# Deactivate or reactivate a bot

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By default, users can deactivate and reactivate the bots that they
add. Organization admins can prevent users from reactivating bots by
[restricting bot creation](/help/restrict-bot-creation).

Organization administrators can also deactivate or reactivate any existing
bot, regardless of who owns them.

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4. Find the bot that you would like to manage and click
**Deactivate** or **Reactivate** to its right.

## Related articles

* [Restrict bot creation](/help/restrict-bot-creation)