> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://hinkal-team.gitbook.io/hinkal/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://hinkal-team.gitbook.io/hinkal/hinkal-app/getting-started.md).

# Getting Started

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### Go to app.hinkal.io

Open [app.hinkal.io](https://app.hinkal.io).

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### Connect your existing wallet

No new wallet, seed phrase, or account needed.

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### Check your balances

The home screen shows your **Total balance** and, under **Your balances**, two cards:

* **Wallet balance** - your public wallet holdings
* **Private balance** - your shielded holdings inside Hinkal. It starts empty.

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Click the card in front to expand a per-token breakdown, which you can search and, with an EVM wallet, filter by network. Click the card behind to bring it to the front. Use the eye icon next to the total to hide your balances on screen.

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### Fund your private balance

On the **Private balance** card, click **Top up**:

* **From your wallet** - move tokens you already hold into your private balance. See [Top Up & Withdraw](/hinkal/hinkal-app/shield-and-unshield.md).
* **From someone else** - get paid to your private deposit address. See [Receive](/hinkal/hinkal-app/receive.md).

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You can also click **Move to private** on the **Wallet balance** card.
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### Send, swap, and receive

Use the main actions at the top of the home screen - **Send privately**, **Swap privately**, and **Receive privately** - or open a [Quick Action](/hinkal/hinkal-app/quick-actions.md) for common multi-step flows.

Each token in the balance breakdown also has its own actions that open the flow with that token preselected: **Send**, **Swap**, and **Move to private** on the Wallet balance card, and **Send**, **Receive**, **Swap**, and **Withdraw** on the Private balance card. Swap isn't offered for every token.
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### Account menu

Click your wallet address in the top-right corner to copy your address, open your **Transaction History**, **Recover Funds**, **Change Wallet**, or **Disconnect**.

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