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# Archive agents

> Archive unused agents so they leave the active list without being deleted. Restore them when you need them again.

Archive takes an agent out of the active list without deleting it. Existing conversations stay readable. Restore puts the agent back.

## Archive an agent

You can archive an agent you own from **Agents**. Open the agent, click **Archive agent**, then confirm with **Archive**.

The confirmation says the agent leaves the list and can't start new chats. Existing conversations stay readable. You can restore it later.

Select **Don't show this explanation again** if you want later archives to skip the dialog.

## Find and restore archived agents

Open **Agents** and select **Archived**. Restore from the menu with **Restore agent**, or click **Restore** on the banner when you open the agent.

**Archived** appears once you have archived agents you own or edit. If there are none, the list shows **No archived agents**.

## What archived agents can and cannot do

Archived agents cannot start new chats. Slack, Teams, API, workflow, automation, and subagent runs are blocked.

Sharing, instructions, tools, knowledge, Verified, and Disabled stay as they were. Projects and templates cannot be archived.

## Who can archive

Owners archive agents they own. Workspace admins archive any agent from [Governance](/en/admin/manage-agents/archive-agents). Editors cannot archive or restore.

If you open an archived agent you don't own, you see that it is archived, when, and who owns it. You cannot restore it.