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alias: user-guide-automation-manager-terminate
description: "Initiate the process to end an Automation Manager’s operation within the system"
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# Terminate Automation Manager

:lock: AutomationManager.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Terminate a **Automation Manager**.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

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

## Sequence of Steps

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

### Step 1: General Data

1. Select **Terminate** to perform the operation. All generic/smart table rows that reference the current object will be removed and will not be recovered if the object is unterminated at a later point.

For more information, see [Terminate and Unterminate](../../../general/terminate_and_unterminate.md).

![terminate_automation_manager][terminate_automation_manager]

[terminate_automation_manager]: images/terminate_automation_manager.png