In order to prevent long-term invalid occupation, the Solana network charges rent for storing status information (such as accounts, smart contract status, etc.). In the Solana wallet, adding a new token will automatically deduct about 0.002039 SOL in rent, and the first transaction will deduct about 0.024 SOL. These fees are used to pay for the storage costs of the account, because the blockchain cluster must actively maintain data to process future transactions.
Each Token or NFT has a separate account, and a certain amount of SOL needs to be paid as rent when it is first obtained. If an account is no longer used, such as a remnant account of a sold NFT or a worthless token account, these accounts can be safely closed and the rent returned to the main account.
Without further ado, let's get it directly. We use the SlerfTools tool to get it:
Steps to close the account and recover the rent:
1. Visit (copy to browser): slerf.tools/zh-cn/close-account/solana
2. Link your wallet;
3. Check the accounts to determine which accounts are no longer in use, such as accounts with NFT remnants that have been sold or accounts with worthless tokens received;
4. Confirm the number of accounts closed and the estimated rent that can be recovered;
5. Click "Confirm Close";
6. Confirm the transaction and sign in the wallet;
7. Recycling is successful.
If you are an active player on the Solana chain and have unused Token or NFT accounts, closing them can return the SOL that was originally used as account rent to your main account and make some money back.
