<p>If you don't use them, nobody will be able to use them, so in a sense they will have disappeared. If you wish for them to be publicly, permanently destroyed, you could try one of the approaches at <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3777/what-is-the-bitcoin-equivalent-of-dev-null">What is the Bitcoin equivalent of /dev/null?</a>, such as sending them to the address 1111111111111111111114oLvT2, which is the address of an all-zeroes hash. There are technically many private/public keys that correspond to the address, but finding one is practically impossible.</p>

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Tim S.
<p>If you delete your wallet and have no other copies around, this means those bitcoins are gone forever because no one has the private keys to move them.</p>

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Blinking7
<p>If I delete the Bitcoin wallet from my HD, my Bitcoins will be still alive inside the Bitcoin network, right?
Is there any way to remove my bitcoins from the network in a permanent way?</p>

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Bitcoin is a closed system, so it is not possible to remove a Bitcoin balance from the system. What are you trying to achieve: Do you want to prove they are not in your possession anymore, or do you just want to make sure they are lost to everyone?
Murch
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Is it possible to remove my bitcoins from the Bitcoin network?
Bole Grat
# Is it possible to remove my bitcoins from the Bitcoin network?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-03)

If I delete the Bitcoin wallet from my HD, my Bitcoins will be still alive inside the Bitcoin network, right?
Is there any way to remove my bitcoins from the network in a permanent way?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Bitcoin is a closed system, so it is not possible to remove a Bitcoin balance from the system. What are you trying to achieve: Do you want to prove they are not in your possession anymore, or do you just want to make sure they are lost to everyone?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-03. Score: 1

If you don't use them, nobody will be able to use them, so in a sense they will have disappeared. If you wish for them to be publicly, permanently destroyed, you could try one of the approaches at [What is the Bitcoin equivalent of /dev/null?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3777/what-is-the-bitcoin-equivalent-of-dev-null), such as sending them to the address 1111111111111111111114oLvT2, which is the address of an all-zeroes hash. There are technically many private/public keys that correspond to the address, but finding one is practically impossible.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-02-03. Score: 0

If you delete your wallet and have no other copies around, this means those bitcoins are gone forever because no one has the private keys to move them.


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