# How do I get initial particles to remain when the emitter is deactivated then reactivated?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-get-initial-particles-to-remain-when-the-emitter-is-deactivated-then-reactivated/38861 "2015-08-18T09:17:01Z")\
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Instead of toggling the visibility of the whole particle emitter, you can set up a parameter and control the particle emission rate from your blueprint. Just set it to zero when it’s deactivated. I’m sure there are other ways to do it, but I had the same exact problem and this seemed to work.

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