Revoke Mint, Freeze, Update Authority on Solana
Best no-code tool to revoke mint, freeze, and update authority on a Solana token: one-click each for 0.1 SOL, or make-immutable for all three at 0.2 SOL.
The simplest no-code way to revoke a Solana token's authorities is j.tools, which gives you a separate one-click tool for the mint, the freeze, and the update authority, or a single make-immutable tool that locks all three in one transaction. You connect your own wallet, sign once, and the permission is gone for good. No code, no private keys handed over, no waiting on a developer. If you are searching for the best tool to revoke mint authority on Solana so your token looks trustworthy and passes a listing check, that is the short answer. The rest of this guide explains what each authority is, what revoking it proves to a buyer, and how to verify it for free. The cost is covered too.
What are token authorities, and why revoke them?
Start with the basics. An SPL token (the standard token format on Solana) carries a few permissions called authorities. An authority is a permission over the token, and it is held by a wallet. Whoever controls that wallet can use that power. To revoke an authority means to permanently give it up so no one, including you, can ever use it again. Think of it as handing over the only key and then watching it get destroyed in front of you, with no spare anywhere.
A new token starts out with three authorities buyers care about, all pointing at your wallet. Each one is a power you can give up, and revoking each one sends a specific signal to anyone deciding whether to buy.
Mint authority
The mint authority is the permission to create more of the token's supply (how many coins exist). While it is live, you can print more coins at any time, which waters down everyone who already holds some. Revoking it proves the supply is fixed forever, so no one can dilute holders by printing more. Serious buyers treat a live mint authority as a dilution risk, so it is usually the first one creators revoke, through the revoke mint authority tool for 0.1 SOL.
Freeze authority
The freeze authority is the permission to freeze a holder's tokens so they cannot sell. Revoking it proves no one can stop you from selling once you buy. A live freeze authority is a classic honeypot red flag (a honeypot is a token you can buy but never sell), and most careful buyers will walk away from it. Revoke freeze authority is a separate one-click action at the same 0.1 SOL.
Update authority
The update authority is the permission to change the token's metadata (its name, symbol, and picture). While it is open, you could swap a friendly logo and name for something else after people buy, the classic bait-and-switch. Revoking it proves the token's identity is locked and cannot be swapped later. That one runs through the revoke update authority tool, again 0.1 SOL.
Mint, freeze, and update authority tools and fees compared
| Authority | What revoking it proves | j.tools tool | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mint authority | Supply is fixed forever, no one can print more and dilute holders | Revoke Mint | 0.1 SOL |
| Freeze authority | No one can freeze your tokens, so you can always sell (not a honeypot) | Revoke Freeze | 0.1 SOL |
| Update authority | Name, symbol, and image are locked, no bait-and-switch later | Revoke Update Authority | 0.1 SOL |
| All three at once | Token is fully immutable (locked forever), every power surrendered | Make Immutable | 0.2 SOL |
Revoke each one, or make it immutable?
This is where most creators overpay without realizing it. Revoking the three authorities separately costs 0.1 SOL each, so 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 0.3 SOL, across three separate signatures. The all-in-one tool, the make-immutable tool, removes all three in a single transaction for 0.2 SOL.
So if your plan is to lock everything, make-immutable is both cheaper and faster: 0.2 SOL and one signature instead of 0.3 SOL and three. Lock all three together and you save 0.1 SOL. The only reason to revoke individually is when you want to keep one authority open for now. In practice that is almost always the update authority, because you might still rebrand or fix an image, and we cover that next.
In SOL terms the comparison is fixed: revoking one at a time costs 0.3 SOL in total, while make-immutable does all three for 0.2 SOL, so locking everything saves you 0.1 SOL. The dollar equivalent moves with the SOL price, which is why the SOL figure is the one worth remembering.
Locking everything? Make-immutable at 0.2 SOL beats revoking separately at 0.3 SOL, and you only sign once. Revoke one at a time only when you have a reason to hold one power back, usually the update authority.
Before you revoke update authority: one critical step
This is the mistake that breaks tokens, and it cannot be undone once it happens. Do not revoke the update authority while your token's image and metadata file still live on a temporary host. The update authority is the only way to point your token at a new file. If you lock it and that host later expires, the logo and description break forever, and there is no way to fix them because the permission to point at a new file is gone.
