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# Merchant archiving

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By archiving Merchants you can keep the Global Merchants Overview tidy without losing valuable data. To be able to do that your user must have the permissions "**merchant.archive** " and "**merchant.show-archived** "

![User Permission Archive Merchant](https://documentation.ixopay.com/manual/assets/ideal-img/user-permission-archive-merchant.c079fa3.1280.png)User Permission Archive Merchant

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> Once a Merchant is archived all of his associated configuration elements such as Connectors, Users, Templates are also archived. After archiving you still have the option to un-archive a Merchant.

If the feature is enabled, you will find an **Archived Merchants** Tab in the Global Merchants Overview.

![Global Merchants Overview](https://documentation.ixopay.com/manual/assets/ideal-img/global-merchants-overview-archived.30067a6.1280.png)Global Merchants Overview

Archive a Merchant from your setup:

1. Click **Edit** on the desired Merchant in the Global Merchant Overview
2. In the form an **Archive** switch will be available in the basic data Section. Enable the switch
3. Click **Save Merchant**
4. Click **Archive** to confirm your action

The Merchant and his associated configuration elements are disabled and archived immediately. The Merchant now can be found under the **Archived Merchants** tab.

![Merchant Configuration Form](https://documentation.ixopay.com/manual/assets/ideal-img/merchant-configuration-form.90c5f01.1280.png)Merchant Configuration Form![Confirmation Archiving](https://documentation.ixopay.com/manual/assets/ideal-img/confirmation-archiving.302bfb0.626.png)Confirmation Archiving

Un-archive a Merchant:

1. Click **Edit** on the desired Merchant in the Archived Merchant tab
2. In the form an **Archive** switch will be enabled in the basic data Section. Disable the switch
3. Click **Save Merchant**
4. Each component archived under the Merchant can be selected or deselected individually for unarchiving along with the Merchant, or the user can restore all components instead.
5. Click on **Restore** or **Restore Everything**

The Merchant will be restored in the Global Merchant Overview.

![Un-archive merchant](https://documentation.ixopay.com/manual/assets/ideal-img/unarchive-merchant.c706c7a.1210.png)Un-archive merchant