How to disable a gameobject completely?

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Hi, I have an array of gameobjects and I want to use these one at a time.
But, I noticed that the gameobjects, I disable using SetActive(false), components are still alive. The scripts are running for example.
I would like to know how to disable completely without removing from the scene because I don’t like to instantiate every time I have to use them.

Thanks

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You can still invoke methods on scripts when they or their host object is ‘inactive’ but the MonoBehavior calls are not made.

If you have this happening, maybe do a check on your methods to see if (gameObject.activeSelf) before running the function.

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what happen with the box collider, sprite renderer and animator (components I have in the prefab) ? They are stilll active but are they processing something?
Thanks

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No. They’re not doing anything if the host gameObject is inactive.

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Awake is still called on scripts even when gameobjects are inactive