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title: "Archive box"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/2211939473/Archive%20box"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## Archive a box

You can archive a box manually or have it automated. However, you cannot archive a box that you are currently viewing.

### Manually

Box admins can manually archive a box in the Overview module.

![Archive option in a box configuration](media://9923e866-3868-4ec9-a99d-07c3d64f8aa7)

 A success message will appear after a [box is archived](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2212005216):

![Archivization confirmation message](media://7194bcf5-ba35-4b32-bdd6-d7488c7a92de)

Only the **[Own](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211126618)**[ and ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211126618)**[None](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211126618)**[ scope boxes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211126618) can be manually archived/restored. Relevant sub-boxes are automatically archived with the parent—archiving the parent automatically archives all its children. 

#### Limitations

- Boxes have to be archived in functional clusters. You can't archive a parent box with **Own** scope if it has sub-scope child boxes that are still active.
- You can't archive a context box (a box you are currently in)
- Root Box (Home box of the app) cannot be archived

### Automatically

When enabled, the app will check if any user has used a given box or any of its sub-boxes within a specified number of days. If the whole cluster of Boxes has not been used, they will all be automatically archived.

**Box auto-archiving** is enabled by default. Rules regarding the automatic archiving of boxes can be defined and changed in **App Configuration**> **Modules** >**[Overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211746149)**. 

![App Configuration](media://e26f6f6b-f346-4e88-b1c6-8208d97e421f)

#### Limitations

1. Closed boxes are not automatically archived. If one box in a cluster is "closed," none of the boxes can be archived since they need to be archived simultaneously.
2. The auto-archiving feature is not applied to sequential boxes with their own scope type.

## How to check which boxes will be archived

Go to the **Overview module** of the Home (root) box and check the **Inactive for** column to see when each box was last used.

### Limitations

Closed boxes are not automatically archived. If any box in a cluster is **Closed**, none of the boxes in that cluster can be archived, as they all need to be archived together.

### Restore archived boxes

Archived boxes can only be restored manually.