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# Perform a voluntary exit
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Voluntary exits allow validators to permanently stop performing their duties, and eventually recover the deposit.
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Exits are subject to a wait period that depends on the length of the exit queue. While a validator is exiting, it still must perform its duties in order not to lose funds to inactivity penalities.
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!!! warning
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Voluntary exits are **irreversible**. You won't be able to validate again with the same key.
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!!! note
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Voluntary exits won't be processed if the chain isn't finalising.
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To perform a voluntary exit, make sure your beacon node is running with the `--rest` option enabled (e.g. `./run-mainnet-beacon-node.sh --rest`), then run:
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build/nimbus_beacon_node deposits exit --validator=<VALIDATOR_KEYSTORE_PATH>
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!!! note
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In the command above, you must replace `<VALIDATOR_KEYSTORE_PATH>` with the file-system path of an Ethereum [ERC-2335 Keystore](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2335) created by a tool such as [staking-deposit-cli](https://github.com/ethereum/staking-deposit-cli) or [ethdo](https://github.com/wealdtech/ethdo).
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## `rest-url` parameter
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The `--rest-url` parameter can be used to point the exit command to a specific node for publishing the request, as long as it's compatible with the [REST API](./rest-api.md).
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