DO NOT share this phrase with anyone! These words can be used to steal all your accounts. You can't edit/change your Secret Recovery Phrase.
If you have your Secret Recovery Phrase, you could restore your accounts and private keys. There are two ways:
1) Restore Secret Recovery Phrase to a new MetaMask install
- Accepting the terms and conditions during set up, click "Import with Secret Recovery Phrase"
- Enter your Secret Recovery Phrase
2) In existing MetaMask install, restore from the “lock” screen
- Select "Log out" in the top-right menu
- Click "Import using account Secret Recovery Phrase" (Click the same again when this screen is opened in a full window)
- Enter your 12-word Secret Recovery Phrase and a new password
- Click OK
- You will only have one account restored at first, click "Create account" (top-right account dropdown menu) for any missing accounts
To restore and view tokens, please see this guide.
To better communicate the importance of never sharing your Seed Phrase, we've changed the name of the phrase to "Secret Recovery Phrase". Learn more here.