# Julia is missing the deactivate command

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-is-missing-the-deactivate-command/22185>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-is-missing-the-deactivate-command/22185 "2019-03-22T07:59:25Z")\
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> [@StevenSiew](#):
>
> So how do I get back to the state I was in before I activate projectA?

Just use `activate` with no argument

```julia-auto
pkg> activate

```

> [@StevenSiew](#):
>
> the following command does not work

What made you think there was a `deactivate` command?

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