Unpublish, archive, and delete
Use the item detail sheet ⋮ menu to unpublish, archive, or delete CMS items. Destructive actions show confirmation dialogs.
Available actions
Open an item, click ⋮, and choose from:
The exact options shown depend on the item’s current status (draft, live, archived, etc.).
Unpublish an item
After unpublishing, the item is no longer live on the site. Publish state changes to Draft.
Archive an item
Choose Archive from the ⋮ menu to archive the item. Archived items show Archived status in the items table.
To archive a live item in one step, use Unpublish and Archive.
Delete an item
Choose Delete (items with no live version) or Unpublish and Delete (items with a live version) from the ⋮ menu. Confirm in the dialog to permanently remove the item.
On multi-locale sites, deleting prompts Delete item from which locales? — choose Current locale only or All locales. See Locale-scoped actions.
Delete actions are permanent. Confirm you have the correct item before proceeding.
Bulk actions
To unpublish, archive, or delete multiple items, use Update multiple items:
- Unpublish
- Archive
- Unpublish and archive
- Unpublish and delete
Bulk destructive actions show confirmation dialogs before proceeding.
Queue to archive
Items can also be queued to archive on the next site publish, showing Queued to be Archived status. Remove the queue with Remove from queue from the ⋮ menu.
Restore archived or unpublished content
To revert an item to its last published version, use Restore live.
Next step
See Restore live to recover a previously published version of an item.