--- title: Activate or Disable intermediate status (In Progress, Completed) description: How to activate and deactivate the intermediate status of the KDS system. --- [Skip to content](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/activate/disable-intermediate-status#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![Table Needs.png\]](https://help.tableneeds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Table%20Needs.png?height=40&name=Table%20Needs.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - Go to Table Needs Go to Table Needs Advice and answers from the Table Needs Team - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [POS System & KDS Workflows](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/pos-system-kds-workflows?hsLang=en) # Activate or Disable intermediate status (In Progress, Completed) ## How to activate and deactivate the intermediate status of the KDS system.   --- \*\*IMPORTANT\*\* These settings are set up on a PER iPad BASES. This will need to be set for every iPad on site. First, we will start by switching to the Kitchen Order tab by selecting the button with 3 lines on the top left. ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GUp3n-KmLu1wxp76fgM-sYPC6pvAIADXMNxw9PhD7Hi_WUML8DwM_iiL9Jiqe01E6tE9R9KUH93A967WbKJVxja9DGBIyZBO-R26Szj-nsdWwmiyJPd8sDP1UbUGBdbvoaaXvHlcG87EsZLOMA-0N20) Selecting that will show all the different tabs we are able to select. We will now select the “Kitchen Order” tab to switch over. ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JWz4xtyuMpE6UV2bVfGEdiZy-bCVOIi4ZzSAIkxoA5aWLcWz8lRy6ibJN-Chi9vczejmTObFEK6XS16uSDeW-jv62bpNeqiNB7Pd85Wt1HoCYBu352_T14JKhDnI46sfrvhbHZod5x6lMrRZIRZ07r8) From this new page, we can see all the KDS tickets that are in the system. We will go to the blue cog/gear at the top right of the screen to get to the settings for the KDS. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G4zLequOuibOGDYz0BZWRvILm8PNVkwCUS4WnvlwmG_nhFUlP3vZcMj43fYWV4J7_4kbHS-D7FSOL-4lf4NRJmqbuq3Yc0NWUZV5c9gWYtr4To5NhatK9G-Z8APSdI4H3ryblRI3ja2hFh1tsznO_B8) ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/NM-aO-wrlEyg1qzdicrRLnv4l56nUIDnAJQc6PXsD7vDpHEB5RvHE9lhYmM6XsKzGxBOilghlo1uV5--ZKvn7X0j-YxXx2zu2_RUK0LaLlVKRKKChb96ONveZ3QrtW3EHgbID8PVULYqQ8Srj_zJ_0Y) We can see the setting for “Enabled Intermediate Statuses”. Selecting the drop-down for this will bring up a new pop-up.![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/gm7dlr1B1zWMR6u_XcbTFqNXy_VTLNXxgp-aM098JvABw3f0CUx3bQcB75u82Vhg-8HUT2kWWWuIlNfHnrEYahnMeWTpN1IxF7GlIcXsCS68jHzn7-8IOG_XaZn0Dxz90XbnTtT156rzL8XS_sRnQQI) On this new pop-up, we can see both In Progress and Completed statuses. From here we can select/deselect these from this page. After we are done, we can hit “OK”. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/S_BM93YbEnLlcR0TIvvTx6FOYGygXgQvonlz3I3BX9biB5zlYMrgBa75Brh0B24nwE7r-THR8fCVo9sxGzlSNG1W3U4_YkDcrjPZwXfls_Yy7FT3gBBaDrB6LfFXZlR-KzuO9Xn-E54siJsSBo30UmM) We can now see that “In Progress” was deselected. We can save this for this iPad by hitting “Save” to finalize this change at the bottom right. ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/l3e0e6P-aKgKzjKIkP8NDGf_3T0w_wI_s5-GbKit9j7O_RxXZ-sO8GhngOF7qH8MVBIoGD2y7w0IYT3tIPo9mTIiPos5-rpBwRpz1KZLxRam1afqk7AMzTpGzq8TJ-DZ2EVhusvkpzcric8zgKlLNSc) - [Table Needs 2.0](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/table-needs-2-0?hsLang=en) - [Help & Support](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/help-support?hsLang=en) - [Getting Started](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en) - [POS System & KDS Workflows](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/pos-system-kds-workflows?hsLang=en) - [Menu Management](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge/menu-management?hsLang=en) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.tableneeds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Table%20Needs.png?width=169&height=24&name=Table%20Needs.png "Chill listening crop-3")](https://help.tableneeds.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) Copyright © 2026, Table Needs