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title: "Deactivate an active Appliance."
slug: "deactivate-an-active-appliance-1"
updated: 2026-03-02T22:30:52Z
published: 2026-03-02T22:35:48Z
canonical: "support.appgate.com/deactivate-an-active-appliance-1"
---

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# Deactivate an active Appliance.

Post/appliances/{id}/deactivate

Deactivate an active Appliance. If the appliance is still reachable, it will get a wipe command.

SecurityHTTPType bearer

Path parametersidstring (uuid) Required

ID of the object.

Example12699e27-b584-464a-81ee-5b4784b6d425

Query parameterswipeboolean

Sends wipe command to the Appliance. Equivalent to 'cz-config wipe-appliance' command on the Appliance. True by default.

Defaulttrue

Responses202

Appliance accepted the request and it's enabling/disabling maintenance mode.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='3eb5977c-2e36-4c35-809c-aa31223d64f3'>appliance/json</option>
</select>object  

Appliance change id for the result of the maintenance mode

idstring    

Id for this change

400

JSON error. Check the JSON format.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='01ae221d-78e4-4b0b-983f-115b2492ff9f'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

401

Token error. Login again.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='3f053f93-ea94-4c42-9dc5-c6797e2e4afe'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

403

Insufficient permissions to access this resource.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5f33c8ae-8a69-4436-997f-8e318cdfd976'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

404

The requested resource can not be found.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='563228d2-be15-4834-9fb1-1b92cdeed268'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

406

Invalid 'Accept' header.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='cc67a124-2a07-4846-ac1d-70d68e40ec72'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

412

Appliance is not in the right state for this operation.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='da3d72f7-64f0-4634-a1d8-b48d83c751a4'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

500

Unexpected server side error.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='b94aa6ae-359a-4d2e-ad83-b7a66c13c214'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.