Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20161208112728/@comment-3279282-20161209003633

See above: Seelentau wrote: No, they can not. The only case where an already activated Rinnegan got deactivated is when Madara created his clones with Mangekyo Sharingan in their eyes. That's the only exception of the rule, same for Sasuke's deactivation in the movie.