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title: Return consumable assets to stockrooms
description: Move a consumable asset that is in a consumed state and has completed its life cycle back to an in-stock status.
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product: Asset Management
classification: asset-management
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Consumables life cycle, Use, Base Asset Management, Common applications, Asset Management]
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# Return consumable assets to stockrooms

Move a consumable asset that is in a consumed state and has completed its life cycle back to an in-stock status.

## Before you begin

Role required: asset, itil, itil\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Asset** > **Consumables**.

2.  In the consumable record, click **Retire**.

    **Retire** appears only if the consumable asset is currently in a consumed state.

3.  In the Retire Asset dialog box, select a stockroom.

    The quantity gets populated based on the quantity of the consumption of the consumable asset.

4.  Update the **Quantity** field based on the quantity of consumable assets that you want to retire.

    You can choose to retire the entire quantity of consumable assets or only a part of the quantity.

5.  Select a substate and click **OK**.

    You return to the consumable record. A message appears at the top of the form layout with the number of assets that you have retired.


**Parent Topic:**[Consumables life cycle](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/asset-management/c_FollowLifeCycleConsumbl.md)