# CESS Account CESS account holds the user’s assets in CESS Network. Please keep the account mnemonic seeds and backup files **private** and **secure**. Users may lose the assets in the account forever if this information is compromised. The following illustrate two ways to create a CESS account. ## Method 1: Create an Account Using Polkadot.js Apps * Navigate to [Polkadot.js Apps](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Ftestnet-rpc.cess.network%2Fws%2F#/explorer). * Click **Settings**, under *in-browser account creation*, choose **Allow local in-browser account storage**, and click the save button at the bottom right.
![Polkadot.js Apps settings](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-26c3857ee26c13e6836615626f0bdc03bd670100%2Fcess-expl-settings.png?alt=media) * Click **Accounts** under the drop-down menu and then click **Add account** to create a new account.
![Polkadot.js Apps adding account](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a84a6580261fb5306b84149d5420d117cd08e55d%2Fcess-expl-add-acct.png?alt=media) * Keep the twelve words mnemonic phrase secure and safe. Then proceed to the next step.
![Polkadot.js Apps showing mnemonic](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-dcdebcc4ddae6ef8b2fb60ec32de8deb3381be7b%2Fcess-expl-showing-mnemonic.png?alt=media) * Create an account nickname and password, click **Next**, and then click **Save** to save the account raw seed.
![Polkadot.js Apps entering password](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f8a691a2f2c62395efd3fed8a6fc3f92e7c6ea69%2Fcess-expl-entering-pwd.png?alt=media) * Congratulations! You have successfully created a CESS account.
![Polkadot.js Apps account created](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d4e589713ef8a7a64db0329bec669bee7cb75e04%2Fcess-expl-acct-created.png?alt=media) ## Method 2: Create an Account Using Polkadot.js Wallet * Download [Polkadot.js extension](https://polkadot.js.org/extension/) to your browser. Currently the extension supports both Chrome or Firefox.
![Download Polkadot.js extension](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-222449dc4989814cb86a87e402032069d7e17fea%2Fdownload-ext.png?alt=media) * Click the Extension icon on the browser. The *Accounts* window pops up. Click the **+** icon in the upper right corner and click **Create New Account** to create a new wallet account.
![Create account window popups](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f20e8e48934dd75bd3f6f24f7b14c4978408b210%2Fcreate-acct-popup.png?alt=media) * Give a descriptive name and input the password. Then click **Add the account with the generated seed** button. Congratulations! Your CESS account has been created successfully.
![Create a CESS account](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-bbed5afb5c22b0b7e2c7c71daa7c1abda9b0045c%2Fcreate-acct.png?alt=media) * You can view the account in [Polkadot.js Apps](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Ftestnet-rpc.cess.network%2Fws%2F#/explorer).
![View account in Polkadot.js Apps](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-208d7e7dd0f456f68bdb132dbc536a119546bf9b%2Fview-acct-cess-explorer.png?alt=media) ## Method 3: Create an Account Using SubWallet [SubWallet](https://www.subwallet.app/) support many types of [wallet-client](https://www.subwallet.app/download.html) like extension, mobile app and web dashboard. We only demonstrate how to create an account using [SubWallet-Chrome-Extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/subwallet-polkadot-wallet/onhogfjeacnfoofkfgppdlbmlmnplgbn) at this document. * Download [SubWallet Chrome Extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/subwallet-polkadot-wallet/onhogfjeacnfoofkfgppdlbmlmnplgbn) to your Chrome.
![Download SubWallet Chrome Extension](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9e8d3b78205f9564a892c2ee1288125a06a20b20%2Fdownload-subwallet-extension.png?alt=media) * Create a SubWallet account ![Create SubWallet Account](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-10f69e72a8576ffcad0c25068e3da817b396ebd2%2Fcreate-subwallet-account.png?alt=media) * Get your TCESS account After create a SubeWallet account, click `Get address`, and then click `Account 1` can search token: `cess` ![Get Addr](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c8b4eb92a66ebecdffd7caab3687113faf231d86%2Fsubwallet-getaddr.png?alt=media) ![Select Account](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-cdb221850cbf634d399dde1ea436bba8e6580ae6%2Fsubwallet-select-account.png?alt=media) ![Search Token](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5b77f9f4831b9e725ef01baa8a97ec9eaa4f5d36%2Fsubwallet-search-token.png?alt=media) ![Get CESS Account](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-787cf0b14dd63b26673d9c28f111f3da74170834%2Fsubwallet-getacc.png?alt=media) * Get Token by faucet and check in wallet you can get TCESS in [Faucet](https://cess.network/faucet.html) ![Faucet](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3e1e985a5ad5736413c27b6df8ab87a41918b45c%2Ffaucet.png?alt=media) After get TCESS successfully, check balance in SubWallet ![Check balance](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4caa0b919418b02c3aa832112e5dbbd7c2639a18%2Fsubwallet-getTCESS.png?alt=media) ## How to Configure Polkadot.js Apps? You can navigate directly to [Polkadot.js Apps](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Ftestnet-rpc.cess.network%2Fws%2F#/explorer). If the link fails or you want to connect to the CESS network through another RPC address, you can configure it as follows: * Navigate to [Polkadot.js Apps](https://polkadot.js.org/apps). * Click the blue square area in the picture below to open the configuration panel： ![Polkadot.js Apps](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-43691027fedf62c0aa636ade0af978b3ee16a50f%2Fnavigate-to-pkjs-apps.png?alt=media) * Scroll down the page and find the DEVELOPMENT option, click on it： ![Set RPC endpoint](https://2951078474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFWgzFJTgbmbm8iaxYNRS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-28302cace0009e7b3fa64b35da0542787eae06d4%2Fset-rpc-endpoint.png?alt=media) * Fill in the RPC address you want to use in the input box and click the Switch button above to save. * The following are the available RPC addresses in CESS testnet:

wss://testnet-rpc.cess.network/ws/

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