Burning (deleting) and self-destructing on Foundation

If you’d like to permanently delete or burn your Foundation creations, we’ll walk you through the steps to remove NFTs, Collections, Drops, Editions, and Worlds below. Note that these steps are only effective on NFTs and collections created on Foundation.

Burning an NFT

Burning an NFT destroys the token and removes it entirely from the Ethereum blockchain. Burning an NFT token is an irreversible action and can only be completed by the creator of the NFT.

Follow these steps to burn an NFT.

1. Navigate to the NFT page for the token you’d like to burn.
2. Remove the Reserve and Buy Now prices if applicable.
3. Click the "Manage" button and select “Burn NFT”. If the “Burn" option isn't available, try disconnecting and reconnecting your wallet.
4. Confirm the burn action on the confirmation page.
5. Sign the transaction in your wallet and pay the required gas fees to complete the transaction to delete the world. Gas fees are the cost of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Gas fees are not set or collected by Foundation.

Removing a collection

If you'd like to remove a collection that you created on Foundation, you'll need to burn all NFTs within the collection, then destroy the collection by following these steps. Refer to the previous section of this article to burn all NFT tokens within the collection.

1. Navigate back to the empty collection page.
2. Click the •••, and select "Self-destruct". If the "Self-destruct" option isn't available, try disconnecting and reconnecting your wallet.
3. Confirm the self-destruct action on the confirmation page.
4. Sign the transaction in your wallet and pay the required gas fees to complete the transaction to delete the world. Gas fees are the cost of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Gas fees are not set or collected by Foundation.

If you encounter an error when self-destructing the collection, try appending your collection URL with "/self-destruct" like this: "https://foundation.app/collection/[yourcollectionslug]/self-destruct".

Note that the "Self-destruct" option should only be available if the collection was created on Foundation. If you encounter any issues, please reach out to Foundation Support and we'll be happy to help.

Self-destructing a drop

If NFTs have been minted from your drop, you’ll need to burn all NFTs from your drop before you can self-destruct. To burn NFTs from your drop, collectors will need to burn them on your behalf or transfer them back to your wallet for you to complete the burn action.

1. Refer to the first section of this article to burn all NFT tokens within the drop.
2. Navigate back to the empty drop page.
3. Click the •••, and select "Self-destruct". If the "Self-destruct" option isn't available, try disconnecting and reconnecting your wallet.
4. Confirm the self-destruct action on the next page.
5. Sign the transaction in your wallet and pay the required gas fees to complete the transaction to delete the world. Gas fees are the cost of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Gas fees are not set or collected by Foundation.

If you encounter an error when self-destructing the drop, try appending your drop URL with "/self-destruct" like this: "https://foundation.app/collection/[yourdropslug]/self-destruct".

Self-destructing an edition

If NFTs have been minted from your edition, you’ll need to burn all NFTs from your edition collection before you can self-destruct. To burn NFTs from your edition, collectors will need to burn them on your behalf or transfer them back to your wallet for you to complete the burn action.

1. Refer to the first section of this article to burn all NFT tokens within the edition.
2. Navigate back to the empty edition page.
3. Click the •••, and select "Self-destruct". If the "Self-destruct" option isn't available, try disconnecting and reconnecting your wallet.
4. Confirm the self-destruct action on the next page.
5. Sign the transaction in your wallet and pay the required gas fees to complete the transaction to delete the world. Gas fees are the cost of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Gas fees are not set or collected by Foundation.

If you encounter an error when self-destructing the edition, try appending your edition URL with "/self-destruct" like this: "https://foundation.app/collection/[yourdropslug]/self-destruct".

Deleting a world

If you feel that the curation experience of your world has ended, you can delete the world to remove it from the Foundation Marketplace. The reserve auction prices of the NFTs within the world remain unchanged when a world is deleted. If there were any NFTs in live auctions at the time of deletion, the auctions would continue but the curator fee would no longer apply to the final sale.

To delete a world:

1. Navigate to the world page and click •••, then click “Delete”.
2. Confirm the deletion on the next page.
3. Sign the transaction in your wallet and pay the required gas fees to complete the transaction to delete the world. Gas fees are the cost of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Gas fees are not set or collected by Foundation.