Editing Cabinet of the United States (section)

== Former executive and Cabinet-level departments ==

=== Shutdown ===

* Department of Housing and Urban Development, headed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: shut down by the Removal of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 2018<ref>https://trello.com/c/HhKlrSKR/408-public-law-66-16-removal-of-the-department-of-housing-and-urban-development-act-of-2018</ref>
* Department of the Interior, headed by the Secretary of the Interior: shut down by the Department of Interior Shutdown Act of 2015<ref>https://trello.com/c/ND3GkynA/236-public-law-36-4-department-of-interior-shutdown</ref>
* Department of Health and Human Services, headed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services: shut down by the Act to Shutdown the Department of Health and Human Services of 2016<ref>https://trello.com/c/irIaUZIe/192-public-law-52-7-an-act-to-shutdown-the-department-of-health-and-human-services</ref>
* Department of Technology and Innovation, headed by the Director of Technology and Innovation: unknown when the DoTI shut down
* Department of Education, headed by the Secretary of Education: shut down by the Education Abolishment Act of 2018<ref>https://trello.com/c/zjwjAyHZ/393-public-law-66-1-education-abolishment-act-of-2018</ref>
* Strategic Command Department, headed by the Secretary of the Strategic Command: not official abolished but no secretary has been appointed since 2020
* Department of Veterans Affairs, headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: not officially abolished but furloughed in 2021

=== Merged or renamed ===

* Department of Commerce, headed by the Secretary of Commerce: Merged with the Department of Labor to create the Department of Commerce and Labor<ref>https://trello.com/c/v6QZZhJK/264-public-law-45-2-commerce-labor-act</ref>
* Department of Labor, headed by the Secretary of Labor: Merged with the Department of Commerce to create the Department of Commerce and Labor<ref>https://trello.com/c/v6QZZhJK/264-public-law-45-2-commerce-labor-act</ref>