Get rid of spam tokens and NFTs in Phantom: hide, report or burn
In Phantom you can hide a spam token, report it as spam so Phantom hides it for you, or burn a spam NFT and get a little SOL back. What you should never do is open its link, or swap, sell or send it.
The short answer
Phantom gives you three ways to deal with a token or NFT you never asked for:
- Hide it. It stays in your wallet but drops out of your list.
- Report it as spam. Phantom hides it and uses your report to catch the same spam for other people.
- Burn it. For collectibles (NFTs), Phantom has a Burn Token option. The NFT is destroyed and you get back the small SOL deposit its account was holding.
Hiding and reporting are free and change nothing on chain. Burning is a real transaction, it is permanent, and it is the only one of the three that actually clears the item out.
First: a spam token cannot hurt you by sitting there
Phantom’s help centre says it plainly: receiving an unfamiliar asset does not mean your wallet is compromised. Anyone can send a token to any Solana address, and spammers send them to thousands of wallets at once.
The danger is what the token tries to get you to do. Phantom describes these as unsolicited tokens sent to lure you to an outside site. The name, picture or description often carries a link, and the site behind it asks you to “claim” a reward or “verify” your wallet. Signing there is how wallets get drained. See how Solana wallet drainers work.
So the rules, straight from Phantom’s own help pages:
- Do not follow any link or instruction that comes with the token.
- Do not connect your wallet to a site to claim it.
- Do not swap, sell or send it.
- Do not trust a name or logo. Spam often copies a real coin, so check the token’s address instead.
Hide a spam token
Phantom already hides many spam tokens and NFTs on its own. A warning symbol next to an item means Phantom classed it as spam and hid it automatically. For anything that got through:
On the phone app
- On the Home tab, tap Tokens.
- Tap the sliders icon in the upper right.
- Toggle off the token you want to hide.
In the browser extension
- On the Home tab, click the three dot icon to the right of the Tokens tab.
- Click Manage Tokens.
- Toggle off the token.
Collectibles work the same way: on the phone, tap Collectibles, then the sliders icon; in the extension, click Collectibles, the three dot icon, then Manage Collectibles. On the phone you can also touch and hold a collectible and tap Hide Collection.
To bring something back, take the same path and toggle it on. Phantom notes that unhiding only makes it visible again. It does not make the item safe or verified.
Report it as spam
Reporting hides the item and helps Phantom’s spam filter. It takes a few taps:
| Where | Tokens | Collectibles |
|---|---|---|
| Phone app | Open the token, tap View (the ticker) in the upper left, tap the three dot icon, then Report | Open it, then More, then Report as Spam |
| Extension | Open the token, then More, then Report as Spam | Open it, then More, then Report as Spam |
SOL and other native coins cannot be reported. Steps from Phantom’s help centre, October 2026.
Burn a spam NFT
Hiding leaves the NFT in your wallet, along with the SOL deposit (rent) its account holds. Burning destroys it and returns that deposit to you.
- Open Collectibles and select the NFT.
- Open the menu (the three dots, or More).
- Choose Burn Token and confirm.
Phantom added this in August 2022 to fight spam NFTs, and its announcement says spam NFTs are never dangerous to burn. It cannot be undone, so make sure it is really spam and not something you meant to keep.
The SOL you get back is small per item. On a wallet with dozens of spam NFTs it adds up. For the numbers, see Solana rent explained.
Spam coins you want gone for good
Phantom’s built in burn is for collectibles. For a fungible spam coin, hiding or reporting is the safe default and often all you need.
If you want the account itself closed and its rent back, the token balance first has to be zero: Solana’s token program only closes an account that holds nothing (wrapped SOL aside), and the SOL inside then goes to a wallet you choose. Burning is how you get a coin you cannot sell down to zero.
That is a job for a clean up tool you connect your wallet to. Phantom’s own app directory lists some, such as Sol Incinerator on Phantom’s Explore page, which links its official site. Sol Incinerator says it closes empty token accounts for free up front and takes its fee from the rent it recovers, about 0.00004 SOL per standard account, plus the network fee.
When you use any such tool:
- Reach it from an official link, never from a link inside a spam token.
- Read what the transaction does before you sign. It should only burn the items you picked, close their accounts and send SOL to your own wallet.
- Never type your recovery phrase or private key into any site. No real clean up tool asks for it.
For the full process, including what to sell and what to burn, see clean up a Solana wallet and get SOL back from empty token accounts.
Which to pick
| You want | Do this | Changes on chain? | SOL back? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out of sight, nothing else | Hide | No | No |
| Out of sight, and help others | Report as spam | No | No |
| A spam NFT gone for good | Burn Token in Phantom | Yes | Yes, its deposit |
| A spam coin gone, account closed | Burn and close with a clean up tool | Yes | Yes, less any tool fee |
If you run many wallets
Spam lands in every wallet you own, and burning item by item in Phantom gets slow across ten or fifty of them. Raven is a Solana wallet manager built for that. Its Clean up works on one wallet or many at once, with one review before anything is signed: dust sold, empty token accounts closed, the rent back as SOL. It takes 1% of the rent it gets back. Raven is invite only for now; you can join the waitlist, and the about page has the rest.
Questions
Can a spam token drain my Phantom wallet?
Not by itself. It only becomes dangerous if you follow its link and sign something on the site it points to. Hide or report it and leave it alone.
Is it safe to burn a spam NFT in Phantom?
Phantom says spam NFTs are never dangerous to burn, and its own Burn Token option returns the item’s deposit. It is permanent, so check it is really spam first.
Why does a token I hid still show up somewhere?
Hiding only changes what Phantom shows. The token is still in your wallet on chain, so other apps can still list it until it is burned.
Should I try to sell a spam coin I was sent?
No. Phantom advises against swapping, selling or sending tokens you did not buy. Many are built to lure you into a bad transaction.
Sources
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