What each account is worth
Every Solana account holding data keeps a deposit large enough to pay for its storage forever. The deposit depends on the size of the account, so a token account and a program buffer are worth very different amounts. These are the live mainnet minimums as of 5 September 2026.
| What it is | Rent it holds | What DustJar does |
|---|---|---|
| Empty token account | 0.00186 SOL | Closes it. Nothing is destroyed: it is already empty. |
| Overfunded token account | 0.000184 SOL of surplus | Withdraws the excess. The account stays open and your tokens are untouched. |
| Token-2022 account with extensions | 0.00196 SOL and up | Same, sized to the account. Larger accounts hold more. |
| Worthless token | 0.00186 SOL | Burns and closes it, only if you tick the box. Permanent. |
| NFT | about 0.0105 SOL | Burns it through Metaplex, which closes the metadata and edition accounts too. Only ones you pick, and permanent. |
| Program buffer from a failed deploy | often several SOL | Closes it and returns the whole deposit. Nothing usable is destroyed: the upload never finished. |
| Stake account | the staked amount plus rent | Withdraws it in full, which closes the account. Only if it is undelegated or fully deactivated. |
Why the surplus exists
In September 2026 Solana reduced the price of storage under SIMD-0437. Accounts created before the change hold 2,039,280 lamports, but the minimum is now 1,855,569. The difference of 183,711 lamports per account belongs to the owner and can be withdrawn without closing anything. There are further reductions planned, and each one creates more surplus.
DustJar asks the chain for the current minimum every time it plans, rather than hardcoding it, so the next reduction is picked up automatically. As far as we can tell, no other cleanup tool claims this yet.
How much is realistic
A typical wallet holds somewhere between 0.01 and 0.2 SOL of recoverable rent: a few dollars to a few tens of dollars. Anyone promising more is counting your actual tokens as if they were free money. The exception is developers, whose failed deploys can leave several SOL in a single buffer account.