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alias: user-guide-terminate-multimedia
description: "This documentation outlines the process for permanently removing multimedia objects from a system"
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# Terminate Multimedia

:lock: Multimedia.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Terminate a **Multimedia** object.  

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Multimedia** exists in the system and is in Active or Created state.

## Sequence of Steps

The Terminate Multimedia wizard can be called from the **Multimedia** page within the Business Data Group.

### Step 1: General Data

1. Press **Terminate** to perform the operation. All generic/smart table rows that reference the current object will be removed.

For more information on terminating an object, visit the section [Terminate and Unterminate](../../general/terminate_and_unterminate.md).

!!! warning
	**Multimedia** objects can not be unterminated. If you terminate a **Multimedia** object, it will be permanently lost.

![terminate_multimedia][terminate_multimedia]

[terminate_multimedia]: images/terminate_multimedia.png