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# Archive a directory

> Archive an Orbit Search directory, immediately preventing new uploads and excluding it from search.

Archives a directory, immediately preventing new uploads and excluding it from search. Archiving is appropriate when you want to retain the directory record without allowing further writes or queries.

<Warning>
  Archived directories cannot receive new source uploads and cannot be searched. Requests that reference an archived directory in a search scope are rejected with `search_directory_not_found`.

  The auto-created **Personal Connections** directory (`type: connections`) cannot be archived or deleted.
</Warning>

### Path parameters

<ParamField path="organizationId" type="string" required>
  The UUID of the owning organization.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="directoryId" type="string" required>
  The UUID of the directory to archive.
</ParamField>