# Archive or restore a goal

Hide a goal you no longer need without losing its history, find archived goals, and restore them.

Archiving hides a goal from every view, rollup and report, and keeps its history. You can restore it at any time.

**Who can do this:** anyone who can delete the goal. See [Roles and permissions](https://help.brev.io/roles-and-permissions/).

## Archive a goal {#steps}

1. Open the goal's ⋯ menu and choose **Archive Goal** (Archive Metric, Archive Project).
2. If it has sub-goals, leave **Also archive sub-goals** on to archive them too. Turn it off to keep them active.
3. Click **Archive**.

![The Archive Goal confirmation with its Also archive sub-goals switch, Cancel and Archive.](https://help.brev.io/doc-assets/screenshots/goals-list-archiving.png)

> **Tip: Success check**
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> The goal leaves the list, and its parent's progress recalculates without it.

## Find and restore an archived goal {#restore}

1. Above the goal list, expand **Filters** and switch on **Show archived**. Archived goals show dimmed, with an Archived badge.
2. Open the goal's ⋯ menu and choose **Unarchive Goal**.

The goal comes back with its sub-goals and any archived parents above it.

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