If you have used your Solana wallet for swaps, memecoins, airdrops, or token transfers, you may have empty token accounts that you no longer need.
Eligible empty token accounts can be closed, allowing their refundable SOL rent to be returned to your wallet.
With Your Free SOL, you can scan your wallet, review eligible accounts, choose exactly which ones to close, and reclaim the available SOL in one workflow.
Before you close a token account
You do not need to manually search through your wallet or identify token account addresses one by one.
Your Free SOL scans your wallet and identifies eligible empty token accounts for you.
Before approving anything, you can review the accounts found and decide which ones you want to close.
If you want to understand what these accounts are first, see What Is a Solana Token Account?.
Step 1: Open Wallet Cleanup
Go to Your Free SOL Wallet Cleanup.
The Wallet Cleanup tool lets you review eligible empty token accounts alongside unwanted SPL and Token-2022 tokens.
For this guide, we are focusing specifically on closing empty token accounts and reclaiming their refundable SOL rent.
Step 2: Connect your Solana wallet
Connect the Solana wallet you want to clean up.
Your Free SOL uses public on-chain data to scan your wallet. It does not require access to your private keys and does not take custody of your assets.
After connecting, allow the scan to complete.
The tool will identify eligible accounts and assets that can be reviewed through the Wallet Cleanup interface.
Step 3: Review the empty token accounts
Review the results before taking any action.
Eligible empty token accounts are accounts that can be closed to reclaim their refundable SOL rent.
You decide which accounts you want to close.
Do not select an account simply because you do not recognize it. Review the information shown in the interface and only continue with accounts you are comfortable closing.
Step 4: Select the accounts you want to close
Choose the eligible empty token accounts you want to clean up.
You can select one or multiple accounts.
Your Free SOL supports batching multiple selected items into the cleanup workflow, so you do not have to process every eligible account individually.
If unwanted tokens are also displayed, remember that burning a token and closing an empty token account are different actions.
Only select tokens for burning if you intentionally want to permanently destroy those tokens.
Step 5: Review your selection
Before continuing, check your selection again.
Make sure:
- the accounts you intend to close are selected;
- you understand which actions will be performed;
- you have not selected any token for burning unintentionally; and
- the displayed transaction details match what you want to do.
Nothing is cleaned up simply because your wallet was connected.
The selected actions still require your approval.
Step 6: Approve the transaction in your wallet
Continue when you are satisfied with your selection.
Your wallet will ask you to approve the transaction.
Review the transaction request in your wallet before signing it.
Once approved, Your Free SOL uses Solana's standard on-chain processes to execute the selected cleanup actions.
Step 7: Receive your reclaimed SOL
After the transaction succeeds, the selected eligible empty token accounts are closed and their refundable SOL rent is returned automatically.
You do not need to submit a separate transaction to claim the reclaimed rent.
Your wallet balance should reflect the result after the transaction has been confirmed by the Solana network.
How much SOL can you reclaim?
The amount depends on the accounts in your wallet.
Different account types can have different account sizes and refundable balances, so you should use the amount displayed by Your Free SOL for your wallet rather than assuming that every account will return exactly the same amount.
A wallet that has interacted with many tokens over time may have multiple eligible empty accounts.
You can connect your wallet to Wallet Cleanup to see what is currently available to reclaim.
Is closing empty token accounts safe?
Closing an eligible empty token account does not close your Solana wallet.
Your Free SOL shows the available accounts before anything happens, and you choose which accounts to include in the transaction.
The platform is non-custodial: your private keys remain with your wallet, and every cleanup transaction requires your approval.
You should still review your selection and wallet transaction carefully before signing.
What happens if I need that token account again?
Closing an eligible empty token account does not prevent your wallet from interacting with that token in the future.
For an Associated Token Account, the associated address can be derived again and the account can be created again when needed.
You therefore do not need to keep every unused empty token account open indefinitely simply because you might interact with the same token again.
For more background, see What Is an Associated Token Account (ATA) on Solana?.
Close your empty token accounts
If your wallet has accumulated unused token accounts, you can check them directly instead of trying to identify and close each account manually.
Go to Your Free SOL Wallet Cleanup, connect your wallet, review the eligible empty accounts, select the ones you want to close, and approve the transaction.
Any refundable SOL rent from the successfully closed accounts is returned automatically.
For a detailed overview of what happens during the process, see How Wallet Cleanup Works.
Key takeaways
- Your Free SOL automatically scans for eligible empty token accounts.
- You review and choose which accounts to close.
- Connecting your wallet alone does not perform any cleanup action.
- Every transaction requires your approval.
- Multiple eligible accounts can be handled through the cleanup workflow.
- Closing an eligible empty token account does not close your wallet.
- Refundable SOL rent is returned automatically after successful closure.
- Burning unwanted tokens is a separate action and should only be selected intentionally.
Ready to check your wallet? Open Wallet Cleanup and review your eligible accounts.