b/tests/WalletTests.hs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ testWalletCreate ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
   alice ##> "/_wallet"
   alice <## "no wallet key"
   alice ##> "/_wallet export"
-  alice <## "bad chat command: no wallet key for this profile"
+  alice <## "bad chat command: no wallet key on this device"
   alice ##> "/_wallet create"
   rows <- accountRows alice "alice, active" 0
   map fst rows `shouldBe` ["m/44'/60'/0'/0/0", "m/44'/60'/0'/0/1"]
@@ -86,11 +86,16 @@ testWalletSecondProfile :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testWalletSecondProfile ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
   alice ##> "/_wallet create"
   rows <- accountRows alice "alice, active" 0
+  alice ##> "/_wallet export"
+  phrase <- getTermLine alice
   alice ##> "/create user alisa"
   showActiveUser alice "alisa"
   alice ##> "/_wallet"
   _ <- accountRows alice "alice" 0
   alice <## "this profile has no wallet key"
+  -- the key belongs to the device, so a profile without an account exports it too
+  alice ##> "/_wallet export"
+  alice <## phrase
   alice ##> "/_wallet create"
   _ <- accountRows alice "alice" 0
   rows' <- accountRows alice "alisa, active" 1
@@ -115,8 +120,8 @@ testWalletDelete ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
   alice ##> ("/_wallet import " <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   _ <- accountRows alice "alice, active" 0
   alice ##> "/_wallet delete abandon"
-  alice <## "bad chat command: to confirm, pass the last word of the recovery phrase"
-  alice ##> "/_wallet delete about"
+  alice <## "bad chat command: this deletes the wallet key for all profiles on this device, to confirm pass the last word of the recovery phrase"
+  alice ##> "/_wallet delete About"
   alice <## "no wallet key"
   -- deleting unbinds the profile, so a key can be imported again
   alice ##> ("/_wallet import " <> B.unpack testPhrase)