FAQ
A few good questions.
How does Rent Recovery work?
The first time you buy, receive or get airdropped a new token on Solana, a token account is created to hold it. That account locks a refundable SOL deposit. When you sell the token, the token account stays open and the SOL stays locked inside it. Refundary finds eligible empty token accounts and closes them, returning that SOL to your wallet.
What is Solana account rent?
Despite the name, Solana “rent” is not a recurring fee. It is a fully refundable storage deposit that an on-chain account must hold while it exists. When an eligible account is closed, its remaining SOL is returned. In 2026, Solana also began rolling out SIMD-0437, which reduces the required rent deposit in five stages toward a 90% total reduction. Learn more on Solana.com ↗
Can I recover SOL while I still hold the token?
Yes. As Solana lowers rent requirements, an active token account can hold more SOL than it now needs. Refundary can recover that excess SOL without selling or moving your tokens. Your token balance stays untouched and the account stays open.
Is it safe to recover rent?
Refundary separates two types of recovery. Eligible empty token accounts can be closed to return their remaining SOL. For active supported token accounts, only SOL above the current rent-exempt minimum is recovered — the token balance is not changed and the account remains open. Refundary also skips unsupported or unsafe cases.
I still don’t get it. Can you explain it simply?
Think of rent like a refundable deposit. A new token account locks a little SOL while it exists. Sell the token and the empty account stays behind with that SOL still inside. Refundary finds those accounts and gets the SOL back. And as Solana reduces rent in 2026, even accounts that still hold tokens can contain excess SOL that you can reclaim.
What does Sell Dust do?
Some token accounts still contain tiny balances worth a few cents or dollars. Refundary finds these small balances below the USD limit you choose. Selected tokens are converted to SOL and, when the source token account is empty and eligible, it can be closed too — so you recover both the token value and the locked SOL rent.
What is Protected Burn & Close?
Protected Burn & Close moves selected eligible unwanted tokens from your wallet to Refundary's Recovery Vault. Once the source token account is empty and eligible, it can be closed and its locked SOL rent returned to your wallet. The assets are transferred to the Recovery Vault; they are not burned on-chain, and token supply is not reduced.
Do I need to connect my wallet to scan?
No. Scanning is read-only and requires only a public Solana wallet address. You connect your wallet only when you are ready to claim your selected recovery. Refundary never asks for your seed phrase or private key.
Are there any fees?
Rent Recovery and Protected Burn & Close have a 15% success fee on recovered token-account SOL rent. Sell Dust has a 10% success fee on the total value recovered through that flow, including swap proceeds and recovered rent. Any required user-funded setup is disclosed before signing. The Sell Dust fee is fixed from reviewed quoted proceeds plus eligible rent, rather than recalculated from realized output.