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Recover SOL

Every account on Solana holds a refundable rent deposit. Empty token accounts, spam NFTs, dust balances, inactive stake and old program buffers all keep SOL locked up long after you stop using them. These tools find those accounts in your wallet, show exactly how much SOL each one returns, and close them in transactions you sign yourself.

Recover SOL tools

Where the locked SOL comes from

Solana charges no recurring rent. Instead, every account must hold a minimum balance proportional to its size, the rent-exempt deposit, for as long as it exists. A standard SPL token account holds about 0.0015–0.002 SOL; accounts created before Solana lowered the rent rate hold more. An NFT keeps rent in several accounts at once: the token account, its metadata and its edition.

That deposit comes back in full when an account is closed. Wallets rarely close accounts on their own, so after a few months of trading, airdrops and mints, a typical wallet carries dozens or hundreds of accounts it no longer needs.

Which tool to use

Start with the Token Account Closer: it closes empty SPL and Token-2022 accounts, withdraws excess rent from accounts you keep, and closes pump.fun trading accounts. Use the NFT Burner for spam NFTs and editions, and Sell Dust for SOL for tiny token balances that are worth more as SOL than as tokens.

Stakers can withdraw inactive stake or deactivate active stake with the Stake Accounts tool. Developers recover the SOL in abandoned program-deploy buffers and lookup tables with the Buffer & ALT Closer.

How the tools keep your wallet safe

Every transaction is built in your browser and simulated before you sign it. Nothing is ever approved for spending, no keys leave your wallet, and the SOL goes straight back to the wallet that owned the account. Paid tools show their fee as a line in the receipt before you confirm; there are no hidden transfers.

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