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deactivate account

To deactivate an account is to change it to an inactive state without deleting it.

In plain English

This means switching the account off so it is no longer active. The account still exists rather than being removed.

In context

Here, it names the option for changing the account to an inactive state while keeping the account itself in place.

Situation
Account recovery, locked-account support, reactivation, and closure requests
What it communicates
names the option for turning the account off

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say whether the inactive account can later be made active again.

Examples

“She deactivated the account but did not delete it.”

Core meaning

“Select Deactivate account instead of removing the profile.”

In context

  • activate account Opposite

    It changes the same kind of account to the active state rather than the inactive state.

  • delete account Contrast

    This removes the account rather than leaving it in an inactive state.