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# FSVolume.ItemDeactivation

Methods and properties implemented by volumes that support deactivating items.

```
protocol ItemDeactivation : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Deactivating an item

[`deactivateItem(_:replyHandler:)`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/ItemDeactivation/deactivateItem(_:replyHandler:))

Notifies the file system that the kernel is no longer making immediate use of the given item.

### Setting deactivation policy

[`itemDeactivationPolicy`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/ItemDeactivation/itemDeactivationPolicy)

A property that tells FSKit to which types of items the deactivation applies, if any.

[`FSVolume.ItemDeactivationOptions`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/ItemDeactivationOptions)

Options to specify the item deactivation policy.


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