diff --git a/post/admin/admin_role.php b/post/admin/admin_role.php
index 8665c324..324f3965 100644
--- a/post/admin/admin_role.php
+++ b/post/admin/admin_role.php
@@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ if (isset($_GET['archive_role'])) {
 
     validateCSRFToken($_GET['csrf_token']);
 
+    $role_id = intval($_GET['archive_role']);
 
+    // Check role isn't in use
+    $sql_role_user_count = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT COUNT(users.user_id) FROM users LEFT JOIN user_settings on users.user_id = user_settings.user_id WHERE user_role = $role_id AND user_archived_at IS NULL");
+    $role_user_count = mysqli_fetch_row($sql_role_user_count)[0];
+    if ($role_user_count != 0) {
+        $_SESSION['alert_type'] = "error";
+        $_SESSION['alert_message'] = "Role must not in use to archive it";
+        header("Location: " . $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]);
+        exit();
+    }
 
+    mysqli_query($mysqli, "UPDATE user_roles SET user_role_archived_at = NOW() WHERE user_role_id = $role_id");
+
+    // Logging
+    $role_details = mysqli_fetch_array(mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT user_role_name FROM user_roles WHERE user_role_id = $role_id LIMIT 1"));
+    $role_name = sanitizeInput($role_details['user_role_name']);
+    logAction("User Role", "Archive", "$session_name archived user role $role_name", 0, $role_id);
+
+    $_SESSION['alert_message'] = "User Role archived";
+    header("Location: " . $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]);
 }
\ No newline at end of file