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alias: user-guide-terminate-checklist-instance
description: "Terminate a Checklist Instance to end its execution within the system"
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# Terminate Checklist Instance

:lock: TerminateChecklistInstance.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to terminate a **Checklist Instance**.

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* **Checklist** is Active or Checklist Version is Effective.
* **Checklist** is of scope General.
* If the **Checklist** is Long Running it must have been opened first.
* The **Checklist Instance** exists in the system and it is in the Active state.
* If the Scope of the **Checklist Instance** is Material and the Execution Mode is Long Running, any active Protocol that references any Checklist Instance Item of the current **Checklist Instance** is terminated using [[user-guide-terminate-protocol-instance]].

## Sequence of Steps

The Terminate Checklist Instance wizard can be called from the **Checklist Instance** page located 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.

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

![Screenshot showing a checklist with a selected "Terminate" option, indicating removal of related data.](../images/terminate_checklist_instance.png)