I had created a few canister, now i want to destory the canisters and collect the cycles, is there any way? Or when destory the canister, the cycles will back to the cycle wallet automatically ?

maybe this helps [image] How to retrieve cycles from an abandoned canister Community Tutorials & Video Note that this guide uses dfx version 0.8.1 Create a new identity using dfx identity new move_cycles Use the identity created by issuing dfx identity use move_cycle…

Thanks a lot, it’s really useful for me

I would suggest not destroying the canister but reusing it to deploy whatever new wasm you’re deploying. That way the 1T cycles used when creating a new canister is not wasted. Simply use the same identity and the existing canister ID in your new project’s canister_ids.json when deploying.

How to collect the cycles from the useless canisters?

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cryptoschindler October 26, 2021, 7:46am 2

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