The paper describes the main results of currentless operation in stellarator/heliotron experiments.Various heating methods (ECRH, ICRH and NBI) with a power up to 4MW have been applied in Wendelstein VII-A, Heliotron E, L-2 and Uragan 3. Strong increase of impurity radiation terminates thedischarge in NBI-heated plasmas. Toroidal currents, driven either by the plasma pressure or theheating mechanism, have been observed in several experiments. New experiments, ATF and Wendelstein VII-AS will start operation in 1987. Main aim of theoretical efforts is to increase β-limitsof equilibrium and MHD-stability. This led to the Heliac concept and the concept of the AdvancedStellarator. Both in the field of torsatrons/heliotrons and advanced stellarators activity hasstarted to plan the next generation of major experiments.