# De-Activate / Re-activate my nodes

For some reason, if you want to deactivate your nodes and re-activate it later. So to avoid reputation hit due to downtime. You can do so, through this approach

For De-activation

Step 1 -  Go to "My Nodes" section

Step 2 - Click "De-activate" it will ask you a confirmation to remove from public view

For Re-activation

Step 1 -  Go to "My Nodes" section

Step 2 - Click "Re-activate" it will ask you a confirmation to display for public view

{% hint style="info" %}
Note: In this approach, only the node gets deactivate & re-activated. The staked amount will not have any impact
{% endhint %}


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