# Best way to 'archive' an entity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [December 1, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/best-way-to-archive-an-entity/2284 "2021-12-01T18:49:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/best-way-to-archive-an-entity/2284/3 "2021-12-04T00:04:46Z")
Before trying to address this, either with existing features, or some open feature requests, I would first ask: what does “archived” status mean _to you_? What specific results/outcome/effects do you want this status or action to have/create/etc? I ask because I do think there are several existing requests which might be related to some or all of your needs. For example: > [@Filter search results based on Field Values](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-filter-for-closed-entities-in-all-searches-and-or-other-indicator-of-entity-status/1052): > > The more I actually use Fibery day-to-day, the more tasks I complete, and the more “closed” entities I end up with. Yet they all still show up in my searches. This really limits the usefulness of search at times, whether in the Ctrl-K pop-up or in-line entity linking (this is even more of an issue due to [Narrow texts in entity search pop-up make correct selection difficult](https://community.fibery.io/t/narrow-texts-in-entity-search-pop-up-make-correct-selection-difficult/1051). I’m not sure the best way to handle this. I know the “status” is a feature of the Workflow Extension. It seems important e… > [@\[DONE\] Seeing "Closed" Entities grayed out in Search Dialog](https://community.fibery.io/t/seeing-closed-entities-grayed-out-in-search-dialog/1298): > > As my Fibery instance grows, and the number of entities also grow, it’s becoming harder to find things with the limited search functionality while we wait on better indexing of content, and filters in that dialog. One thing that would really help short-term is adding the excellent “graying” you guys do of Entities with a “closed” type of State. It would be very helpful to see when in the Search Dialog simply closed entities as “gray.” Often I want to link live tasks to other places, like comm… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.fibery.io/t/best-way-to-archive-an-entity/2284)._