Ledger Live Desktop - Hardware Wallet & Cold Wallet | Gitbook

Ledger Live's interface makes it easy to find the features you need to manage your Ledger hardware wallet and the crypto assets it secures.

Ledger Live Desktop

Use the menu to go to different main sections:

• Portfolio: Summary of your accounts.

• Accounts: Manage your accounts.

• Discover: Browse our web3 apps directly from Live's catalog.

• Send: Send crypto assets at any time. Learn how to send crypto assets.

• Receive: Receive crypto assets at any time. Learn how to receive crypto assets.

• Buy / Sell: Buy and sell crypto assets. Learn more about buying and selling crypto assets.

• Swap: Swap crypto assets. Learn how to swap crypto assets.

• Lend: Earn interest by lending assets on the Compound protocol directly from your Ledger account. Please note that the 'Lend' tab has been deprecated in newer versions of Ledger Live. Instead, you can lend crypto assets by connecting your Ledger device directly to Compound at https://compound.finance/

• My Ledger: Manage your Ledger device.

3. Starred accounts

The Starred accounts section features your favorite accounts for easy access.

To add a starred account:

1. In Ledger Live, go to Accounts.

2. Click on the star icon of the account you want to add as starred account..

3. The main viewer is the place where you interact with the main sections of Ledger Live. In Portfolio, the main viewer displays the following sections:

   • Portfolio balance: a summary of your accounts, including the total balance, its countervalue, and the change over the selected period.

   • Asset allocation: a summary of your asset allocation, including the percentage allocated to each asset, the amount, and its countervalue.

   • Latest operations: a summary of your latest operations.