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Deactivate a staff account without deleting it
A 60-second screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 6 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to deactivate a staff account without deleting it
- 1Click Users under Administration in the sidebar
- 2Find the person and click the Actions button at the end of their row
- 3Click Edit
- 4Untick "Active (can sign in)" — their attendance, grades and notes all stay
- 5Click Save — the row dims and shows an Inactive badge
- 6Click the Inactive chip to find them again later
Part of School setup & the year cycle
Configure the school once — branding, years and terms, classes, staff, roles — then let the June rollover wizard carry it all into the new year.
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