You can deactivate a supplier when it no longer exists or when you don't order from it anymore. Deactivating a supplier should be a permanent state, as if a supplier is deleted.
Important: You cannot order items from a deactivated supplier.
To activate or deactivate a supplier:
In the navigation, click Purchasing > Suppliers.
Select the supplier from the list and click Open.
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Click Activate/Deactivate.
If you are deactivating the supplier, enter a note with a reason for deactivating the supplier.
Click OK.
Changes to the supplier are saved automatically.
Note: In case you re-activate a supplier, it is activated for all related items as well. If you previously de-activated a supplier for specific items only, then de-activated this supplier in general, and later re-activated this supplier in general, it is activated also for all items related to this supplier.
See also:
How to temporarily lock a Supplier.