How can I deactivate a custom financial dimension in D365 Finance & Operations?

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I have a custom financial dimension that is already activated, and I would like to deactivate it so it can no longer be used.

However, I don’t see any option to mark the dimension as inactive.

Is there a supported way in D365 F&O to deactivate or disable a custom financial dimension once it has been activated (and possibly used in transactions)?

If not, what is the recommended approach to prevent it from being used going forward?

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aqeel2020uae 317 on at

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Dear.

Only way is to change the chart of accounts and modify the Dimensions required for specific GL range and then re calculations of Balance. As far i know.

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Aqeel.

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Waed Ayyad 9,135 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @IA-15041016-0,

You can deactivate financial dimensions from the following path:

General ledger - Chart of accounts - Dimensions - Financial dimensions, then click on Dimension values setup,.

Check the following link:

https://www.axpeditesoftware.com/d365-fo-financial-dimensions-introduction/

Also check the following thread:

https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=3bf33b02-edbe-448b-9c96-82e47b1883c4

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Waed Ayyad

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André Arnaud de Cal... 305,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

I do assume you are referring to the dimension and not the individual values of a dimension. Dimensions have two steps to become active for a legal entity. The first one is activating the Dimension, the second is to include a dimension in one or more account structures and link it to the ledger.

If you ensure the dimension is removed from account structures, the dimension is not active anymore for end users on the forms. There is no option to deactivate the dimension as the activation is about updating table designs in the SQL database. Removing columns from the database thereafter is not considered.

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IA-15041016-0 289 on at

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Hi André,

If we put the system in maintenance mode, it doesn’t set all dimensions to inactive, and then we only activate the required ones ?

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