KNOWLEDGE BASE
Understand what your Solana wallet is holding.
Answer-first explainers for wallet cleanup, account rent, asset safety, and the difference between closing and burning.
FOUNDATIONS 3 MIN
What are empty Solana token accounts?
Each token you receive normally uses a separate on-chain token account. After the balance reaches zero, that account may remain open and continue holding rent-exempt lamports until it is closed.
SAFETY 3 MIN
Closing an account is not the same as burning a token
Closing releases rent from a zero-balance account. Burning destroys a token or NFT, is irreversible, and should always require a distinct review and wallet approval.
ECONOMICS 3 MIN
How cleanup fees should be disclosed
A trustworthy interface shows gross rent recovered, platform fee, network cost, referral discount or commission, and estimated net SOL before the wallet signs.
QUICK REFERENCE
Close, keep, or burn?
STATEDEFAULTWHY
Zero token balanceCloseThe account can be closed without destroying an asset.
Known or valuable tokenKeepA liquid, staked, governance, LP, or receipt token may have value.
Unknown dust tokenReviewCheck liquidity, authority, and provenance before any irreversible action.
Spam NFTReview, then burnBurning is permanent and NFT standards may involve more than one account.