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alias: user-guide-unterminate-container
description: "This documentation details the process of transitioning a container to an untermited state"
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# Unterminate Container

:lock: Container.**Unterminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Unterminate 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 the Terminated state.

## Sequence of Steps

The Unterminate Container wizard can be called from the **Container** page within the Business Data Group.

### Step 1: General Data

1. Select **Unterminate** to perform the operation. All generic/smart table rows that reference this object will not be recovered.

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

![unterminate_container][unterminate_container]

[unterminate_container]: images/unterminate_container.png