Deactivate an obsolete Lifecycle Events activity

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title: Deactivate an obsolete Lifecycle Events activity
description: Journey designer customers must deactivate the following Lifecycle Events activity to initiate the process for enabling the Pre-hire experience: Account setup and notification. The Account setup and notification activity must be deactivated so you can use its replacement, a new Lifecycle Events activity that's designed to support the Pre-hire experience.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-deactivate-old-le-activity.html
release: australia
product: Journey Designer
classification: journey-designer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Enable and configure the Pre-hire Experience, Configure, Journey designer, Employee Journey Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
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# Deactivate an obsolete Lifecycle Events activity

Journey designer customers must deactivate the following Lifecycle Events activity to initiate the process for enabling the Pre-hire experience: Account setup and notification. The Account setup and notification activity must be deactivated so you can use its replacement, a new Lifecycle Events activity that's designed to support the Pre-hire experience.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_jny.admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Lifecycle Events** > **Administration** > **Manage Lifecycle Events**.

2.  Select **Onboarding \(Demo\)**.

3.  Select the **Activity Sets** tab.

4.  In the Pre-Hire activity set column, select the **Edit Activity** icon associated with the Account setup and notification activity.

    The Activity record appears.

5.  Clear the **Active** check box and then select **Update**.

    The Account setup and notification activity is inactive.


## What to do next

Activate the following Lifecycle Events activities to enable support for the Pre-hire experience:

-   Account/role setup and notification
-   Transition pre-hire to employee

**Parent Topic:**[Enable and configure the Pre-hire Experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-pre-hire-enable-configure.md)