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# Deactivating & Withdrawing

## Deactivating

Deactivating a stake account begins the unstaking process. The account transitions to the **deactivating** state and stops earning rewards after the current epoch ends. Once the epoch boundary passes, the account becomes **inactive** and the SOL can be withdrawn.

### Full deactivation

Click the deactivate action on an active stake account. The entire account enters the deactivating state.

### Partial deactivation

You can deactivate a portion of your stake. Enter a specific SOL amount and the app will split that amount into a new stake account and deactivate only the split portion. Your remaining stake stays active and keeps earning.

### Cancel deactivation

If you change your mind before the epoch ends, you can cancel a deactivation. This re-delegates the account to its validator and returns it to the activating state.

### Batch deactivate

If you have multiple active stake accounts and want to unstake everything, use the **"Deactivate All"** batch action. This deactivates all active accounts in a single flow.

## Instant Unstake

If you don't want to wait for the epoch cooldown, you can use **Instant Unstake** on any active stake account. This converts your stake to SOL immediately via the Sanctum liquidity pool, with a small fee. See [Conversions & Instant Unstake](/stake-manager/conversions-and-instant-unstake.md) for details.

## Withdrawing

Once a stake account is **inactive**, you can withdraw the SOL back to your wallet.

Click the withdraw action on an inactive account. The SOL is transferred to your wallet and the stake account is closed.

### Batch withdraw

If you have multiple inactive accounts, use the **"Withdraw All"** batch action to withdraw from all of them at once. Locked accounts are automatically skipped.

## Epochs and timing

Solana operates on an epoch schedule. Epochs are roughly 2 days long. The Stake Manager shows the current epoch number, a progress bar, and an estimated countdown to the next epoch boundary.

Key timing considerations:

* **Activation**: Takes effect at the next epoch boundary
* **Deactivation**: Stops earning at the end of the current epoch, SOL becomes withdrawable after the epoch turns
* **Delegation changes**: Take effect at the next epoch boundary