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# Deactivate or reactivate a bot

{!admin-only.md!}

{!follow-steps.md!} deactivate or reactivate any bots
in your organization.

!!! tip ""
    You can manage your own bots or integrations on the
    [Your bots](/#settings/your-bots) {!settings.md!}

## Deactivate a bot

{!go-to-the.md!} [Bots](/#organization/bot-list-admin)
{!admin.md!}

4. Click the **Deactivate** button to the right of the bot that you want to
deactivate.

5. After clicking the **Deactivate** button, the button will transform into a
**Reactivate** button, and the **Name** and **Email** of the bot will be
stricken through, confirming the success of the bot's deactivation.

## Reactivate a bot

Zulip organization administrators can choose to reactivate a deactivated bot by
following the following steps.

{!go-to-the.md!} [Bots](/#organization/bot-list-admin)
{!admin.md!}

4. In the **Bots** section, click the **Reactivate** button to the right of the
bot that you want to reactivate.

5. After clicking the **Reactivate** button, the button will transform into a
**Deactivate** button, and the **Name** and **Email** of the bot will be cleared
of strikethrough, confirming the success of the bot's reactivation.
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00			`# Deactivate or reactivate a bot`

docs: Create and use Administrator only feature macro. 2017-01-17 18:54:19 +01:00			`{!admin-only.md!}`

			`{!follow-steps.md!} deactivate or reactivate any bots`
			`in your organization.`

			`!!! tip ""`
			`You can manage your own bots or integrations on the`
			`[Your bots](/#settings/your-bots) {!settings.md!}`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00
			`## Deactivate a bot`

Rename "Administration" to "Organization" in the settings UI. This better sets expectatations for the fact that in Zulip, the Organization settings UI is available read-only to non-administrator users. Tweaked by tabbott to update some additional references. 2017-04-07 21:39:58 +02:00			`{!go-to-the.md!} [Bots](/#organization/bot-list-admin)`
user docs: Add Administration macro to Deactivate or reactivate a bot doc. 2017-01-04 04:09:15 +01:00			`{!admin.md!}`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00
user docs: Add Administration macro to Deactivate or reactivate a bot doc. 2017-01-04 04:09:15 +01:00			`4. Click the Deactivate button to the right of the bot that you want to`
			`deactivate.`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00
user docs: Add Administration macro to Deactivate or reactivate a bot doc. 2017-01-04 04:09:15 +01:00			`5. After clicking the Deactivate button, the button will transform into a`
			`Reactivate button, and the Name and Email of the bot will be`
			`stricken through, confirming the success of the bot's deactivation.`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00
			`## Reactivate a bot`

docs: Ban the term realm from user documentation. Fixes #3031. 2017-01-09 05:46:03 +01:00			`Zulip organization administrators can choose to reactivate a deactivated bot by`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00			`following the following steps.`

Rename "Administration" to "Organization" in the settings UI. This better sets expectatations for the fact that in Zulip, the Organization settings UI is available read-only to non-administrator users. Tweaked by tabbott to update some additional references. 2017-04-07 21:39:58 +02:00			`{!go-to-the.md!} [Bots](/#organization/bot-list-admin)`
user docs: Add Administration macro to Deactivate or reactivate a bot doc. 2017-01-04 04:09:15 +01:00			`{!admin.md!}`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00
user docs: Add Administration macro to Deactivate or reactivate a bot doc. 2017-01-04 04:09:15 +01:00			`4. In the Bots section, click the Reactivate button to the right of the`
			`bot that you want to reactivate.`
docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature docs: Add user guide for Deactivate or reactivate a bot feature 2016-12-25 06:16:14 +01:00
user docs: Add Administration macro to Deactivate or reactivate a bot doc. 2017-01-04 04:09:15 +01:00			`5. After clicking the Reactivate button, the button will transform into a`
			`Deactivate button, and the Name and Email of the bot will be cleared`
			`of strikethrough, confirming the success of the bot's reactivation.`