A MetaMask account is a key and an address on Ethereum-style networks. The extension and the mobile app show balances by asking a network for data about that address. When you send, you are publishing a signed instruction: move this asset from this address to that address, on this chain, and pay the network a fee to include the instruction.

The recipient does not need MetaMask. An exchange, a hardware wallet, or another phone app can all receive the same transfer if they control the destination address on that same network. What they share is the chain, the asset, and the address text. The brand of the receiving app is secondary.

Until you confirm, nothing has moved. MetaMask can show a preview and you can close it. After the network includes the transaction, the send is public. Exchanges then apply their own rules about how many confirmations they want before they credit an account. That wait is the exchange's policy. MetaMask is not holding the coins in a pending withdrawal queue.

The token you send is what the other side should receive. The network's native coin pays the fee. A dollar figure on the portfolio screen is a price estimate that can move while you work. The same token symbol on two networks is two balances. A withdraw on the wrong chain is a finished transfer to the wrong place.

Every successful send lines up an asset, a network, and an address. Get the checklist from the receiving side, not from memory.

Open the deposit page on the exchange, or the receive screen on the other wallet, and read the asset name and the network name on that page. Then copy the address from that same page. If the page says the deposit is for a specific network, your MetaMask account has to be on that network before you sign. A correct address string on the wrong network is a common way to lose a transfer.

Ethereum-style addresses usually start with 0x. Litecoin, Bitcoin, and XRP Ledger addresses look different. If the destination does not look like an address your current network uses, stop. Forcing a paste because the first and last characters seem familiar is how funds get stranded.

Some chains and some exchanges also ask for a destination tag, a memo, or a payment id. That extra field is part of the deposit instructions when the page shows it. This guide is about MetaMask's Ethereum-style sends, which often use the address alone. If the page in front of you shows an extra code and you are on a network that uses one, follow that page. Leaving off a required tag can make an exchange receive the coins in a shared wallet and fail to credit your account.

Read the full address. Malware has swapped clipboard contents, and a lookalike address can share the first and last few characters. After you paste, compare a stretch in the middle with the source page.

The amount has to fit the balance on that network, with room for the fee when you pay the fee in the same coin you are sending. Token sends usually pay the fee in the native coin, so a wallet full of a token and empty of that coin cannot finish the withdraw. Move a small amount of the native coin on the same network first, and do one job at a time.

Sending to an exchange and sending to your own second wallet feel similar in MetaMask and behave differently after the transfer confirms.

When you control both wallets, a test that arrives in the wrong account is still yours. You can send it onward once you understand what happened. When you send to an exchange, you are asking that company to credit a customer account. Their deposit address may be unique to you or shared across customers. Their system matches the asset, the network, and sometimes a tag. If any of those disagree with the page you copied from, the coins can sit outside your exchange balance even though the chain shows a successful transfer. Recovery then depends on the exchange's policy, not on a button in MetaMask.

Exchanges change deposit addresses and pause deposits. Copy the address when you send. An old screenshot is a stale instruction. A whitelist for funds leaving the exchange does not check the deposit you are making into it. The deposit page is the instruction that matters.

Your own second wallet has a different risk. You might send to an account whose phrase you no longer have. The destination is useful only if someone still has the keys. Before a large withdraw, open that wallet and confirm you can sign.

The Coinbase to MetaMask guide covers the inbound hop, from the exchange into self-custody. The outbound hop uses the same match in reverse: the deposit screen names the asset and the network, you send from MetaMask on that network, and you wait for the credit. Coinbase is one example. Any exchange deposit page deserves the same reading. A custom network name inside the wallet can be wrong, so trust the deposit page plus a small test over a guess based on the token symbol.

These are decisions, not a map of buttons. Wallet layouts change. The order of checks should not.

Confirm the funds are already in MetaMask

Look at the account you intend to send from and the network it is on. The balance you care about should be visible there. If the money is on a gambling site, in an exchange, or on a chain this account is not showing, you are not ready to withdraw from this wallet. Finish the earlier move first.

Read the destination page in the same sitting

On the exchange, open the deposit screen for the asset and leave it open. On another wallet, open the receive screen. Note the asset, the network, and the address. If anything is paused or marked unavailable, do not send.

Match the network before you build the transaction

Switch MetaMask to the network named on that page. Check the asset symbol and, for tokens, that you are holding the token you mean to send. A similarly named token can sit next to the real one after a bad import. If you did not add that token yourself from a source you trust, do not send it anywhere as if it were the asset the exchange listed.

Preview the fee and the recipient

The preview should show the destination, the amount, and a network fee. If the fee looks unusual for that network, wait and look again rather than confirming through impatience. You are allowed to reject the preview. Rejecting costs nothing.

Send a small test

For a new exchange address or a new network, send a small amount first. Wait until the destination shows it. An exchange credit is the real proof. A block explorer that shows success only proves the chain accepted the transfer, which still happens when you picked a network the exchange does not credit.

Send the remainder to the same instructions

Use the same asset, network, and address that received the test. Copy the address again from the live page. Deposit addresses can rotate, and a test from last month is not a lifetime approval. Keep the transaction hash from the wallet or the explorer so you can show the exchange a record if a credit is slow.

Stop if the preview disagrees with the page

If the network name, the asset, or the address does not match the destination page, cancel the preview. Sort out the mismatch before any amount moves. A withdraw you abort is a success when the alternative is a final send to the wrong place.

The network fee is called gas on Ethereum-style chains. You pay it so validators include your transaction. MetaMask estimates it in the preview. The estimate can change between the moment you open the preview and the moment you confirm, because the network's price for block space moves. Read the number that is actually on the confirm screen.

Keep a little of the native coin on the same network. A dollar stablecoin balance does not cover gas on a typical Ethereum-style network.

A transfer can sit pending when the fee is too low for current demand. While it is pending, it has not finished. Wallets sometimes let you replace a pending transaction with another that uses the same nonce and a higher fee. That is a race. After confirmation, replacement is over. If you sent to an address you control on another Ethereum-style chain, the same key may still reach those funds when you switch networks. That is not a promise. Exchange addresses do not follow your key. If you sent to an exchange on a network they do not support, you have to ask them, and MetaMask cannot fetch the coins. Keep the transaction hash. It helps a support agent. It is not a chargeback.

A casino balance is an IOU on that site until the site sends crypto to your wallet. Withdrawing from MetaMask happens after those coins are already at your address. Mixing the two produces bad advice: people hunt for a cashout button in the extension, or they send a wallet balance to a deposit address and think they are withdrawing.

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