# Irritating pending transactions **URL:** \ **Category:** Sending and Receiving Tokens\ **Created:** [January 20, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025 "2024-01-20T05:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maryam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/maryam/32/14141_2.png) [@Maryam](https://community.metamask.com/u/Maryam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/21 "2024-01-27T22:56:09Z")
> [@user154](#): > > MetaMask pick up nonce 17 for that transaction You need to use the custom nonce to cancel the pending transactions you have on the Ethereum network. Please do not use the custom nonce for other networks on which you do not have a pending transaction. > [@user154](#): > > check on the explorer could not find the pending tx like ETH. If the transaction is not shown on the explorer, do as follows and clear the activity and issue a normal transaction without using the custom nonce. Settings \> Advanced \> Clear activity tab data For more information, please refer to the following link. > **[How to clear your account activity/reset account](https://support.metamask.io/hc/en-us/articles/360015488891-How-to-clear-your-account-activity-reset-account)** > > Note: With version 10.28.1, the name of this feature on MetaMask Extension changed from reset account to clear activity and nonce data. Both perform the same function, but in this article, we'll us... ---
**Author:** ![user154](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/user154/32/33667_2.png) [@user154](https://community.metamask.com/u/user154)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/22 "2024-02-03T04:25:52Z")
The MANTA case is okay. The ETH case is so annoying… I contacted Meta support. He said I may not have enough ETH to submit the cancellation order as I don’t have enough to cover the **MAX FEE** But look: ![1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/original/3X/4/3/432d5205c616df7b2859a2b346017b8bfe8ccaa6.jpeg) ![2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/original/3X/6/e/6e3a8bab6be120570fa915dc5613ae5a1e4d9ffe.jpeg) As above how can I don’t have enough for the max fee as it definitely lower than my total number??? ---
**Author:** ![Maryam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/maryam/32/14141_2.png) [@Maryam](https://community.metamask.com/u/Maryam)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/23 "2024-02-03T12:27:52Z")
> [@user154](#): > > He said I may not have enough ETH to submit the cancellation order as Are you still getting the same error you have shared before? > [@user154](#): > > receive the message in picture 2. Does that mean I should add more funds to fulfill the nonce 17 transaction? If yes, adding more ETH may help. Add enough ETH and if the issue persists, please let us know how it goes and continue conversations with the support in this regard. > [@Maryam](#): > > I have not seen such an error before, but since you have several pending transactions and the error mentions “insufficient funds for gas”, adding more ETH to your wallet may help. Please let us know how it goes, and if the issue persists, that would be best to contact the support team in this regard. ---
**Author:** ![user154](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/user154/32/33667_2.png) [@user154](https://community.metamask.com/u/user154)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/24 "2024-02-04T03:13:52Z")
I still don’t understand how can it be **NOT ENOUGH** eth while the **MAX FEE** displayed after adjusting all the “gas components” is always **LOWER** than what I actually **HAVE**. Even if that’s **REALLY** the case, how much eth do you think I should ever add up to be able to cancel the nonce 17 transaction. I really don’t want to add more funds for a **NOT SURE** solution and end up with more **LOSS**. ---
**Author:** ![Maryam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/maryam/32/14141_2.png) [@Maryam](https://community.metamask.com/u/Maryam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/25 "2024-02-04T16:56:26Z")
Please read this response: > [@Maryam](#): > > I have not seen such an error before, but since you have several pending transactions and the error mentions “insufficient funds for gas”, adding more ETH to your wallet may help. Please let us know how it goes, and if the issue persists, that would be best to contact the support team in this regard. That would be best to continue conversations about this issue with the support team. ---
**Author:** ![user154](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/user154/32/33667_2.png) [@user154](https://community.metamask.com/u/user154)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/26 "2024-02-07T08:16:11Z")
I contacted Meta technical support. Can anyone give me or suggest an estimated ETH I should add to solve this tricky stuff please. Just give me a number and I’ll give it a shot. (Although I still don’t get it why the max fee displayed is definitely lower than my balance) Thanks and best regards, ---
**Author:** ![Chinzilla](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/chinzilla/32/14264_2.png) [@Chinzilla](https://community.metamask.com/u/Chinzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/27 "2024-02-07T08:57:45Z")
Please don’t post pics of your discussions with support here, for your own protection. Need to have more ETH than what max fee shows. At the same time, it all depends on how high gas fees are at the time you are trying to do the transaction and you can check gwei for that on etherscan to see for yourself when it would be lower. If your transaction asks, for example, for 0.005 max fee ETH than make sure you have 0.01 ETH, just to be sure you have no issues. Also, please proceed with the support team if you are already in contact. ---
**Author:** ![user154](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/user154/32/33667_2.png) [@user154](https://community.metamask.com/u/user154)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/28 "2024-02-07T09:48:42Z")
> [@Chinzilla](#): > > for 0.005 max fee ETH than make sure you have 0.01 ETH, just to be sure you have no issues. thank you for your support sir! With that said, my balance is currently 4 times higher than the max fee showing below ![7](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/original/3X/d/3/d3e7c3f2003a07eb384bd76b75b65afa5541ea27.jpeg) Btw, I’m asking here again because my support ticket just ended as I don’t have time to reply back the email these days. ---
**Author:** ![Chinzilla](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/user_avatar/community.metamask.com/chinzilla/32/14264_2.png) [@Chinzilla](https://community.metamask.com/u/Chinzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/29 "2024-02-07T09:55:05Z")
Use [28 Gwei | Ethereum Gas Tracker | Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/gastracker) to track gwei and use higher than what it shows on there to get your pending transactions unstuck, by using the methods in the article guides shared with you in this topic. Somehow your oldest nonce is 17, but it’s for the transaction of 0 ETH sent to yourself and your actual oldest pending transaction has nonce 18. Try unstucking each of them. You’ll need more ETH than what you currently have to get rid of this issue that you got yourself into. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/metamask/original/3X/3/8/3812168020a49f264784b1dbfcf12435abbb09ad.png) [@system](https://community.metamask.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://community.metamask.com/t/irritating-pending-transactions/28025/30 "2024-02-19T05:42:25Z")
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