How to Speed Up or Cancel Pending Ethereum Transactions in MetaMask with a Ledger Device - wefdenb123/Ledger-Device-Solutions-563 GitHub Wiki

This tutorial explains how to speed up or cancel stuck Ethereum transactions using a Ledger device and third-party wallet MetaMask. The transaction can get stuck as pending if you set low gas fees (network fees).

Once a transaction has been confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain, it is final and cannot be sped up, reverted, or canceled. 

Important note

If the transaction was initiated via Ledger Live, the “Speed Up” feature in MetaMask will not work because the transaction won’t appear in MetaMask’s transaction history. However, you can still cancel or resend the transaction with higher fees using the same nonce to speed it up in MetaMask.

The following guide applies only to Ethereum transactions that were initiated in MetaMask, either directly or using a Ledger device connected to MetaMask.

Please download the last update of Ledger Live Application:

1.Ledger Live for Windows 10/11

2.Ledger Live for MAC

3.Ledger Live for Android

Before you start

  • Make sure your Ledger ETH account is connected to MetaMask. 

Speed up 

Once you can see that your send transaction has got stuck and appears as pending, you can go to MetaMask and speed up the transaction. 

  1. Open MetaMask extension.
  2. You should see the pending transaction if you accessed the same Ledger ETH account from Ledger Live. images/9297116500765.png
  3. Click on the Speed up button. 
  4. Check the details: the gas price, gas limit, and priority fee. Normally, MetaMask will prefill those with the settings on the current network state so you can just continue without editing these. images/9297251848605.png
  5. Click Save.
  6. Make sure your Ledger device is connected to your PC, unlocked and the ETH app is open. 
  7. Review the transaction details and confirm on the Ledger device. 

Your transaction should get confirmed soon.

Cancel

You can cancel the transaction that got stuck during sending from Ledger Live if you see it in MetaMask.

  1. Open MetaMask extension.
  2. You should see the pending transaction if you accessed the same Ledger ETH account from Ledger Live. images/9297511007901.png
  3. Click on the Cancel button. 
  4. Check the details: the gas price, gas limit, and priority fee. Normally, MetaMask will prefill those with the settings on the current network state so you can just continue without editing these. images/9297487755037.png
  5. Click Save.
  6. Make sure your Ledger device is connected to your PC, unlocked and the ETH app is open. 
  7. Review the transaction details and confirm on the Ledger device. 

Your transaction should get canceled soon.

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