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title: "Retiring a Party"
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> Macro (toc)

If a party is no longer active, they can be retired. This means that they cannot have roles or authorities, but you can still view their record in the Parties module. 

# To Retire a Party

1. Click **Parties** to open the Parties module.
2. Select the party that you want to retire.
3. Click **Retire party** to retire the party.

When the party is retired, they cannot be assigned any new object authorities (for example, as OWNER or OPERATOR). 

> ℹ️ Note
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> ℹ️ You can’t remove authorisations after a party is retired. If you need to do this, unretire the party first and then remove the party authorisations.

# Viewing the Details of Retired Parties

By default, retired parties are not listed. If you want to show retired parties in search results, select the *Include Retired* checkbox in the search tool. Retired parties are highlighted in red and are marked as "(Retired)".

# Constraints on Retiring a Party

In some cases a party cannot be retired. For example, you cannot retire a party in the following cases:

- The party is the active member of a group
- There are alarm actions associated with the party
- The party has setflows
- The party is required by the system.

If any constraints apply, an error message is displayed which explains why the party cannot be retired.

# Unretiring a Party

You can unretire a retired party. 

> ℹ️ **Example**
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> ℹ️ You may need to do this so you can edit party details including party authorisations.

1. In the Parties module select the party that you want to unretire.
2. Click **Unretire party** to unretire the party.

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