Deactivate or reactivate a company

Last update: Wed Oct 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Topics:
System Setup and Administration

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You can deactivate a company that you no longer use while retaining all of its associated historical data. If you deactivate a company already in use somewhere in the system, it continues to function just like it always has. It is not removed or blocked.

Access requirements

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Workfront package	Any
Adobe Workfront license	Plan Standard
Access level configurations	You must have one of the following: The System Administrator access level, which allows you to edit any company in the system. Administrative access to manage companies, which allows you to edit any company in the system. NOTE: You can also manage companies associated with any group where you are assigned as a group administrator. To add and remove users from the Workfront system, you must have one of the following: The System Administrator access level. Users setting in your access level configured to Edit access, with Create and at least one of the two User Admin options enabled under Fine-tune your settings . Of these two options, if User Admin (Group Users) is enabled, you must be a group administrator of a group where the user is a member.

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Workfront package

Any

Adobe Workfront license

Plan

Standard

Access level configurations

You must have one of the following:

The System Administrator access level, which allows you to edit any company in the system.
Administrative access to manage companies, which allows you to edit any company in the system.

NOTE:

You can also manage companies associated with any group where you are assigned as a group administrator.
To add and remove users from the Workfront system, you must have one of the following:
- The System Administrator access level.
- Users setting in your access level configured to Edit access, with Create and at least one of the two User Admin options enabled under Fine-tune your settings .
  
  Of these two options, if User Admin (Group Users) is enabled, you must be a group administrator of a group where the user is a member.

For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Deactivate or reactivate a company

Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon in the upper-left corner, then click Setup .
In the left panel, click Companies .
Select one or more companies to deactivate or reactivate.
Click Edit.
For a single company, disable the Is Active option to deactivate it, or enable the option to activate it.

Or

For multiple companies, select No from the Is Active drop-down menu to deactivate them, or Yes to activate them.
Click Save Changes.

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