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alias: user-guide-terminate-maintenance-plan-instances
description: "Terminate Maintenance Plan Instances allows for the simultaneous removal of multiple instances"
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# Terminate Maintenance Plan Instances

:lock: MaintenancePlanInstance.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to terminate multiple **Maintenance Plan Instance** objects simultaneously.

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Maintenance Plan Instances** exist in the system and are in Active or Created state.

## Sequence of Steps

The Terminate Maintenance Plan Instance wizard can be called from the **Maintenance Plan** page within the Business Data Group. Navigate to the **Instances** section of the Details view and select the **Terminate** button on the top of the grid that shows the current instances of **Maintenance Plan Instances** associated to this **Maintenance Plan**

### Step 1: General Data

1. Choose the **Maintenance Plan Instances** that you wish to terminate and select **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 [[user-guide-terminate-and-unterminate]].

!!! warning
	  Maintenance Plan Instance objects cannot be unterminated. If you terminate a Maintenance Plan Instance object, it will be permanently lost.

![Screenshot showing a table with rows referencing termination of Maintenance Plan Instances, including "2X Terminate Maintenance Plan Instances".](images/terminate_maintenance_plan_instance_bulk.png)