# Can I delist from Factional Warfare?

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**Category:** New Citizens Q&A\
**Created:** [October 23, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-delist-from-factional-warfare/333830 "2021-10-23T19:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erwin\_Anton\_Brown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/erwin_anton_brown/32/293703_2.png) [@Erwin\_Anton\_Brown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Erwin_Anton_Brown)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-delist-from-factional-warfare/333830/1 "2021-10-23T19:50:32Z")

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I’m very new to eve and I was checking out factional warfare. The question is simple, can I delist from factional warfare if I find out that I’m not ready for it yet. Because I remember this one time, I was looking for “adventures” and went to the Angel Cartel HQ and they destroyed me in seconds.

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**Author:** ![Qia\_Kare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/qia_kare/32/279281_2.png) [@Qia\_Kare](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Qia_Kare)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-delist-from-factional-warfare/333830/2 "2021-10-23T20:03:58Z")

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You can sign up for and drop out of Faction Warfare. I’ve never done this, though, so there may be delays. I think solo pilots join an NPC faction warfare corporation, in which case your enlistment or delistment will probably be near instant. If you sign up as a corporation or alliance, however, there will be a delay, I am pretty sure.

Also, effects like standings loss will be permanent once you incur them with a particular faction. Someone with more experience will hopefully be along to provide more authoritative information, but I am certain you can drop out of Faction Warfare in at most a day or so no matter your situation.

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**Author:** ![Scipio\_Artelius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/scipio_artelius/32/408264_2.png) [@Scipio\_Artelius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Scipio_Artelius)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-delist-from-factional-warfare/333830/3 "2021-10-23T20:21:46Z")

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The Eve-Uni article has a good explanation on leaving:

[https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Faction\_warfare#Leaving\_Factional\_Warfare](https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Faction_warfare#Leaving_Factional_Warfare)

And an overall, more or less current state of FW is worth a read also:

> **[r/Eve - Faction Warfare in 2021](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/nlwnwo/faction_warfare_in_2021/)**
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> 322 votes and 146 comments so far on Reddit

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-delist-from-factional-warfare/333830/4 "2022-01-21T20:21:52Z")

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