How to Remove a liquidity pool on Uniswap: A Guide for Every Blockchain

When pulling liquidity from a liquidity pool on Uniswap, speed and safety matter. Any delay or slip-up changes the amount you actually withdraw, and obviously, you’ll lose money.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through removing a liquidity pool on Uniswap across several blockchains: Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Avax (Avalanche), Blast and Arbitrum.

Click the blockchain you want to pull liquidity from on Uniswap and jump straight to the step-by-step.

Things to Consider Before Removing Liquidity from Uniswap

We get it. Pulling liquidity from a liquidity pool on Uniswap can be tricky. Especially because it can seriously hurt your project’s credibility. So even though Smithii guarantees your privacy, removing liquidity should be a decision agreed on with your investors and reserved for cases where funds are actually at risk.

Doing it to keep the money is illegal and unethical, so we strongly advise against ever using it for that purpose (plus, you’d make more money running legit projects). Going that route could bring criminal consequences. Smithii is not responsible for how our tools are used.

Before pulling liquidity from your token on Uniswap, we recommend keeping these points in mind:

• If you just want to fix the launch, you can pull only part of the liquidity instead of the full 100%.
• You don’t need the contract address. Just select the token and you’re good to go.

That said, let’s look at how to remove liquidity across each of Uniswap’s blockchains with 1 click.

How to Remove Liquidity on Uniswap

Now that you have the wallet you used to add the initial liquidity on Uniswap and you hold enough LP tokens to manage the liquidity pool, all that’s left is to pull the funds. Here’s how to do it on each blockchain.

Ethereum Liquidity Pool Remover

You can remove liquidity from Uniswap on Ethereum using Ethereum Liquidity Remover (https://tools.smithii.io/remove-liquidity/ethereum). The process is so simple that you don’t need to code. Just paste in the pool address and withdraw whatever funds you want. Here are the instructions.

1. Connect your wallet, the one holding the LP Tokens that you used to add the initial liquidity.
2. Paste in the pool address of the Uniswap liquidity pool you want to pull funds from.
3. Set the withdrawal amount. You can hit ‘Max’ to pull the entire reserve.
4. Click ‘Withdraw Liquidity’, confirm the transaction, and you’re done. All the funds will show up in your wallet.

The process is very fast, which matters when you want to pull liquidity out of Uniswap as quickly as possible.

Base Liquidity Pool Remover

Time to remove a liquidity pool on Base from Uniswap using the Base Liquidity Remover (https://tools.smithii.io/remove-liquidity/base). Here are the steps to follow.

1. Connect a wallet compatible with Base. It must hold the LP Tokens you received when creating the liquidity pool.
2. Paste the pool address after grabbing it from Basescan.
3. Specify the amount you want to remove. You can hit ‘Max’ to pull out all the liquidity.
4. Click ‘Withdraw Liquidity’, confirm the transaction in your wallet, and that’s it. You’ve now learned how to pull liquidity from Uniswap on the Base blockchain.

Keep in mind you’ll need Eth to cover the gas fee for the transaction.

Polygon Liquidity Pool Remover

Now let’s walk through how to remove liquidity from Uniswap on the Polygon blockchain. The process couldn’t be simpler with the Polygon Liquidity Remover (https://tools.smithii.io/remove-liquidity/polygon). Here’s what to do.

1. Connect a wallet Polygon loaded with POL for the gas fee and enough LP Tokens to withdraw funds from the liquidity.
2. Paste the pool address so the tool can identify the liquidity pool.
3. Enter the amount of liquidity you want to remove. You can hit ‘Max’ to pull out the maximum available.
4. Click ‘Withdraw Liquidity’, confirm the transaction in your wallet, and that’s it. All the funds will land in your wallet.

You can do all of this in under a minute and the order executes instantly, so the liquidity is available right away.

Avax (Avalanche) Liquidity Remover

Avax, or Avalanche, is another blockchain built on the Ethereum network. You can absolutely pull liquidity from Uniswap on Avalanche too with the Avalanche Liquidity Remover by Smithii (https://tools.smithii.io/remove-liquidity/avalanche). Here’s the step-by-step:

1. Connect a wallet with the AVAX needed for the gas fee and enough LP Tokens to withdraw funds from the liquidity.
2. Fill in the pool address field to check the available liquidity.
3. Add the amount in the ‘Withdraw’ field. You can hit ‘50%’ to remove half the liquidity or ‘Max’ for everything.
4. Click ‘Withdraw Liquidity’, confirm the transaction in your wallet, and that’s it. The funds will show up shortly.

If you want to pull liquidity out of Uniswap quickly, we recommend using our tool. It’s the simplest and fastest way to do it.

Blast (guide to removing liquidity)

On Blast, the story is the same: you can pull funds out of a liquidity pool quickly and easily. Just use the Smithii tool Blast Liquidity Remover (https://tools.smithii.io/remove-liquidity/blast) and follow this simple guide:

1. Connect a wallet with ETH for gas that holds enough Token LP to pull a liquidity pool out on Uniswap.
2. Enter a pool address. Remember, we showed you how to find it at the start of this post.
3. Set how much to pull out in ‘Withdraw’. You can do it fast with the quick-select buttons.
4. Hit the ‘Withdraw Liquidity‘ button, approve the transaction, and your funds will land in your wallet in seconds.

The whole thing happens in a matter of seconds, which matters if what you want is to get your funds out as fast as possible.

Arbitrum (remove liquidity)

Arbitrum isn’t far behind when it comes to removing liquidity on Uniswap in just a few steps via the Arbitrum Liquidity Remover (https://tools.smithii.io/remove-liquidity/arbitrum). All you need is Ethereum to cover the tiny gas fee plus LP Tokens in a wallet, along with the Pool Address. Here’s the step-by-step:

1. Connect a wallet with ETH for gas. It must hold the LP Tokens needed to pull liquidity from Uniswap.
2. Paste the pool address.
3. Set how much you’re going to withdraw. You can use the quick-select option.
4. Hit the ‘Withdraw Liquidity‘ button, confirm the transaction in your wallet, and the liquidity will be added instantly.

Once all that’s done, you’ll have the liquidity in your wallet in a few seconds, with no code and dead simple.

How much does it cost to remove liquidity on Uniswap?

The table below shows the cost of removing liquidity on each blockchain:

Wrapping up

If you’re looking for the fastest way to pull liquidity from Uniswap, Smithii has you covered across multiple blockchains. Before you do it, we recommend announcing the move on the social channels tied to your project. Yanking a liquidity pool out of nowhere can easily come across as a scam or rug.

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Jose Araujo

Content creator and SEO contributor at Smithii. Systems Engineering student and crypto-tech enthusiast.