❖ Heads up! This article is only intended for Center Site Managers.
Deactivating a Need is simply a way to remove or end it. If you want to stop new users from responding, consider adjusting the duration to Expired instead.
Get Started
To deactivate a volunteer Need, you can set its status to Inactive or click the Deactivate button at the bottom of the Update Need form. Once inactive or deactivated, volunteers won't be able to submit responses or hours to it. You can still track hours for deactivated Needs in your Reports.
Go to Volunteerism > Needs.
Click on the Need Title from the table.
Change its status from Active to Inactive, or scroll to the bottom of the Update Need page and click the red Deactivate button.
Be sure to click Update Need to save your changes!
It might be a good idea to check the box beside Notify respondents of this update, especially if volunteers have responded to the Need.
Reviewing Inactive Needs
Go to Volunteerism > Needs.
Select Inactive from the Status column dropdown.
From here, you can select an inactive Need to update it or reactivate it as necessary. You can also review any Pending Needs or filter the list back to your Active Needs.