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Can an opportunity be converted back to a lead?

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Is it possible to convert an opportunity back into a lead? The requirement may arise if say funding was lost for an opportunity but in a year or so they may re-look at the same thing or is the only solution to close the opportunity and create an new lead?

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    ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,475 on at
    RE: Can an opportunity be converted back to a lead?

    Hi,

    you can reopen a lead:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/crm-customer-center/re-open-a-lead-sales.aspx

    Although, if you qualify it again after that, you'll get another opportunity created in Dynamics (which might be ok, but I'm not sure if that's what you expected). From the process standpoint, it probably makes sense to just close the opportunity (and to "forget" about that lead) once the business has realized it's a lost opportunity.

    Whenever the funding is available, you can create a new lead.

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    Nithya Gopinath Profile Picture
    Nithya Gopinath 17,074 on at
    RE: Can an opportunity be converted back to a lead?

    Hi Carl,

    You cannot unqualify a lead once it has been qualified.

    Refer the community threads below.

    community.dynamics.com/.../144573

    community.dynamics.com/.../104949

    Hope this helps.

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