Get SOL back from empty token accounts
Every coin that ever touched your wallet opened a token account holding 0.0015 to 0.002 SOL. Close the empty ones and that SOL comes back to you.
Where the SOL is
On Solana a wallet does not hold coins directly. Each coin you hold sits in its own token account, and each token account has to hold a deposit of SOL, called rent, to exist. When you sell a coin to zero, the coin leaves but the token account stays, still holding its deposit.
Most active wallets have dozens of these: coins sold, airdrops that went to zero, spam coins someone sent you. Each one is a few tenths of a cent to a fraction of a dollar of SOL you can take back.
What each account gives back
Closing an account returns whatever it actually holds. That depends on when it was opened, because Solana lowered rent in two steps in September 2026 under SIMD-0437:
| Opened | SOL back per account | 50 accounts |
|---|---|---|
| Before 3 September 2026 | 0.00204 | 0.102 SOL |
| 3 to mid September 2026 | 0.00186 | 0.093 SOL |
| After mid September 2026 | 0.00149 | 0.074 SOL |
Rent-exempt minimums for a 165 byte token account at 6,960, 6,333 and 5,080 lamports per byte.
Older accounts give back more, so a wallet you have used for a year or two usually holds the most.
What can be closed
- Empty token accounts: yes. The coin balance must be exactly zero.
- Accounts holding a coin you do not want: sell it or burn it first, then close. Burning sends the coins to nowhere; selling gets you something for them if they are worth more than the fee.
- Frozen coins: some coins let their creator freeze your account. A frozen account that still holds coins cannot be burned or emptied, so it stays. If it is already empty, it can be closed.
- Wrapped SOL accounts: yes, and closing one also returns the wrapped SOL inside it.
- Coins with withheld transfer fees (some Token-2022 coins): the withheld fees have to be harvested to the coin’s mint first, then the account closes.
How to do it
With a rent tool
Sites listed as rent claimers or cleaners connect to your wallet, find empty accounts and build one transaction that closes them. Most take a cut of what you get back, from a few percent to about 20%. Before you connect, check what the transaction does in your wallet’s preview: it should only close accounts and send the SOL to your own wallet.
In your wallet
Phantom can burn an NFT from its Collectibles tab and gives the rent back. For empty coin accounts, its app directory lists outside rent tools. Either way it is one wallet at a time.
In Raven
Clean up looks at every selected wallet at once: it sells dust worth selling through Jupiter, burns what is under the dollar limit you set, closes every empty account, and shows the SOL each wallet gets back before you sign. Coins you want to keep go on a protect list and are never touched.
Questions
How much SOL will I get back?
Count your token accounts with nothing in them and multiply: roughly 0.002 SOL each for accounts older than September 2026 and 0.0015 SOL for newer ones. A wallet that has traded a lot often has 0.05 to 0.2 SOL waiting.
Is closing token accounts safe?
Closing an empty account is safe: it only returns the deposit, and you can open a new one later if you receive that coin again. The risk is in what you sign. A malicious site can slip a transfer of your coins into a “clean up” transaction, so read the preview.
Why can’t I close an account?
It still holds some of its coin, even a tiny amount, or the coin is frozen. Burn or sell the balance first. A frozen balance cannot be moved until the coin’s creator thaws it.
Does closing an account delete my coin?
Only if it still holds some. An empty account holds nothing but the deposit.
Sources
Raven closes the empty accounts in every wallet at once and shows the SOL each one returns before you sign.
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