# How to Restore Ownership of a Solana Account After It Was Taken Over by a Malicious Program?

**URL:** <https://community.metamask.com/t/how-to-restore-ownership-of-a-solana-account-after-it-was-taken-over-by-a-malicious-program/31011>\
**Category:** Security\
**Created:** [November 19, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/how-to-restore-ownership-of-a-solana-account-after-it-was-taken-over-by-a-malicious-program/31011 "2025-11-19T10:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Faizul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Faizul](https://community.metamask.com/u/Faizul)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/how-to-restore-ownership-of-a-solana-account-after-it-was-taken-over-by-a-malicious-program/31011/1 "2025-11-19T10:25:47Z")

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I mistakenly approved a malicious website using my wallet, and now the **Owner** field of my Solana account is no longer the **System Program**. It shows another address, which means the account ownership has been transferred and my wallet no longer controls it.

I still have the **recovery/seed phrase** , but I cannot move or sell the tokens because the account is effectively hijacked.

**Is there any way to change the owner back to the System Program or regain control of the account?**  
If not, what are the possible solutions or next steps?

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**Author:** ![Coffee7643](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/coffee7643/32/36480_2.png) [@Coffee7643](https://community.metamask.com/u/Coffee7643)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/how-to-restore-ownership-of-a-solana-account-after-it-was-taken-over-by-a-malicious-program/31011/2 "2025-11-19T10:38:48Z")

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Hi and thank you for reaching out! Regarding this specific situation it would be best if you’d contact our support team at [https://support.metamask.io/](https://support.metamask.io/) by using the `Contact Support` button there as they’ll be able to take a more in-depth look your issue.

Once you press `Contact Support` a live chat bot will appear on your screen. It will give you an automated response at first, but insist and you should be able to contact the support team.

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/original/3X/3/8/3812168020a49f264784b1dbfcf12435abbb09ad.png) [@system](https://community.metamask.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/how-to-restore-ownership-of-a-solana-account-after-it-was-taken-over-by-a-malicious-program/31011/3 "2025-12-19T10:26:30Z")

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Closed on December 19, 2025, 10:26am UTC

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