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title: "Archiving Inspection Templates"
slug: "archiving-inspection-templates"
updated: 2025-04-29T22:29:02Z
published: 2025-04-29T22:29:02Z
canonical: "docs.serenityops.com/archiving-inspection-templates"
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# Archiving Inspection Templates

To preserve historical inspection data while preventing further use, Serenity recommends **archiving** inspection templates instead of deleting them. Archiving ensures all completed inspection records remain intact for future reference, reporting, or auditing purposes.

Follow the steps below to safely archive an inspection template:

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## Steps to Archive a Template

1. **Navigate to the Templates tab** From the **Inspections** module, open the **Templates** tab to view all available templates in your environment.
2. **Open the template to archive** Click the name of the inspection template you want to archive. This opens the template in edit mode.
3. **Deactivate the template** In the template header, **uncheck the “Active” box**. This disables the template and prevents anyone from launching new inspections based on it. *✅ Existing inspection tasks will remain unaffected.*
4. **(Recommended) Restrict access to archived data**
  - Under the **Access Management** section:
    - Set **Available to** = Private (template owner only)
    - Set **Tasks available to** = Private (task creators & assignees only)
5. ⚠️ Restricting access this way will also remove visibility of any inspection tasks created from the template unless you're the template owner or assigned to a task.
6. **Save your changes** Click **Save** to apply your changes. The template is now archived and hidden from general use.

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Archiving templates is a best practice for maintaining system cleanliness and data integrity—especially in environments with long-running or high-frequency inspections.