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+# Retire IT Knowledge Base Articles - Background Script
+
+## 📘 Overview
+This ServiceNow **Background Script** is designed to automatically retire all Knowledge Articles associated with the **IT Knowledge Base** (`kb_knowledge_base` = "IT").  
+
+It helps administrators clean up outdated or inactive articles in bulk, ensuring that end-users can only access relevant and up-to-date IT knowledge content.
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+var article = new GlideRecord("kb_knowledge");
+article.addQuery("workflow_state","published");
+article.addQuery("kb_knowledge_base","a7e8a78bff0221009b20ffffffffff17")  // Sys ID of the IT Knowledge base. You can provide the sys Id of any knowledge base.
+article.query();
+while(article.next()){
+  article.workflow_state = "retired";
+  article.update();
+}