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# Withdrawals

> Send your stablecoins to any external wallet you control. Network gas only; no fee from Glide.

You can withdraw your stablecoin balance to any external wallet at any time. There's no Glide fee on withdrawals; you pay only the network gas required to broadcast the transaction.

## Withdraw a stablecoin

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the send screen">
    From the dashboard, tap **Send → Stablecoin transfer**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the asset and network">
    Choose the stablecoin (USDC or USDT) and the network you want to withdraw on. The dashboard shows your balance per asset and per network.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Paste the destination address">
    Enter the wallet address you want to send to. Glide validates the address checksum and warns if the network looks wrong.

    <Tip>
      First-time withdrawals to a new address require step-up verification (Face ID, passkey, or your two-factor method). Subsequent sends to the same address skip the step-up unless your security settings require it every time.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and confirm">
    See:

    * The amount you're sending.
    * The network gas cost in USD-equivalent.
    * The arrival amount at the destination.
    * The expected confirmation time for the chosen network.

    Tap **Confirm**. The transaction broadcasts; you can track the on-chain hash in the dashboard right after.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## How long it takes

| Network  | Confirmation time |
| -------- | ----------------- |
| Solana   | \<5 seconds       |
| Base     | 1–3 seconds       |
| Polygon  | 2–5 seconds       |
| Arbitrum | 1–5 seconds       |
| Optimism | 1–5 seconds       |
| Ethereum | 1–3 minutes       |

Fully on-chain finality (the point past which a re-org is essentially impossible) takes a bit longer on some chains. Most exchanges and DeFi protocols will credit your withdrawal as soon as the first confirmation lands.

## Withdrawal limits

Withdrawal limits follow your account tier. See [Limits and fees](/money/limits-and-fees) for the table.

For very large withdrawals (above your standard tier), you'll trigger an enhanced-review flow that asks for a quick confirmation by email or relationship-manager call. Most large withdrawals clear within an hour of the confirmation.

## Withdrawals to flagged addresses

Glide screens every withdrawal destination against on-chain analytics. If the destination address is associated with a sanctioned entity, mixer, or known fraud cluster, the withdrawal is held pending review. You'll see a clear message explaining why; we follow up by email with whatever next-step you need.

This is not a "we'll randomly block you" pattern. We block fewer than 0.1% of withdrawals, and almost all of those are obvious match-ups against published sanctions lists.

## What we don't do

* **No reversible withdrawals.** Once you confirm, the transaction broadcasts. Glide can't pull it back. If you sent to the wrong address, recovery is on the receiving side, not on us.
* **No internal-only stablecoin transfers.** If you want to send to another Glide user, use [Glide-to-Glide transfers](/money/send) instead — faster and free.
* **No fee tier discounts.** Network gas is what it is. We don't pad the gas estimate; you see the actual market rate.

## Network outages

If the network you've selected is down or massively congested, the dashboard shows a banner with the current status. Choose a different network if your destination supports one.

## Next

* [Stablecoins overview](/stablecoins/overview)
* [Supported networks](/stablecoins/supported-networks)
* [Send money](/money/send)