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alias: user-guide-terminate-container
description: "This documentation outlines the process for ending a container’s operation within a system"
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# Terminate Container

:lock: Container.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Terminate a **Container**.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

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

## Sequence of Steps

The Terminate Container wizard can be called from the **Container** 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_container][terminate_container]

[terminate_container]: images/terminate_container.png