---
alias: user-guide-terminate-maintenance-plan-instance
description: "Terminate a maintenance plan instance, permanently removing the associated object"
---

# Terminate Maintenance Plan Instance

:lock: MaintenancePlanInstance.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Terminate a **Maintenance Plan Instance** object. While this is an operation to terminate a single **Maintenance Plan Instance**, there is another operation that can be used to terminate multiple **Maintenance Plan Instances**, accessible through the **Maintenance Plan** page. For more information, see [[user-guide-terminate-maintenance-plan-instances]].

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Maintenance Plan Instance** exists in the system and is in Active or Created state.

## Sequence of Steps

The Terminate Maintenance Plan Instance wizard can be called from the **Maintenance Plan Instance** 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 not be removed.

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

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

![terminate_maintenance_plan_instance][terminate_maintenance_plan_instance]

[terminate_maintenance_plan_instance]: ../images/terminate_maintenance_plan_instance.png