Yes, if you own it. Toast hardware runs only Toast software and every device needs its own Toast subscription, so a used Toast device is sold to another Toast restaurant. Leased hardware, retired models and networking gear each come with their own catch, covered below with Toast's own wording.
Toast hardware only runs Toast
Toast's security FAQ says plainly: "You cannot install or run third-party apps on Toast devices" (source). Its PCI page adds that Toast payment devices can only process card data through Toast's own processing (source). A Toast Flex or Toast Go will not become a Square or Clover terminal, so the market for used Toast equipment is other Toast restaurants.
Every device needs its own subscription
"Each hardware device running Toast software needs a matching software subscription to stay active," Toast says. An unlicensed device locks after a 14-day grace period and unlocks once a subscription is bought (source). The same article lists "the device was purchased secondhand" as a normal reason a device has no subscription. In other words, Toast expects secondhand devices and gives the new owner a way to activate them.
Who owns the hardware
Hardware bought outright is yours. Toast's returns article says that once the 90-day return window has passed, unused hardware "is yours to do with as you please" (source). Leased hardware is different: under Toast Easy Pay you "pay to use the Toast-owned equipment for the duration of the term," and title passes only when you buy it out (source).
Check your Toast order history or contract. If anything was leased through Easy Pay, settle the buyout with Toast first. Selling equipment you do not own is not something we can quote.
Retired devices cannot come back
Toast keeps a list of devices it no longer supports: the Toast Go 1, Elo V1, older Samsung, Acer, Azpen and OnePlus tablets, POSPAD, Teamsable, MR18 and Open Mesh access points, the MagTek eDynamo, and any device on Android 7.x or 8.0. These "will require a new device to be purchased" (source). Toast offers free recycling for retired hardware (source).
Networking has the tightest rules
Toast does not support moving network equipment between locations except Ubiquiti and Toast Pronto access points, the Pronto router and Pronto managed switches bought from Toast. Meraki routers cannot be moved between accounts (source).
Used Toast hardware does go back into service
Toast sells "Certified Refurbished" Toast Go 2 handhelds itself, described as used Toast products that have been restored and tested, with the same one-year limited warranty as new (source). That is the clearest sign there is demand for used Toast equipment from restaurants already on Toast.
Questions and answers
Can you sell used Toast POS hardware?
Yes, if you own it outright. Toast hardware runs only Toast software, and each device needs its own Toast subscription to stay active, so the next owner is another Toast restaurant. Equipment leased through Toast Easy Pay belongs to Toast until the lease is bought out, and retired models such as the Toast Go 1 cannot be reactivated.
Will a used Toast device work for the next restaurant?
Yes, on a Toast account with a subscription for that device. Toast lists "the device was purchased secondhand" as a normal reason a device has no subscription, and the fix it gives is buying one in Device Hub. Toast also says reusing hardware at a new location often needs a factory reset first.
Can Toast hardware be used with Square, Clover or another POS?
No. Toast says third-party apps cannot be installed or run on Toast devices, and its payment devices can only process cards through Toast. That is why used Toast hardware goes to other Toast restaurants rather than to restaurants on a different system.
Which Toast devices can no longer be reactivated?
Toast lists the Toast Go 1, Elo V1, older Samsung, Acer, Azpen and OnePlus tablets, POSPAD, Teamsable, MR18 and Open Mesh access points, the MagTek eDynamo, and any device on Android 7.x or 8.0 as no longer supported. Toast says these need a new device to be purchased.
Updated 2026-11-09. Quotes from Toast are taken from Toast's public support articles, linked inline. Toast's policies can change; your contract governs your account.