There is SOL buried in your wallet that you cannot see.
Every token you have ever held locked roughly 0.00204 SOL in a token account. Selling the token does not hand it back, the empty account keeps it. Scan your address free, then claim it back right here in one go.
How do you reclaim SOL from empty token accounts on Solana?
Close them. Every empty SPL token account still holds a rent exempt deposit of about 0.00204 SOL, and closing the account returns that deposit straight to your wallet. Solana will not let an account close while it still holds a token, so the coins you own cannot be touched by this.
- Scan your address to see which of your token accounts are empty and how much is trapped.
- Connect the wallet that owns them, on desktop or inside your phone wallet app.
- Approve the transaction. Twenty accounts close per transaction, so 500 dead accounts means 25 approvals.
- The SOL is in your balance seconds later, and you can check it on Solscan.
How much SOL can you get back?
| Kind of wallet | Dead accounts | Roughly recovered |
|---|---|---|
| Tried a few tokens | 10 to 40 | 0.02 to 0.08 SOL |
| Casual trader | 40 to 150 | 0.08 to 0.30 SOL |
| Active memecoin trader | 150 to 700 | 0.30 to 1.4 SOL |
| Last cycle, untouched since | 700 to 2000 | 1.4 to 4.1 SOL |
These are ranges. The scan gives your exact figure by reading the chain, not by estimating.
Three steps, and the coins never leave your hands
The scan reads public chain data. The claim is a transaction your own wallet signs. At no point does anyone else hold your funds, and there is no deposit to send anywhere.
Check first, connect after
Paste any public address to see the number with no wallet connected at all. Connect only when you have decided to claim, because a signature is the one thing we cannot fake for you.
We sweep the wallet floor
We read every token account your wallet has ever opened, separate the empty ones from the ones still holding, and add up the deposits trapped inside. Frozen and locked accounts are left out.
You approve, it lands
Your wallet shows you the exact transaction, you approve, and the SOL is in your balance seconds later. Cancel at any point and nothing has happened.
First time? Read the step by step walkthrough, including what happens when a wallet has hundreds of dead accounts.
Solana does not charge rent, it holds a deposit
On Solana every account has to pay for the space it takes up on chain. Instead of billing you monthly, the network asks for a one time deposit that makes the account rent exempt. For a standard token account that deposit is about 0.00204 SOL. It is not a fee and it is not spent, it is parked.
The catch is what happens next. Your wallet opens one of these accounts automatically the first time it touches any new token, and it never closes it on its own. Sell the token, get rugged, watch it go to zero, it makes no difference. The account survives with a zero balance and your deposit still inside it, invisible in your balance.
Do that across a few hundred memecoins and the numbers stop being small. This is not a bug and nobody took anything from you. It is simply money you parked and were never reminded to collect.
Who has the most sitting there
- Memecoin traders. A new token every day means a new account every day. Hundreds of dead accounts is normal, and that is one to four SOL.
- Airdrop hunters. Every claim, every test token, every random drop you were sent opened an account you never closed.
- NFT flippers. Each NFT held a token account of its own, and flipping the NFT left the empty shell behind.
- Anyone from the last cycle. Wallets that were busy in a bull run and quiet since are usually the fattest, because nothing has been cleaned up in years.
One rule that protects you everywhere in crypto: nobody legitimate ever needs your seed phrase or private key. Not us, not any recovery tool, not support. A scan needs only your public address, and a claim is signed inside your own wallet where you can read the transaction first. Anything that asks for more is a theft attempt, close the tab.
Questions people ask before they claim
What exactly is this SOL and why is it in my wallet?
Solana charges a small deposit, about 0.00204 SOL, every time your wallet opens an account to hold a new token. That deposit is called rent exemption and it is yours, not a fee. When you sell the token the account stays behind holding your deposit, which is why the SOL never shows in your balance.
Is this safe? What can the site actually do with my wallet?
It can show you a transaction, nothing more. Scanning needs no connection at all because your address is public. Claiming needs a connection so your wallet can sign, but the signing happens inside your wallet, on your device. We never receive a private key or a seed phrase, we cannot sign for you, and we cannot touch any token you still hold.
I still do not trust it. Is there a way to test with no risk?
Yes, and it is a good habit for any site. Move your SOL and your tokens out of the wallet to another wallet you control, leave only about 0.003 SOL behind to pay the network fee, then run the claim. The empty accounts are still there and still claimable, but there is nothing else in the wallet to lose. Once you have seen it work, bring your funds back.
Will this delete tokens I still own?
It cannot. The Solana token program refuses to close an account that still holds a balance, so the rule is enforced by the chain and not by us. We also skip those accounts entirely and show them separately as still holding.
How much can I usually get back?
It depends on how many different tokens you have ever held. A light user with 40 dead accounts gets about 0.08 SOL. An active memecoin trader with 500 to 2000 dead accounts is looking at 1 to 4 SOL. The scan shows your exact number, not an estimate.
Why does it ask me to approve more than one transaction?
A Solana transaction has a size limit, so we close 20 accounts per transaction. A wallet with 400 dead accounts needs 20 approvals. On a desktop extension most wallets let you approve them in one prompt. Each transaction stands alone, so if you stop halfway, everything already approved has landed and the rest simply never happened.
Do I need SOL in the wallet to claim?
A little, yes. Solana will not run a transaction if paying its fee would drop the wallet below the rent exempt minimum of 0.00089 SOL. Wallets that have been drained sit right on that line, so send about 0.002 SOL in first. That fee goes to Solana validators, not to us.
Can I do it myself without any tool?
Yes, and you should know that. Closing a token account is a plain Solana instruction and you can run it from the command line for free. This site exists because doing that a few hundred times by hand is miserable. If you are comfortable with the CLI, keep your full amount.
Does this work for NFTs too?
Yes, an NFT sits in a token account exactly like any other token, so once the NFT is gone the empty account and its deposit are still there waiting.
What is rent on Solana and why was I charged it?
Solana asks every account to pay for the space it occupies on chain. Rather than billing monthly, it takes a one time deposit that makes the account rent exempt, about 0.00204 SOL for a token account. It was never spent and it was never a fee. It is a deposit, and closing the account is how you take it back.
Is it safe to close a Solana token account?
Yes, and it is a normal part of using Solana. The token program will only close an account whose balance is zero, so there is no way to lose a token this way. Closing also tidies up the chain, which is why Solana built the instruction in the first place.
Why does my wallet not show this SOL in my balance?
Because it is not in your wallet account, it is inside separate token accounts your wallet created. Wallets show your spendable balance, and a rent deposit locked inside another account is not spendable until that account closes. This is why people can hold a few SOL for months without knowing.
More detail on what this site can and cannot do, the full claim walkthrough, and the disclaimer.