Core - 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 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 { burnV1 } from '@metaplex-foundation/mpl-core'

const asset = publicKey('11111111111111111111111111111111')

await burnV1(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'

const assetId = publicKey('11111111111111111111111111111111')
const asset = await fetchAssetV1(umi, assetId)

await burnV1(umi, {
  asset: asset.publicKey,
  collection: collectionAddress(asset),
}).sendAndConfirm(umi)