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# DidDeactivate

Reports the successful deactivation of an authorization mechanism.

```
int (*)(struct __OpaqueAuthorizationEngine *) DidDeactivate;
```

## Parameters

`inEngine`

An opaque handle that is passed to your plug-in when the authorization engine calls your [`MechanismCreate`](/documentation/Security/AuthorizationPluginInterface/MechanismCreate) function.

## Return Value

A result code. Possible results are [`errAuthorizationSuccess`](/documentation/Security/errAuthorizationSuccess) (no error) and [`errAuthorizationInternal`](/documentation/Security/errAuthorizationInternal) (Security Server internal error).

## Discussion

Call this function after deactivating your authorization mechanism in response to a call to your [`MechanismDeactivate`](/documentation/Security/AuthorizationPluginInterface/MechanismDeactivate) function. The authorization engine waits for confirmation that all mechanisms have deactivated before continuing.

The authorization engine sends you the entry point to the [`DidDeactivate`](/documentation/Security/AuthorizationCallbacks/DidDeactivate) function in an [`AuthorizationCallbacks`](/documentation/Security/AuthorizationCallbacks) structure when you call the [`AuthorizationPluginCreate`](/documentation/Security/AuthorizationPluginCreate) function.

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