Dust Accounts on Solana Explained: What They Are and How to Remove Them
Learn what dust accounts are on Solana, why they appear in your wallet, and how to remove them to recover locked SOL.
Dust accounts on Solana refer to token accounts that hold tiny or zero balances of tokens. These accounts accumulate over time as you interact with various tokens on the Solana blockchain, and they can clutter your wallet while locking up SOL in rent deposits.
There are two types of dust accounts
accounts with a zero token balance (completely empty) and accounts with a tiny 'dust' balance of worthless tokens. The first type can be closed immediately to recover the rent deposit. The second type requires you to either burn or send the dust tokens before closing.
Dust accounts are particularly common in Solana because of the ecosystem's vibrant meme coin and airdrop culture. You might receive unsolicited token airdrops, trade dozens of meme coins, or participate in DeFi protocols that leave behind small token remnants.
Each dust account locks approximately 0.00204 SOL in rent. While this seems small, it adds up quickly. A wallet with 200 dust accounts has over 0.40 SOL locked up -- that's real money that could be used for transactions or trading.
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