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title: "Revoke Multiple Devices"
slug: "revoke-multiple-devices"
updated: 2025-03-20T17:06:22Z
published: 2025-03-24T15:27:48Z
canonical: "docs.axiad.com/revoke-multiple-devices"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.axiad.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Revoke Multiple Devices

When you revoke a device, you invalidate all credentials it contains. If a credential is a certificate, the serial number is added to the Certificate Revocation List (CRL), which is maintained by the Issuing Certificate Authority (either in Axiad Conductor or in your environment, depending on how your Enterprise is set up). Once revoked, and once the CRL service checks the CRL, you can no longer use the certificate.

> [!CAUTION]
> Important
> 
> Revocation is final and cannot be undone.

## Revoke Multiple Devices

1. From the **Help Desk > Devices** page, enter the serial number of the device or a username in the **Search** box.
2. From the search results, select individual devices in the list, or check **Select All**.
3. Click **Bulk Actions**.
4. Select **Revoke**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eaa8d9cb-3eef-4690-8447-5bcaa4f4afb2/Images/Documentation/BulkRevoke.png)

1. Confirm the revocation by clicking **Next**
  - Click **Cancel** to cancel the revocation

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eaa8d9cb-3eef-4690-8447-5bcaa4f4afb2/Images/Documentation/RevokeDevice.jpeg)

1. Once completed, you will be redirected back to the **Help Desk** page, and all selected identity devices will revoke upon your Certificate Revocation List service's caching refresh schedule.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> - Depending upon your service provider's Certificate Revocation List caching refresh schedule, certificate revocations could take up to 30 days. Check with your CRL service (such as Entra ID, Okta, or Ping) or your IT administrator to validate the caching refresh schedule.
> - If the operation is time-sensitive, consider disabling the user account in any critical systems.