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# Managing Accounts

## Account overview

The Stake Manager displays all your stake accounts in a list. Each card shows:

* **Address**: The public key of the stake account
* **Status**: Active, activating, deactivating, or inactive
* **Balance**: The amount of SOL in the account
* **Validator**: The validator the account is delegated to

You can filter accounts by status, search by address or validator name, and sort by balance or validator.

## Splitting

Splitting divides one stake account into two. Enter the amount of SOL to split off and a new stake account is created with that balance. The original account retains the remainder.

This is useful when you want to partially unstake, redelegate a portion to a different validator, or send part of your stake to another wallet.

The minimum stake account balance on Solana is approximately 0.01 SOL (the rent-exempt minimum). Both accounts must meet this minimum after the split.

## Merging

Merging combines two stake accounts into one. Both accounts must:

* Be delegated to the **same validator**
* Have the **same status** (both active or both inactive)
* Have **compatible lockup** settings

The Stake Manager detects mergeable groups automatically. You can merge individual pairs or use the **"Merge All"** batch action to consolidate all mergeable accounts at once.

Merging is useful for reducing clutter when you have many small accounts delegated to the same validator.

## Sending

You can transfer a stake account to another wallet. There are two options:

* **Full send**: Transfers the entire stake account by reassigning both the stake and withdraw authorities to the recipient address. The account keeps its delegation status.
* **Partial send**: Splits off a specified amount into a new stake account, then transfers that new account to the recipient.

The recipient receives a stake account, not liquid SOL. They will need to deactivate and withdraw if they want SOL.

## Converting

Stake accounts delegated to the Lantern validator have additional options:

* **Convert to lanternSOL**: Deposit your stake account into the lanternSOL stake pool. You receive lanternSOL in your wallet, which continues earning staking yield as a liquid token.
* **Convert to Wick**: Deposit your stake account into a Wick yield position. Choose a target token (USDC, USDT, etc.) and your staking yield is automatically converted to that token.

Both operations support partial conversion — specify an amount and only that portion is converted while the rest stays staked.

Any active stake account (regardless of validator) also has an **Instant Unstake** option that converts the full account to SOL immediately via the Sanctum liquidity pool.

See [Conversions & Instant Unstake](/stake-manager/conversions-and-instant-unstake.md) for full details.

## Redelegating

To move your stake from one validator to another, you can delegate an inactive or newly created stake account to a different validator. If your account is currently active, you'll need to deactivate it first, wait for the epoch to end, then delegate to the new validator.