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title: Retiring and archiving specifications
description: When a published specification or product offering is no longer being used, you can retire it. A retired version stays in the operational tables, but you can't use it in a product offering or create specification versions from it. To remove a retired version from the operational tables, archive it. Archiving doesn't permanently delete the version.
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# Retiring and archiving specifications

When a published specification or product offering is no longer being used, you can retire it. A retired version stays in the operational tables, but you can't use it in a product offering or create specification versions from it. To remove a retired version from the operational tables, archive it. Archiving doesn't permanently delete the version.