What burning tokens on Solana actually does
On Solana a burn is a native instruction of the token program, not a transfer. BurnChecked subtracts the amount from your token account and from the supply field of the mint account in the same step. The tokens do not move anywhere; they stop existing, and every explorer, DEX screener and wallet that reads the mint sees the lower total supply immediately.
That differs from chains where burning means sending coins to an unspendable address. Solana has an address people use that way, the incinerator at 1nc1nerator11111111111111111111111111111111, but tokens sent there still count towards the mint's supply and an extra token account has to be funded to hold them. A real burn is cleaner: supply goes down on-chain, and the transaction itself is the proof. This tool uses BurnChecked, which also verifies the mint and its decimals so an amount can't be misread.
Why projects and holders burn tokens
Teams burn for supply reasons: removing an unsold allocation after a launch, destroying tokens bought back with revenue, or retiring a team share they have promised not to sell. Because the mint's supply changes, the burn can be verified by anyone from the transaction signature. A burn only makes supply credibly scarce if new tokens can't be minted afterwards, so it is usually paired with revoking the mint authority.
Holders burn for housekeeping. A token account with a balance can't be closed, so worthless airdrops and rug-pulled tokens sit in the wallet and keep roughly 0.0015–0.002 SOL of rent locked each, depending on when the account was opened. Burn the full balance with the close option on and the account is removed in the same transaction and its rent is returned to you. If the token still has any market value, selling it is the better choice; burning pays you nothing for the tokens themselves.
SPL Token, Token-2022 and accounts that can't be burned
Solana has two token programs: the original SPL Token program and Token-2022, which adds extensions such as transfer fees and on-mint metadata. Both support burning, but the instruction has to be sent to the program that owns the account. The tool detects this per token and labels Token-2022 balances in the list. Names come from Metaplex metadata or, for Token-2022, from the mint's own metadata extension; tokens with neither are shown by their shortened mint address.
You can only burn from a token account you own, and only while it isn't frozen. If the token's freeze authority has frozen your account, the transaction fails as a whole, so no tokens are burned and no service fee is taken. Closing a Token-2022 account can also fail when it still holds withheld transfer fees; in that case burn without the close option. Wrapped SOL is left out of the list on purpose, because unwrapping it gives you the SOL back and burning it would not.
What a token burn costs
There are two costs. The Solana network fee is 0.000005 SOL per signature, plus any priority fee your wallet adds. The SOLTidy fee is a flat 0.005 SOL per burn transaction, whether you burn one token or a billion, and it is included as a visible SOL transfer in the same transaction rather than taken from your tokens. If you burn the whole balance and close the account, the rent that comes back covers part of it: 0.00148844 SOL, or 0.00203928 SOL for an account opened before Solana lowered rent.
Which tool to use
This page reduces the supply of a token. For LP tokens, Burn LP Tokens filters the list and searches by mint. For an NFT, use the NFT Burner, because a burn here leaves the NFT's metadata rent behind. To clear junk tokens instead, the Token Account Closer burns the whole balance and closes the account for 5% of the rent it recovers.
Questions & answers
Can burned tokens be recovered?
No. A burn deletes the amount from your account and from the mint's supply, and the token program has no instruction that reverses it. Only a mint authority could create new tokens, and only if that authority hasn't been revoked, which would be a fresh mint rather than a recovery. Double-check the token and amount; the burn button stays disabled until you confirm you understand this.
Is it safe to connect my wallet to a token burner?
The tool is non-custodial and runs entirely in your browser. It reads your public token balances, builds one transaction and passes it to your wallet, where you can inspect and reject it. This tool never asks for a private key, a seed phrase, a token approval or a delegation, and it can't move or burn anything without your signature on that exact transaction.
Does burning tokens increase the price?
Not by itself. A burn lowers total supply, so each remaining token is a larger share of the whole, and the fully diluted valuation falls at the same price. Whether the market price moves depends on demand and on how much of the burned amount would otherwise have been sold. Burning tokens nobody was going to sell changes the statistics more than the market.
What is the difference between burning tokens and sending them to a burn address?
A real burn reduces the supply recorded in the mint account. Sending tokens to a dead address such as the incinerator leaves the supply unchanged; the tokens are just parked where nobody can sign for them, and explorers still count them unless they apply their own adjustments. A real burn is also cheaper, because no new token account has to be created for the recipient.
Should I close the token account after burning?
If you are burning the whole balance and don't expect to hold the token again, yes. An empty token account still locks its rent deposit, 0.00148844 SOL or 0.00203928 SOL if it was opened before Solana lowered rent, and closing it in the same transaction returns that to your wallet. The option applies only when the amount equals your full balance; an account that still holds tokens can't be closed. It is re-created automatically if you receive the token again.
