How to Restore Ownership of a Solana Account After It Was Taken Over by a Malicious Program?

Support Security
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I mistakenly approved a malicious website using my wallet, and now the Owner field of my Solana account is no longer the System Program. It shows another address, which means the account ownership has been transferred and my wallet no longer controls it.

I still have the recovery/seed phrase, but I cannot move or sell the tokens because the account is effectively hijacked.

Is there any way to change the owner back to the System Program or regain control of the account?
If not, what are the possible solutions or next steps?

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Hi and thank you for reaching out! Regarding this specific situation it would be best if you’d contact our support team at https://support.metamask.io/ by using the Contact Support button there as they’ll be able to take a more in-depth look your issue.

Once you press Contact Support a live chat bot will appear on your screen. It will give you an automated response at first, but insist and you should be able to contact the support team.