---
key: change-or-deactivate-an-asset-class
title: Change or deactivate an asset class
audience: staff
section: operational-assets
routes: ["/assets/classes/:classUid"]
permissions: ["assets.classes.update"]
features: ["operations.assets"]
since: 0.0.1
updated: 0.0.1
status: published
summary: Rename an equipment family, change its readiness policy or default profile, publish a draft class, or deactivate a class you no longer use.
keywords: [edit class, rename class, equipment family, change default profile, readiness policy, publish class, deactivate class, retire class]
related: [create-an-asset-class, change-an-asset-profile-and-upgrade-its-assets, create-an-operational-asset, find-an-operational-asset]
---

In the sidebar, open **Settings**, then choose **Asset Classes** under **Equipment & Fleet**. Press a class's name, or **Builder** on its row. The page address is `/assets/classes/` followed by the class, and the heading is the class's name. An asset's page links here too: press the class name under **Operational identity**.

To make a new class, see [[create-an-asset-class]].

## Before you start

- Saving and deactivating need permission to update asset classes; publishing needs permission to publish them. Without them the fields are greyed out and the buttons are hidden.
- A class's status only changes with **Publish class** and **Deactivate class**. The **Status** field on this page is read-only.

## Steps

1. Read the tiles: **Class status**, **Linked profile**, **Category** and **Readiness policy**.
2. Under **Class identity**, change what you need: **Class name**, **Category**, **Asset kind**, **Default readiness policy**, **Linked current profile**, **Icon key**, **Color key** or **Description**. Only published profiles are offered as the linked profile.
3. Check **Linked profile preview**. It shows what the chosen profile makes every new asset of this class carry.
4. Press **Save class**. Nova says "Operational asset class updated." **Reset** throws away changes you have not saved.
5. If the class is still a draft, press **Publish class**, then **Publish asset class** in the dialog. Nova says "Operational asset class published."
6. To stop using a class, press **Deactivate class**. Give a reason if your organization asks for one, then press **Deactivate asset class**. Nova says "Operational asset class deactivated."

## What you see

- **Open linked profile** at the top opens the profile this class points at: see [[change-an-asset-profile-and-upgrade-its-assets]].
- When a new version of the linked profile is published, the class moves to it on its own, so the tile shows the newest version.
- **Lifecycle** on the right shows the status and when the class was created and last updated.
- Deactivating hides nothing that already exists: assets of the class keep it, and the class stays in the **Class Registry** with its status.

## If something looks different

- **Save class** stays greyed out: **Validation and actions** lists what is missing, such as a class name, or your role cannot update classes.
- **Publish class** is missing: the class is already active or inactive. Only a draft is published.
- There is no button to turn an inactive class back on from this page. Ask your admin before you deactivate a class you might need again.
- If you leave with unsaved changes, Nova asks whether to discard them.
- "Asset class not found" shows: the link points at a class that no longer exists. Press **Return to classes**.

[[route:/assets/classes|Open Asset Classes]]