--- title: "Archive box" canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SPM/1918634657/Archive%20box" format: markdown --- > Macro (aura-html) # Archive a box (old navigation)
Click to expand the guide ## 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://4474567f-3a47-436a-b95c-319832886442) A success message will appear after a [box is archived](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918405770): ![Archivization confirmation message](media://c11c97fb-3e2e-44c1-8da0-ff5dc1c99efd) Only the **[Own](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536)**[ and ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536)**[None](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536)**[ scope boxes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536) 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/SPM/pages/1918407114)**.  ![App Configuration](media://247ee4c3-daf2-41c1-8461-1ae2a016ca4e) #### 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.
# Archive a box (new navigation)
Click to expand the guide ## 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 on the Main box level or while in the box they want to archive. ![Archive option on the box options dropdown.](media://45687f93-7a8b-4343-b028-3463882ac02d) A success message will appear after a [box is archived](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918405770). ![Archivization confirmation message](media://c11c97fb-3e2e-44c1-8da0-ff5dc1c99efd) Only the **[Own](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536)**[ and ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536)**[None](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536)**[ scope boxes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918766536) 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 checks whether 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 for automatic archiving of boxes can be defined and changed in **App Configuration **> **Modules** > **[Overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918407114)**.  ![Box auto-archiving options.](media://858d5ebf-689f-4bdc-8d75-853ce7fa9a23) #### 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. ## 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.