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# Activate or deactivate a role

> Turn a role on or off without deleting it.

Use deactivation when you want to retire a role temporarily without losing the permission set.

## Before you start

* Admin permission to manage roles

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Account -> Roles">
    Navigate to the roles page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the role">
    Locate it in the list.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Toggle the active switch">
    Activate or deactivate as needed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Confirm the change.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Tips

* Deactivating does not move users to a different role - they keep that role until you reassign them.
* You can re-enable a deactivated role at any time without losing the permissions.

## Related

* [Edit a role](/docs/getting-started/users-and-roles/edit-role)