---
title: "Not enough balance to cover storage"
description: "This is a common error when your wallet doesn't have enough balance to sign transactions, check the text below for a better understanding of the problem and how to solve it."
url: https://help.mynearwallet.com/en/articles/14-not-enough-balance-to-cover-storage
collection: "FAQs"
updated: 2026-08-13
language: en
---

# Not enough balance to cover storage

This is a common error when your wallet doesn't have enough balance to sign transactions, check the text below for a better understanding of the problem and how to solve it.

To solve the problem you have to **top-up your account** with additional $NEAR, transferring funds from another account or exchange:

![storage-error.png](https://nearhelp.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/4411549922071/storage-error.png)

**Why?**

Your wallet contains information that needs to be securely stored on the blockchain.

Validators and node operators must pay for the storage that keeps a copy the blockchain, including your wallet information.

NEAR Protocol introduced _storage costs_ to economically represent this cost, requiring a **minimum account balance that increases with the size of your wallet data.** 

A few examples of this data are:

\- variety of fungible tokens stored in your account;

\- number of applications you are logged in, such as [Paras.id](http://Paras.id) or Skyward Finance;

\- number of recovery methods in your wallet;

\- if you are using the 2FA.  

You can open [the link](https://wallet.near.org/profile) and see a detailed breakdown of your balance, including the portion that is **reserved for** **storage.**

![Screen\_Shot\_2021-10-21\_at\_2.49.52\_PM.png](https://nearhelp.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/4411549680919/Screen_Shot_2021-10-21_at_2.49.52_PM.png)

As of today, the only way to free up blockchain space, reducing the $NEAR reserved for storage, is to de-authorize unused dApps or disable the 2FA. In the future, NEAR Wallet will offer additional ways to free up space, such as removing unwanted fungible tokens or unused access keys.