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# Convert Dynamic Lists to Static

Dynamic lists require system bandwidth every time they update. To preserve dynamic lists you want to keep but don’t need updated automatically, convert them to static.

### Required Editions

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d85139e56">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d85139e56 ">To convert dynamic lists:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d85139e56 "><span>Account Engagement Administrator role</span> or a
              custom <span>Account Engagement</span> role with the Segmentation: Lists and Administration user
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1. Open the Lists page.
    - In Account Engagement, select **Marketing** | **Segmentation** | **Lists**.
    - In the Lightning app, select **Prospects**, and then **Segmentation** | **Segmentation Lists**.
2. Select the lists that you want to convert to static lists.
3. Click the View dropdown menu and select **Inactive Dynamic Lists** or **Unused Dynamic Lists**.
4. Click the table action dropdown menu and select **Convert to static**.
    
    The option to convert to static is also available from the action menu on the record home for each dynamic list.
5. In the confirmation window, select **Yes, convert dynamic lists to static lists**, and then click **Convert**.

After you convert a dynamic list to static, you must manually add and remove prospects. The list no longer updates based on rule criteria.