Cancel a pending EVM transaction

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You can cancel a transaction in Phantom only while it's still pending and only on EVM networks like Ethereum, Base, or Polygon. Cancellation works by sending a replacement transaction with a higher gas fee. If the original confirms first, the cancellation won't go through. On non-EVM networks (Solana, Bitcoin, Sui), pending transactions can't be cancelled and will either confirm or fail on their own.

  1. Shortly after submitting a transaction, open history. On mobile, tap your profile avatar in the upper left to open the sidebar, then tap History; on the extension, on the browser extension, click the clock icon in the lower right.
  2. Select your transaction. It should still be in the pending state.
  3. Select Cancel.

If the transaction no longer shows as pending, it cannot be canceled.

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