Close a Lightning Channel
Closing a channel is final and cannot be cancelled. Only do this if you're closing your shop or you're doing a workshop.
Ambrosia must be running in order to close the channel.
Step 1: Go to Wallet
From the Dashboard, go to Wallet and enter your wallet password.
Under Lightning Channels, find your channel and click Close Channel.
If secrets encryption is locked, unlock it first in Settings → Secrets encryption.
Step 2: Enter the details
A Close Lightning Channel dialog will appear:
- Bitcoin Address — enter the on-chain Bitcoin address where funds will be sent
- Fee Rate (sat/byte) — set the fee rate
You can check current fee rates at https://mempool.space/
Click Review.
Step 3: Confirm
Review the summary:
- Channel balance
- Withdrawal address
- Fee rate
This action is irreversible. Closing the channel will send all funds to the on-chain address you provided. This process may take time to confirm on the Bitcoin network.
Click Confirm Close.
Result
A success dialog shows "Channel close initiated" with a Transaction ID. You can copy it with Copy TX ID and track it on a Bitcoin block explorer like https://mempool.space/
While it closes, the channel status goes through Closing — settling pending payments, Closing — finalizing closing transaction and Closing — waiting for on-chain confirmation, and ends as Closed — will disappear on next restart. The channel will be fully closed after 6 confirmations and the funds will be available at the on-chain address you provided.