Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with deactivatable link

A method of operating an electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) tag, comprising:

• performing, by a communication element of the EAS tag using an antenna of the EAS tag, communication operations with an EAS system based on a movable switch of the EAS tag being in a first position that electrically couples the communication element to the antenna with the switch communicatively connecting a first antenna trace portion of the antenna to a second antenna trace portion of the antenna;
• and
• preventing the communication element from performing the communication operations with the EAS system by changing a position of the movable switch from the first position to a second position that electrically decouples the communication element from the antenna with the switch not connecting the first antenna trace portion to the second antenna trace portion,
• wherein the movable switch comprises a magnetically-actuatable switch.