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How Long Does It Take to Unstake SOL?
Solana unstaking is not instantaneous. Deactivation is processed around epoch boundaries, and network-wide cooldown limits can keep a stake account deactivating beyond the next epoch.
Check Your Stake AccountThe short answer
Stake often becomes inactive around an epoch transition, but there is no guaranteed fixed waiting time. The exact result depends on when deactivation was submitted and how much stake across the network is cooling down. Always check the account state instead of assuming that one epoch has completed the process.
Deactivating
The transaction has been accepted, but some or all stake is still active and cannot yet be withdrawn.
Inactive
Cooldown has completed. The withdraw authority can return the available SOL to a wallet.
Epoch estimate
An epoch countdown estimates the next boundary; it is not a promise that cooldown will finish then.
When can you withdraw?
Withdrawal is available only after the native stake account reports an inactive state and the connected wallet controls its withdraw authority. If an account still says deactivating, wait and rescan it after a later epoch boundary.
Read the complete unstaking process →