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alias: user-guide-unterminate-document
description: "This documentation details the process of restoring a terminated document to an active state"
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# Unterminate Document

:lock: Document.**Unterminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Unterminate a **Document**.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Document** exists in the system and is in the Terminated state.

## Sequence of Steps

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

### Step 1: Change Set

1. Select an existing Change Set or select Create to create a new **Change Set**. If configured to support implicit **Change Sets**, it is also possible to check the option Use Automatic Change Set.
2. Optionally, select an Approval Role.

### Step 2: Details

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

For more information, see [[user-guide-terminate-and-unterminate]].

![Screenshot showing an Unterminate document with details.](images/unterminate_document.png)