Closing a Collective
Discover how to archive or delete your Collective on Open Collective.
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Discover how to archive or delete your Collective on Open Collective.
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Collectives with any recorded transactions can only be archived, not deleted.
Before closing your Collective, you will need to (including any Projects or Events). You will also need to ensure that any outstanding expenses are paid. See our documentation on for more information.
If you have any transactions, you will need to archive your Collective.
This will prevent new donations (including recurring donations and expenses), but the Collective's financial history will still be visible.
To archive your Collective, navigate to your Collective’s Dashboard > Settings > Advanced, then click “Archive this Collective.”
If you want to activate your Collective again at a later date, navigate to the same “Advanced” page and find the “Unarchive This Collective” option. This will make your Collective visible to others again, but will not restart any old recurring contributions.
You can only delete a Collective if it has no history of transactions or financial activity.
Deleting it will remove all data, including membership and payment methods.
To delete your Collective, navigate to your Collective’s Dashboard > Settings > Advanced, then click “Delete this Collective.”
If you want to pause or cancel all contributions coming into your Collective, you can simply archive your account. This will stop all new and recurring contributions. If you simply need to pause new contributions without cancelling current ones, please to make it happen.
