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alias: user-guide-terminate-iot-schema
description: "Terminate an IoT Schema to remove it from the system permanently"
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# Terminate IoT Schema

:lock: IoTSchema.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Terminate an **IoT Schema**.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

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

## Sequence of Steps

The Terminate IoT Schema wizard can be called from the **IoT Schema** page within the Business Data Group.

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.

![terminate_iot_schema][terminate_iot_schema]

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

[terminate_iot_schema]: images/terminate_iot_schema.png