How can I close a Stellar Account?

Question

According to the Minimum Account Balance information, the account has to have

(2 + # of entries) * 0.5) XLM

deposited to support transactions.

Let's say there is an account with 0 trust lines and 1 data entry. It means that the account has to have min 1.5 xlm.

Is it possible to close that account and withdraw the deposit?

Answer 1

Try Stellar Expert's "account demolisher":
https://stellar.expert/demolisher/public

Answer 2

The account merge operation does that.

I don't know any wallet that supports it, but an easy way to do it without programming is stellar laboratory

• If there are any other assets move them with regular payments first.
• Go to stellar laboratory transaction builder
• Enter the account you want to have removed as "Source account"
• Click on "Fetch sequence number..."
• Scroll to the bottom, select "Account Merge" as operation type
• Enter the account you want the remaining XLM transfered to as "Destination"
• Click on "Sign in transaction signer"
• Enter your private key at "Add Signer" (or connect Ledger and "Sign with BIP")
• "Submit to Post Transaction endpoint"
• "Submit"