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# Deposit and withdraw
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This tutorial is a step-by-step explanation of how to deposit & withdraw your funds. If you want to understand how the internal system of Tornado.cash works, please refer to [this tutorial ](../general/how-does-tornado.cash-work.md ).
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## **Deposit**
### Choose a chain
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Tornado Cash Classic is available on several blockchains, so you will have to choose among 4 chains:
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### Select a token
Choose the token you want to deposit and its amount:
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### Connect your wallet
Click on `Connect` and choose between wallet providers such as Metamask or WalletConnect.
### Save your note
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Click on `Deposit` and store your note on a secure place before clicking on `I backed up the note` . You can also save encrypted notes on-chain by setting up a Note Account, by clicking on `Settings` (top-right corner).
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### Be patient
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As explained [here ](/general/guides/opsec.md#be-patient ), the longer you wait, the greater your anonymity set will be.
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Congrats ! You did it. Now your tokens are on the Tornado.Cash pool.
## Withdraw
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### Choose a chain
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Tornado Cash Classic is available on several blockchains, so you will have to choose among 4 chains:
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### Paste your note
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Use your deposit note by pasting it in the corresponding box. Click on `Withdraw` and wait for the zk-Snark proof to be generated.
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### Confirm the withdrawal
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## Note account
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A Note Account allows to **store encrypted on-chain backups** of private notes. This makes safe storage of funds hassle- and stress-free with the security of the Ethereum blockchain backing each note.
* Connect your wallet and click on `Settings`
* Click on `Set Up Account`
* Save your `Note Account Key`
* Confirm the transaction in your wallet.
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**Never share your note account key.**
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