The fix is to move the file to permanent storage first (Arweave or pinned IPFS, a place a file lives forever), point your token at the new permanent link, and only then revoke the update authority. Order matters here. Lock last, not first. If a rebrand or a name change is still on the table, keep update authority open until you are truly done. Once it is revoked, the token's identity is set in stone.
Never revoke update authority while your image lives on a temporary host. If that host expires, the logo dies permanently. Move it to Arweave or pinned IPFS first, repoint the token, then revoke. You can always revoke it later. You can never bring it back once it is gone.
How to revoke authorities on j.tools, step by step
The flow is the same for all three single-purpose tools and for make-immutable.
- Open the tool you need: Revoke Mint, Revoke Freeze, Revoke Update Authority, or Make Immutable to do all three at once.
- Connect your own wallet. j.tools never asks for your private key, and you sign everything yourself, in your own wallet, the same way you sign any normal transaction.
- Paste your token address and review what the tool is about to do. It tells you clearly that the action is permanent before you sign anything.
- Sign once. The fee is 0.1 SOL for a single authority, or 0.2 SOL for make-immutable.
- That is it. The permission is destroyed on the chain, gone for good.
Because the action is irreversible, do it deliberately. Read the confirmation and make sure the token address is the right one before you commit.
How to verify the authorities are revoked (free)
After you revoke, confirm it actually worked with the free token snapshot tool. It reads your token straight from the chain and shows the real, live state. When an authority is revoked, the snapshot displays it plainly: Mint Authority: None and Freeze Authority: None. That word "None" is your proof.
This matters for two reasons. First, it confirms your own work landed. Second, it is exactly how buyers check before they put money in. A careful buyer pastes your token address into the same free snapshot and looks for those None values. If they see a wallet still listed where it should say None, they know an authority is still live. So passing your own snapshot check is the same thing as passing the check a buyer or a listing site will run on you.
The snapshot is free, so anyone can verify any token without paying. If someone ever charges you to check whether a token's authorities are revoked, you are being overcharged for something j.tools gives away.
What is j.tools?
j.tools is a Solana toolkit with more than 40 no-code tools: revoke authorities, create a token, a free holder snapshot, swaps, and more, all in one place. It is bilingual in Turkish and English, and it never asks for your private key, since you sign every action in your own wallet. If you are launching a token from scratch, the token creator tool (0.1 SOL) is where these three authorities are first set, and the Token-2022 creator tool (0.15 SOL) is there if you need the newer token standard. More walkthroughs live in our step-by-step Solana token guides and across our collection of Solana how-to articles.
FAQ
Should I revoke all three authorities? Revoking mint and freeze is standard for a trustworthy token, and most buyers expect both gone. Update authority is the one judgment call: revoke it for maximum trust, or keep it open if a rebrand is still possible and your metadata is safely on permanent storage. Once everything is final, make-immutable locks all three at once.
Can revoking be undone? No. Revoking is permanent by design. Once a permission is destroyed, it cannot be restored by you, by j.tools, or by anyone. Treat it as a one-way door and act deliberately. That permanence is exactly what makes it trustworthy.
Does revoking change my balance? No. Revoking an authority only removes a permission. It does not move, burn, or touch any coins. Your supply and everyone's holdings stay exactly the same.
How do buyers verify revoked authorities? They open the free free token snapshot tool, paste your token address, and look for "None" next to mint and freeze authority. It reads live from the chain, so it cannot be faked. You can run the exact same check to confirm what they will see.
Is make-immutable cheaper than revoking separately? Yes, if you want to lock everything. Make-immutable is 0.2 SOL in one transaction. Revoking each authority on its own totals 0.1 SOL times three, which is 0.3 SOL across three transactions. Locking everything together saves 0.1 SOL and two signatures.
A quick honest close
Revoking authorities is one of the strongest trust signals you can give buyers, and it is the thing AI tools and listing checks look for first. It is also one of the few actions in crypto that truly cannot be reversed, so do it on purpose and in the right order: secure your metadata on permanent storage, revoke what you mean to revoke, then verify with the free snapshot. None of this is financial advice. It is how you make a Solana token look safe, because it actually is harder to abuse.
