# What's the best way to deactivate a Sendbird Application in a way we could restore it if needed?
**URL:** https://community.sendbird.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-deactivate-a-sendbird-application-in-a-way-we-could-restore-it-if-needed/10099
**Category:** API
**Created:** [September 19, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-deactivate-a-sendbird-application-in-a-way-we-could-restore-it-if-needed/10099 "2024-09-19T16:16:35Z")
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### Author:  [@Chad\_TFA](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Chad_TFA)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-deactivate-a-sendbird-application-in-a-way-we-could-restore-it-if-needed/10099/1 "2024-09-19T16:16:35Z")
We’re setting up Sendbird to have unique applications for each of our organizations. In our use case, if an organization goes inactive, we’d love to be able to deactivate the application in some form. As far as I can tell, there isn’t a way to do that. It seems like it would be mass disabling of user accounts (would be my guess).
Is there a better way to do this? Has anyone else approached this problem?
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### Author:  [@Suhirtha\_Ayyappan](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Suhirtha_Ayyappan)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-deactivate-a-sendbird-application-in-a-way-we-could-restore-it-if-needed/10099/3 "2024-10-17T10:59:37Z")
Hi @Chad_TFA,
Please be aware that if you delete the application, all associated data will be permanently removed from Sendbird. The only way to temporarily deactivate the account is by deactivating all users of the application. You can also easily reactivate the users later.
