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# Archive and restore work

> Archive projects and tasks, find retained history, and restore work without losing workflow state.

Archive removes work from active use and keeps its history and links.
It preserves IDs, workflow columns, comments, Activity, attachments, Artifacts,
dependencies, and milestone or strategy links.

## Archive a project

An organization owner or admin can open **Project Settings**, select
**Archive project**, and confirm the action. The action is separate from
permanent deletion.

The project moves from **Active** to **Archived** on the Projects page. Normal
navigation, dashboard cards, task-create and move destinations, and default
search exclude it. Open the **Archived** view or use an authorized saved link
to read its board, list, tasks, and history.

An **Archived project** marker identifies the read-only state. The project
cannot accept new tasks or edits to its work. New automated work is suspended;
existing automation configuration and execution history remain available.

## Restore a project

Open the archived project's settings and select **Restore project**. You must
be an organization owner or admin. Atoll checks the project limit and active
task limit before it restores any work. If capacity is insufficient, the
project stays archived and no task archive flags change.

Project archive and restore leave each task's own archive flag and workflow
status unchanged. For example, task A is individually archived and task B is
active. Project archive removes both from active use. Project restore returns
B in its original column; A stays archived.

Active counts and progress use the same active task set. Archived projects
show historical counts and progress separately from their zero active counts.

In an archived project's overview, milestone progress uses retained task
history, including tasks archived before the project. The milestone section
labels these counts **Historical: x/y complete**. Authorized initiative links
and counts remain available, including links made only through archived tasks.
Ordinary active dashboards keep their active scope. After project restore,
milestone counts use active tasks again; individually archived tasks remain
excluded.

## Archive or restore a task

Archive a task to remove it from active work without marking it Done or
Cancelled. In an active project, open **Archived Tasks** to find archived tasks
and use **Restore task** to clear a task's individual archive flag. An exact task
link also retains access under the usual permissions.

| Task marker | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Archived** | The task has an individual archive flag. |
| **Archived with project** | Only the parent project is archived. |
| **Archived; project also archived** | Both archive states apply. |

Restore an archived parent project before you restore or edit its tasks.
An individually archived task in an active project keeps its existing
permitted edits. An edit does not restore it or restart automated work.

## Dependencies

An archived blocker satisfies its dependency, including when the archive is
inherited from its project. The dependency edge and selected release column
remain. Restoring the blocker checks the same release point and can block the
dependent task again.

For commands and exact filters, see [CLI work commands](/cli/issues-comments-projects.md)
and [API fields](/api-reference/fields.md#project-and-task-archive-lifecycle).


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