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# Changing Student Status to Inactive

## Managing Student Status While Keeping Records

At times, you may encounter situations where a student temporarily leaves the school, or perhaps they've departed but you still wish to retain their records. In such cases, you can designate them as inactive, ensuring they remain stored within your account without receiving invoices or being added to classes.

#### To make students inactive:

1. Click `<` to the right of `Students`.
2. In the expanded menu click `View All`.
3. Locate the student's profile (or use the global search).
4. After opening their page, click on `Edit`.
5. Within the **'Other Information'** section, you'll find the option to change the student's status to `Inactive` and be sure to save your changes.

📝 If you make a student inactive, they’ll be removed from all class registers. Attendance data will no longer appear on the registers for that student, even if you reactivate them later.  
For historic attendance, you can still view their past absences by running the **Student Absences** report - this will show the **class name, date of absence,** and the **reason** (if one was added).

📝 If a student isn't currently enrolled in any classes, they won't be automatically marked as inactive. This means that their status will remain active in the system, even though they are not participating in any classes unless you choose to mark them as inactive.

 

However, if you prefer to keep the student's profile active while detaching or removing them from a class, follow our guide here ➡️ [Removing / Detaching Students from Classes](https://help.classmanager.com/en/removing-/-detaching-students-from-classes?hsLang=en)

Marking a student as inactive ensures they no longer have access while maintaining their records in the system. If you need further assistance with this, feel free to reach out!

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