# Removing subscriptions - "Inactive" vs "This is not a subscription"

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/removing-subscriptions-inactive-vs-this-is-not-a-subscription/3370>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/removing-subscriptions-inactive-vs-this-is-not-a-subscription/3370 "2020-12-13T13:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![o99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/o99/32/2132_2.png) [@o99](https://community.emma-app.com/u/o99)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/removing-subscriptions-inactive-vs-this-is-not-a-subscription/3370/1 "2020-12-13T13:06:11Z")

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When removing a subscription, what’s the thinking behind having two options:

1. “Inactive” and 2. “This is not a subscription”

Why not just have “This is not a subscription”?

I have lots of former subscriptions listed in my “Inactive” list but not sure why this list might be of use to me (or others)?

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**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/removing-subscriptions-inactive-vs-this-is-not-a-subscription/3370/2 "2020-12-13T16:41:16Z")

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This is not a subscription fully removes it from the UI.

Inactive means is not currently active. In my case, I would see a past energy provider or broadband and so on.

I get the confusion and probably we should just feature the active ones.

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**Author:** ![o99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/o99/32/2132_2.png) [@o99](https://community.emma-app.com/u/o99)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/removing-subscriptions-inactive-vs-this-is-not-a-subscription/3370/3 "2020-12-13T16:58:34Z")

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Thank. Yes, I understood the effect that each option produced.

What I don’t understand is why the inactive list/option is considered worth having (in case I’m missing something in choosing the “this is not a subscription” option).

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**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/removing-subscriptions-inactive-vs-this-is-not-a-subscription/3370/4 "2020-12-13T17:32:43Z")

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> [@o99](#):
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> What I don’t understand is why the inactive list/option is considered worth having (in case I’m missing something in choosing the “this is not a subscription” option).

In some cases, the app would put as inactive things that are active (like an annual subscription), so a quick edit fixes it. We also thought it would be nice to have some historical data there.