# Unable to Revoke Validator Tokens

**URL:** <https://forum.celo.org/t/unable-to-revoke-validator-tokens/11855>\
**Category:** Validators\
**Created:** [July 21, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/unable-to-revoke-validator-tokens/11855 "2025-07-21T21:50:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mlliebman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mlliebman](https://forum.celo.org/u/mlliebman)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/unable-to-revoke-validator-tokens/11855/1 "2025-07-21T21:50:12Z")

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Help Needed

I am currently unable to revoke my CELO votes and begin the unstaking process.

Here are the details of the issue:

- My CELO is currently staked in a validator group via **Celo Wallet** (now **Othello** ).
- Othello redirects me to **[mondo.celo.org](http://mondo.celo.org)** for validator actions.
- However, there is **no option to revoke votes** available on [mondo.celo.org](http://mondo.celo.org).
- I also imported my wallet into **Valora** , but it does **not provide an option to revoke votes** either.
- I attempted to use the **Celo CLI (`celocli`)**, but encountered **RPC and whitelisting issues** when connecting through Forno.

I would appreciate your direct guidance or intervention to help me revoke my votes and proceed with unlocking my CELO.

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**Author:** ![aaronmgdr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/aaronmgdr/32/9921_2.png) [@aaronmgdr](https://forum.celo.org/u/aaronmgdr)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/unable-to-revoke-validator-tokens/11855/2 "2025-07-22T12:31:14Z")

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on mondo you can revoke votes (also called unstaking). my favorite way is to go your account page / dashboard

 ![Screenshot 2025-07-22 at 07.22.26](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/5/587dc882b16755e8de9c4b6092636ecc1f8d2a60.png)

and then there are 3 steps

1. unstake – no longer voting/ staking for a particular validator but celo is still locked
2. unlock – when unlocking celo becomes pending.
3. withdraw – 3 days after unlocking celo can be withdrawn and used as you like

 ![Screenshot 2025-07-22 at 07.22.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/0/088f4c1f535b847b51ca8d416dea41b0d14614c3.png)

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**Author:** ![aaronmgdr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/aaronmgdr/32/9921_2.png) [@aaronmgdr](https://forum.celo.org/u/aaronmgdr)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/unable-to-revoke-validator-tokens/11855/3 "2025-07-22T15:54:02Z")

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> > I attempted to use the **Celo CLI (`celocli`)**, but encountered **RPC and whitelisting issues** when connecting through Forno.

`rpc method is not whitelisted` error is often because you didnt specify a privateKey or the --useLedger flag.

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**Author:** ![Gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@Gap](https://forum.celo.org/u/Gap)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/unable-to-revoke-validator-tokens/11855/4 "2025-11-19T16:06:53Z")

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I tried to unstake but keep getting a spinning ball and then a error message.

 ![IMG_0038](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/5/5558e7f96d96cc62029705ec529e0f987089c879.jpeg)