What does setting a Badge as Inactive actually do?

I was wondering what setting a badge as inactive would do besides hiding it from the experience page. Like for example if you could still have it be awarded, or check if a person owns it in a script.

I could test it myself, but I’m thinking asking here is a better idea in case there are any other side effects I might not have thought of.

If anyone could explain or send me to a page that explains it that would be really helpful, since I haven’t been able to find anywhere talking about it.