Remove Validator Demo
Practical - remove a PoS validator and claim staking rewards using the Toolbox.
This demo walks you through removing a validator from your Permissionless L1, returning your staked tokens and claiming any earned rewards. The tool handles all phases including the optional delegation fee claim:
- Select - Choose the validator to remove
- Initiate - Start the removal process. The unified flow attempts uptime-proof removal first (preserves rewards). If the validator is below the rewards-eligibility threshold, a "Force remove (forfeit rewards)" fallback is surfaced.
- P-Chain - Sign and submit the weight update to the P-Chain
- Complete - Finalize the removal and receive your stake + rewards
- Claim Fees (Optional) - Claim any accumulated delegation fees
You can only remove a validator after its minimum stake duration has elapsed. Check the time remaining in the PoS Validator Set query.
Open the Remove Validator flow in the Builder Console and pick your Native PoS L1 — the tool will auto-detect it and run the uptime-proof variant of these steps.
You can verify the removal by re-running the query in section 2.
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