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title: Deactivate a control objective
description: Deactivate control objectives that are no longer relevant to their citation or parent control objective.
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# Deactivate a control objective

Deactivate control objectives that are no longer relevant to their citation or parent control objective.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_compliance\_admin or sn\_compliance\_manager

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Policy and Compliance** > **Policies and Procedures** > **Control objective**.

2.  Open a control objective.

3.  In the control objective, clear the check box marked **Active**.

4.  Click **Update**.

    When you deactivate or retire a control objective, the system retires the controls generated from it.


**Parent Topic:**[Manage control objectives and policies](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/r_PoliciesAndProcedures.md)