# Archive

> [HTML Version](archive-the-project.html)

**(archive-the-project-1.png)**You can archive a finished project in a business process. To do that, use the **Archive** activity. It is used in the preconfigured [project archiving process](archive-project.md) in the **Projects** app. By default, this process is started when the user clicks the **Finish** button on a project page with the **In progress** status.

You can use the activity in a [custom business process](360012265552.md). For example, place it on the process flow chart after the task for the project manager to make a decision to archive the project.

## Archive activity settings

1. Create an **App** type variable in the process context and link it to the **Projects** app. In the process, the item of the **Projects** app that needs to be archived will be written to this variable.

2. Drag the **Archive** activity to the process diagram and open the settings.

3. On the **General** tab, select the variable you created.

4. On the **Description** tab, enter service information about how the block works for employees who are designing the process. Please note that the tab is available in system versions 2025.10 and higher.

If you want to make it possible to restore a project in the process, use the [Restore from Archive](restore-from-archive.md) activity.