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# How do I archive or restore a pass?

> Take a pass off sale without touching any family's holding, choose what happens to rules that still require it, and put it back on sale later.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Archiving is not deleting.** It takes a pass off sale and leaves every family's holding untouched: holders keep using it, and paid renewals keep billing.
  * **A required pass asks first.** If a requirement still lists the pass, you choose **Stop requiring this pass**, **Keep it listed, switch the gate off**, or **Keep requiring this pass**.
  * **Restore pass puts it back on sale.** **Delete** is the action that removes families' holdings.
  * **Who can.** Available on plans that include **Passes**, for staff with the **Edit Training** permission.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Archive the pass">
    Go to **Settings > Registration > Passes**. Choose **Archive pass** from the row or card's actions menu, or from the **Status** section of the pass's **Details** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Answer the requirement question, if asked">
    If a requirement still lists the pass, a dialog titled **Archiving \[pass name]** asks what happens to those rules. Choose an option (none is picked for you) and click **Continue**, or click **Go back** to leave the pass on sale. The message **Pass archived** confirms it, and the status changes to **Archived**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**What archiving does.** The pass leaves your club website's Passes page and isn't offered when a family registers for a program that requires a pass, so nobody new can buy it. It stays in your Passes list. Every holding keeps working until its own end date (or until a credit pass runs out): holders keep their pass-holder price and still meet pass requirements, and paid auto-renewals keep billing.

**The requirement choices.**

| Choice | What happens |
| - | - |
| **Stop requiring this pass** | Removes it from every rule that accepts it. A rule left accepting nothing switches off, so those programs stop asking for a pass. |
| **Keep it listed, switch the gate off** | The rules keep this pass selected but stop blocking anyone, so nobody is locked out while it is archived. It switches off only rules that would block everyone without this pass; the dialog says how many. |
| **Keep requiring this pass** | Families who already hold it can still register. New families cannot, because the store no longer sells this pass. |

**Restoring.** Choose **Restore pass** from the actions menu or under **This pass is archived** on the **Details** tab. The message **Pass restored** confirms it's back on sale. Your requirement choice stays: a removed pass isn't added back, and a switched-off gate stays off until you turn it on again (for a program, its **Pass Requirement** switch). Restore first if you want to [give a family a complimentary pass](/club/passes/issue-a-complimentary-pass), since **Issue pass** works only on an active pass.

**Archive or delete?** Archive is reversible and never changes a holding. **Delete** is permanent: it removes every family's holding (credits, validity, auto-renewal), detaches the pass from every requirement and pauses achievements that used it.

**Related:** [How do I edit or delete a pass?](/club/passes/edit-or-delete-a-pass) · [How do I require a pass to register for a program?](/club/passes/require-a-pass-to-register) · [How do I sell passes on my website?](/club/passes/sell-passes-on-your-website) · [What happens when a recurring pass renews?](/club/passes/what-happens-when-a-pass-renews)