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Unshield form with an amount, a public You Receive summary, and a three-stage tracker showing Unshield, In progress, and Claim
Move a private amount back into public form. Unshielding has three stages: Unshield, In progress, and Claim. To open it, open Shield / Unshield and select Unshield.

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Screen components

  1. Unshield tab. Check that Unshield is selected before you enter an amount.
  2. You unshield. Choose the confidential asset and enter an amount within its available private balance.
  3. Amount shortcuts. Use 25%, 50%, 75%, or max to fill the amount.
  4. You Receive. Check the public asset and amount shown by the live application.
  5. Privacy notice. Unshielding exposes the selected amount as a public balance. This action is visible onchain.
  6. Three-stage tracker. Unshield starts the request. In progress means processing is underway. Claim is the final action.
  7. Unshield button and fee. Submit the request through your connected wallet after you review its details.

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Steps

1

Enter the unshield details

Select the token and amount, and review the public output.
2

Confirm in your wallet

Confirm Unshield in your connected wallet.
3

Wait through In progress

Processing continues until the amount is ready.
4

Claim

When Claim is available, complete it to receive the public balance.
A confirmed Unshield request is not the end of this flow. Complete Claim before you treat the amount as an available public balance.