Is it possible to delete or transfer a contract?

Product Questions & Discussion
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Hi, I’d like to ‘throw away the keys’ to my NFT collection. Leaving it up for posterity but not allowing myself a back door in. Kind of like a time capsule.

Is there a way to remove my access to the SC? Delete it? Transfer to a new wallet and throw away the key?

Any suggestions for other ideas?

Thank you

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Yes, you can use the renounceOwnership function on the smart contract.

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Hey Wilkins!

Where exactly can we find the renounceOwnership function for a smart contract?

And if we do such a thing, will it just means no one can alter the contract, right? It won’t delete it or the nfts, correct?

Thanks for you help!

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Hey! You can find it on Etherscan. Here’s an example link on Goerli. https://goerli.etherscan.io/address/0x8D0439e46F27E7e078dE4eD02ac2dfD422e57868#writeProxyContract#F11

Calling renounceOwnership (function 11 on Etherscan) will do exactly what you said - no one will be able to alter it but all the current state is preserved.

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Hi
I had the same question. Will the contract disapear from my Foundation page?
I minted the contract on Mainnet but want to mint tokens on Base so I have to “delete” the ETH contract and deploy it again on Base, right?

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You can simply deploy a new separate contract on base. If you didn’t mint the token yet it shouldn’t have any impact.

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thanks.
and the ETH contract will disapear from Foundation?

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If it’s showing right now you may need to message them for removal.