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# Manage an automation

Activate or deactivate an automation, edit its name and description, and delete it safely.

An automation stays fully editable after creation. The toggle in its header controls whether it runs, the **Pipeline** tab stays open for changes, and the **Settings** tab holds its name, description, and deletion.

## Activate and deactivate

The toggle in the header switches the automation between **Active** and **Inactive**.

A new automation starts **Inactive**. Switching it on is the last step of [creating it](/baas-console/automations/create-an-automation.md), once its trigger and actions are in place. Deactivating is the safe pause button: an **Inactive** automation turns away its trigger's firings and records nothing, while the pipeline and run history stay exactly as you left them. Flip it back any time.

A run already under way is not interrupted: it finishes normally.

## Edit the name and description

Open the **Settings** tab. The **Settings** card holds the two fields from creation:

* **Name**, up to 150 characters. Names stay [unique](/baas-console/automations/create-an-automation.md).
* **Description (optional)**, up to 5000 characters.

Click **Save** to apply.

## Tune the pipeline

The **Pipeline** tab stays editable at any time:

* Drag an action node to reorder the pipeline, or use its arrows; future runs follow the new order.
* Toggle an action off to leave it out of future runs, without deleting it.
* Edit or delete an [action](/baas-console/automations/actions.md) from its node.
* Reopen the configuration of a [trigger](/baas-console/automations/triggers.md) with the **Edit** button on its node.

## Delete an automation

In the **Settings** tab, go to the **Danger Zone** card, click **Delete automation**, and confirm.

While a run is **Queued** or **Running**, the deletion is refused and nothing is touched. Let those runs finish, then delete.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Deleting removes everything.** The automation, its trigger, its actions, and the entire run history are removed permanently. Their logs are no longer accessible through BaaS. [Download the logs](/baas-console/automations/runs-and-logs.md) you want to keep first. If you only want the automation to stop running, deactivate it instead.
{% endhint %}

## Next

* [Runs and logs](/baas-console/automations/runs-and-logs.md): see the effect of your changes on the next run.
* [Automations](/baas-console/automations.md): back to the section overview.