--- title: How to Make Suppliers and Supplier Employees Inactive description: When a supplier, or one of the supplier’s employees no longer performs work for you, they can be set to inactive --- [Skip to content](https://help.fmiworks.com/knowledge/how-to-make-suppliers-and-supplier-employees-inactive#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Log a Ticket](https://help.fmiworks.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [Go to Customer Portal](https://help.fmiworks.com/support?hsLang=en) [![Logo.svg\]](https://help.fmiworks.com/hubfs/Logo.svg)](https://www.fmiworks.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Log a Ticket](https://help.fmiworks.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Go to Customer Portal](https://help.fmiworks.com/support) Get expert help, any time you need it - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Centre](https://help.fmiworks.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Facility Teams](https://help.fmiworks.com/knowledge/facility-teams?hsLang=en) 3. [User Management](https://help.fmiworks.com/knowledge/facility-teams?hsLang=en#user-management) # How to Make Suppliers and Supplier Employees Inactive ## When a supplier, or one of the supplier’s employees no longer performs work for you, they can be set to inactive This article is for FMI Works users who have been given the permission of Works Manager  ### Why can’t I delete suppliers?  For data integrity purposes, FMI Works does not allow suppliers and supplier employees to be deleted. If data deletion were allowed, historical records may be impacted.   Instead, FMI Works allows suppliers and supplier employees to be set to *Inactive*. An inactive supplier or supplier employee cannot be assigned to work orders and won’t appear in searches.   Setting suppliers or supplier employees to *Inactive* isn’t permanent, so you can reset them to *Active* anytime you wish.  If there is an open work order with an inactive supplier, the work order and its functions will behave as normal. Notification emails will be sent to the supplier, and you will be able to complete the work order. However, the inactive supplier won’t be available to select in any new work requests.  ### Setting a supplier to inactive  Go to the *Services* module, and select *Suppliers \> Supplier List.* Find the supplier you wish to set to *Inactive* and select the edit button (pencil image).  If you have a large list of suppliers, use the search filter to help find the one you are looking for.  ![Graphical user interface Description automatically generated](https://help.fmiworks.com/hubfs/undefined-Dec-06-2022-12-15-46-6510-AM.png) In the *Edit Supplier* page, you’ll see the field *Active* with a checked box next to it. Uncheck the box and select *Save* at the bottom of the page. The supplier is now inactive and cannot be assigned to work orders.  ![](https://help.fmiworks.com/hubfs/undefined-Dec-06-2022-12-16-32-9759-AM.png) ### Setting a supplier employee to inactive  Go to the *Services* module and select *Suppliers \> Supplier List.*  Find the supplier of the employee you wish to set to *Inactive* and select the edit button (pencil image).  On the *Edit Supplier* page, select the *Employees* tab, and then select the employee you wish to set to *Inactive*.  ![Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://help.fmiworks.com/hubfs/undefined-Dec-06-2022-12-20-07-5333-AM.png) On the right of the *Set as* section, select the *Inactive* button, and then select *Save* at the bottom of the page.  ![](https://help.fmiworks.com/hubfs/undefined-Dec-06-2022-12-20-27-6022-AM.png) Returning to the *Employees* tab, you will see the employee’s row is now coloured grey, indicating that employee is now *Inactive*. 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