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title: Terminating a contract
description: "### **Step 1** Go to the Contract’s Details page and review the information below **Dates & Periods**. Take note of the following three areas:  ***Termination notice***A termination notice is the formal notification of the end of the contract, for example 1…"
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updated: "2024-10-29"
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# Terminating a contract

### **Step 1**

Go to the Contract’s Details page and review the information below **Dates & Periods**. Take note of the following three areas: 

***Termination notice***A termination notice is the formal notification of the end of the contract, for example 1 month. In many cases this means that if the customer does not notify the supplier in writing 1 months before the end date of the contract that he wishes to terminate it, the contract will be automatically renewed for a new period.

***Current end date* **
The end date of the current contract period.

***If not terminated by...***This information here is based on the data that you have entered when the contract was created. From here you can understand what is the final data when a termination notice should be sent.

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### **Step 2**

Download the Word document [Contract termination template.docx](https://www.contractpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Contract-termination-template.docx) and fill out the correct details. Then, send the notification to the supplier.

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### **Step 3**

On the Contract’s Details page, click on the **Edit** button and do the following:

- Change the status of the contract to **Terminated**. In the future when the contract expires, you may change the status to **Archived**.

- Scroll down to the **Dates and Periods** section and check the box **Denunciated.**

- In the **Actual termination date **field, enter the date when you have terminated the contract.

- In the **Actual expiration date **field, enter the date when the contract expires.

- If there are any unfinished to-dos connected to the contract, make sure to also change their status to **Finished**. 

- Then, save the contract

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