Burning Assets

Assets can be burnt using the burn instruction. This will return the rent-exempt fees to the owner. Only a very small amount of SOL (0.00089784) will stay in the account to prevent it from being reopened.

Code Example

Here is how you can use our SDKs to burn a Core asset. The snippet assumes that you are the owner of the asset.

Burning an Asset

import { publicKey } from '@metaplex-foundation/umi'
import {
  burn,
  fetchAsset,
  collectionAddress,
  fetchCollection,
} from '@metaplex-foundation/mpl-core'

const assetId = publicKey('11111111111111111111111111111111')
const asset = await fetchAsset(umi, assetId)

await burn(umi, {
  asset: asset,
}).sendAndConfirm(umi)

Burning an Asset that is part of a Collection

Here is how you can use our SDKs to burn a Core asset that is part of a collection. The snippet assumes that you are the owner of the asset.

Burning an Asset that is part of a collection

import { publicKey } from '@metaplex-foundation/umi'
import { burnV1, fetchAsset } from '@metaplex-foundation/mpl-core'

import { publicKey } from '@metaplex-foundation/umi'
import {
  burn,
  fetchAsset,
  collectionAddress,
  fetchCollection,
} from '@metaplex-foundation/mpl-core'

const assetId = publicKey('11111111111111111111111111111111')
const asset = await fetchAsset(umi, assetId)

const collectionId = collectionAddress(asset)

let collection = undefined

if (collectionId) {
  collection = await fetchCollection(umi, collection)
}

await burn(umi, {
  asset: asset,
  collection: collection,
}).sendAndConfirm(umi)