Sage Fixed Assets Deleting or Inactivating Assets
Summary
This article outlines the difference between deleting an asset and inactivating an asset
Resolution
Inactivating assets:
- The asset disappears from all reports (except the File Listing Report) as if it never existed.
- The asset stops taking any further depreciation.
- You can still view the asset in detail view, but not modify it
- The system assigns an activity code of I to the asset and displays Inactive in Asset List view.
- You can use the Reactivate option under the Asset menu to make the asset active again
Deleting assets:
- Deleting an asset will permanently remove the asset from the company in Sage Fixed Assets.
- There is not an undo for a deleted asset except to Restore Company from backup. Before deleting assets, follow How to back up a company to create a backup.
- The system will not reuse the system numbers of deleted assets