Solana
Revoke Mint and Freeze Authority on a Solana Token
Two questions decide whether people trust a new token: can the creator print more, and can the creator stop me selling? Revoking the mint and freeze authorities answers both permanently, and every token scanner reads the result directly from the chain.
The exact total — platform fee plus the real network cost — is quoted in the console before anything is signed.
What each authority actually controls
The mint authority can create new supply at any time, diluting everyone holding. The freeze authority can freeze an individual token account, which stops that holder transferring or selling. The metadata update authority can change the token’s name, ticker and logo — which is how a dead token gets recycled into a new one. Revoking sets the authority to nothing; there is no recovery and no override.
Do this last
Revoking the mint authority also permanently prevents adding metadata to a token that does not have it. If your token still shows as "Unknown Token" in wallets, fix that first. We check the live on-chain state before you pay, and refuse the operation if there is nothing left to revoke.
What revoking does not protect against
Honest framing matters more here than a sales pitch. The most common way holders actually lose money is liquidity being withdrawn, which authority revocation does nothing about. Freeze-authority abuse is rare by comparison. Revoke because buyers check it and because you genuinely do not need the control — not because it makes a token safe.
Questions
- How do I revoke mint authority on a Solana token?
- Connect the wallet that currently holds the authority, select the token, choose which authorities to revoke, and sign once. The change is on-chain immediately and visible to every scanner.
- Can revoking be undone?
- No. Setting an authority to none is permanent — there is no key that can restore it. That irreversibility is the entire point: it is what makes the guarantee worth anything to a buyer.
- Should I revoke the freeze authority too?
- For a normal community token, yes — a live freeze authority is flagged by scanners and blocks listing on some venues. Keep it only if you have a specific compliance reason, and expect to explain it.
- Does revoking make my token safe?
- It removes two specific risks and nothing else. Liquidity can still be withdrawn, and supply already held by the team can still be sold. Treat it as one honest signal among several, not a safety certificate.