Decommission an inventory record

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title: Decommission an inventory record
description: Decommission an inventory record that you want to remove from Telecommunications Network Inventory.
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product: Telecommunications Network Inventory
classification: telecommunications-network-inventory
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Manually creating and reviewing your network asset instances, Define inventory records, Use, Telecommunications Network Inventory]
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# Decommission an inventory record

Decommission an inventory record that you want to remove from Telecommunications Network Inventory.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_ni\_core.inventory\_admin, and sn\_ni\_core.inventory\_template\_manager

## About this task

When you decommission a CI record, all the related tables of the CI are removed and the **Life Cycle Stage**, **Life Cycle Stage Status** of this CI changes.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Network Inventory Workspace**.

2.  Select the list icon \(\[Omitted image "ni-workspace-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon.\), and then go to **Inventory**.

3.  Open the inventory list and select an inventory CI record that you want to decommission.

4.  Select the more options icon \(\[Omitted image "options-icon.png"\] Alt text: More Options icon.\) and then select **Decommission**.

    All the related tables are removed. Also, the **Life Cycle Stage** field is set to **End of Life** and the **Life Cycle Stage Status** field is set to **Retired** if the **Asset** is not used by the CI. Otherwise, the **Life Cycle Stage** field is set to **Inventory** and the **Life Cycle Stage Status** field is set to **Available**.

    **Note:** Decommission fails if the selected CI has any child CIs as follows.

    |Inventory name|Relationship that fails decommission|
    |--------------|------------------------------------|
    |Network site|Site, equipment, or equipment holder|
    |Interface card|Interface used by any physical or logical connection|
    |Network interface|Interface linked with physical or logical connection|
    |Physical/Logical connection|Any connection that is used by another connection as a connection element.|
    |Equipment holder|Rack linked with an equipment or shelf, a shelf linked to an equipment, slot, or subslot linked to a card.|
    |Equipment|Physical or logical interface linked to a connection or to a physical interface that has a logical connection.|


**Parent Topic:**[Manually creating and reviewing your network asset instances](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-network-inventory/telecommunications-network-inventory/creating-telecommunications-network-inventory.md)