> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to set a stock item inactive

> Stop a stock item being offered for new orders, and leave the orders it already has untouched, by setting its status to Inactive.

> [card] [Open in TWICE Admin](https://admin.twicecommerce.com/inventory/stock-items)
>
> inventory/stock-items

Set a stock item **Inactive** to stop it being offered for new orders, whether a listing rents it, sells it or books it. The orders it already has keep it. [Stock Item Status](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/concepts/inventory/stock-item-status.md) explains when to use **Inactive**, a reservation or archiving.

## Prerequisites

> [!WARNING]
>
> **Required permissions:**
>
> * **Create and edit stock items** to change a stock item's status (`inventory:stock_item:manage`). Every built-in role holds it, Member included.
>
> See [Users & Roles](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/settings/users-roles.md).

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Have ready before you start:**
>
> * **The stock item's name or code**, to find it.
> * **What it still has booked.** Setting it **Inactive** leaves the orders it already has in place. To take it off them as well, [archive it](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/inventory/archive-stock-items.md) instead.

## The walkthrough

**1. Open the stock item**

Open **Inventory → Stock items**, enter the stock item's name or code in **"Search item name or SKU"**, and click its row. The stock item opens on its **General** tab. With more than one location, check the location selector in the top-left corner first.

To change several at once, follow [Bulk-edit stock items](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/inventory/bulk-edit-stock-items.md) instead.

**2. Choose Inactive**

In the **Status** card on the right of the **General** tab, open the dropdown and choose **Inactive**. A dark bar appears across the top of the page with **Discard** and **Save changes**.

**3. Save the change**

Click **Save changes** in the bar. The bar closes, and the chip next to the stock item's name reads **Inactive**, in red.

**4. Check what it still has booked**

Open the **Events** tab. Orders and reservations already booked on the stock item are still listed with their dates, because setting it **Inactive** releases none of them.

## How do I know it worked?

* **The chip next to the stock item's name reads Inactive**, in red, and so does the **Status** card.
* **No listing offers it any more**, and it is not in the list of stock items you can add to an order.
* **The orders it already had still hold it**, and its **Events** tab lists them as before.

## Troubleshooting / common pitfalls

> [accordion] No bar appears after choosing Inactive
>
> The stock item is a **Draft**: its registration has not finished, and a draft's status is not saved from this card. Finish registering it first. See [Stock Item Status](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/concepts/inventory/stock-item-status.md#draft).

> [accordion] The stock item still goes out on an order
>
> Setting it **Inactive** keeps the orders it already has. Put another unit on that order's line, or archive the stock item, which releases its holds apart from a sale's hold and a reservation with no end date. See [Swap a stock item](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/orders/swap-a-stock-item.md).

> [accordion] A listing stopped offering the stock item
>
> Listings count **Active** stock items only, for selling as well as renting and booking. Choose **Active** in the same **Status** card when it is ready to go back on offer. See [Stock Item Status](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/concepts/inventory/stock-item-status.md#where-do-i-use-it).

## Related articles

> [card] [Stock Item Status](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/concepts/inventory/stock-item-status.md)
>
> Active, Inactive and Draft, and what each one lets a stock item do.

> [card] [Retiring stock](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/inventory/fleet-to-resale)
>
> Every walkthrough for taking stock out of use.

> [card] [Archive stock items](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/inventory/archive-stock-items.md)
>
> Take a stock item out of use and release what it holds.

> [card] [Reserve a stock item](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/inventory/reserve-a-stock-item.md)
>
> Hold a stock item for a set time instead.

> [card] [Bulk-edit stock items](https://www.twicecommerce.com/docs/guides/inventory/bulk-edit-stock-items.md)
>
> Change the status of several stock items at once.


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