Definition of "deactivating" [deactivating]

• Present participle of deactivate. (verb)

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• "The company tries to hang on to defecting users by promoting a halfway measure called "deactivating" an account, which merely hides you from the Facebook membership but keeps your information on the social network's servers in case you wish to "reactivate" later."
• "Whatever it was, somehow I happened on the idea of deactivating All in One SEO Pack."
• "Up to and including the idea of deactivating the robots who knew about the Beddle kidnapping."