Unpublishing an entry cannot be undone. There is no way to put an archived entry back on your changelog, so the way to publish something again is to duplicate it and publish the copy.
Take an entry down now
Use this when an update has served its purpose and you want it off your changelog straight away.1
Open the entry and open its actions menu
Go to the Changelog, click the entry you want to take down, then click the … button in the top right.Unpublish only appears on entries that are currently live. A draft and a scheduled entry were never public, so there is nothing to take down: delete them instead.
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Confirm the takedown
Click Unpublish, then confirm. Sleekplan reminds you that the entry cannot be published again and that duplicating it is how you publish a new copy.
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The entry becomes archived
The entry is marked Archived and disappears from your public surfaces immediately. It stays in your admin, where you can still read it and see its stats.
Taking an entry down by hand is available on every plan. It is a safety valve, not a paid feature, so you never have to delete a live entry just to remove it.
Schedule a takedown in advance
If you already know when an update stops being relevant, set an unpublish date and Sleekplan takes the entry down for you. This is the setting to use for a scheduled maintenance notice: publish it before the window, and let it retire itself afterwards.1
Open the Unpublish date field
In the entry’s options panel on the right, find Unpublish date underneath Publish date. It is available while you are writing a draft, on a scheduled entry, and on an entry that is already live.
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Pick a date and time
Choose when the entry should come down. The field is optional, and you can clear a date you set earlier if you change your mind, as long as the entry is still live.
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Save the entry
Save the draft, or publish or update the entry as usual. Sleekplan checks for expired entries every minute, so the takedown happens within a minute of the time you picked.
The six hour minimum
An unpublish date has to be at least six hours after the entry’s publish date. An entry that comes down sooner than that was never really published: most subscribers would never have seen it. The gap is always measured against the entry’s own publish date, not against the current time. An entry published three months ago accepts an unpublish date tomorrow. An entry you published an hour ago does not accept a date two hours from now, because that is a gap of three hours, not six. If the date you pick is too close, the field shows “Must be at least 6 hours after the publish date” and the Publish, Schedule, or Update button stays disabled until you fix it.Setting an unpublish date needs a plan that includes changelog scheduling (Business plan and above), the same as scheduling a publish date. If your plan does not include it, saving prompts you to upgrade. Taking an entry down by hand works on every plan. See Billing for what your plan includes.
What happens to an archived entry
Archived is the end of an entry’s life. It is removed from everywhere your users could see it, and it is frozen in your admin. Your users no longer see it:- It is gone from the changelog in your widget and on your public portal.
- Its public link no longer resolves to the entry.
- It drops out of your changelog RSS feed and out of your sitemap.
- It stops appearing as an in-app announcement pop-up.
- If an email about it was still waiting in the notification queue, that email is not sent.
Find your archived entries
The Changelog list has an Archived section and a matching Archived tab, alongside Scheduled, Published, and Drafts. Use the tab to see only the entries you have taken down.
Reuse an entry with Duplicate
Duplicate copies an entry into a new draft, so you can edit and publish it without rewriting it. It works on any saved entry, whatever its state, and it is the only way to put an archived update back on your changelog.1
Open the entry you want to copy
Open any entry from the Changelog list, then click the … button in the top right and choose Duplicate.
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Edit the new draft
Sleekplan creates the copy as a draft and opens it straight away, so you can change the dates, adjust the wording, and publish when you are ready.
The copy is a genuinely new entry, so publishing it notifies subscribers again if Notify subscribers is on, and it starts its own view and reaction counts. Check the distribution settings on the draft before you publish it.
Run a recurring notice
Unpublishing and duplicating are designed to work together for updates you post again and again, like a deployment or maintenance notice.1
Publish the notice
Write the entry once and publish it. If you already know when the window ends, set an unpublish date at least six hours out and skip step 2.
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Take it down when it is over
Unpublish the entry from its actions menu. It disappears from your changelog and moves to the Archived section.
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Duplicate it for the next time
When the next window comes around, open the archived entry, choose Duplicate, update the dates and details in the new draft, and publish. Your wording stays consistent and you never start from a blank editor.
Related
Create changelog entries
Write an entry, schedule it, target a segment, and notify subscribers.
The changelog
Read the changelog list and use its status tabs, category filter, and search.
In-app announcements
Surface a published entry as a New Updates pop-up inside your widget.
Plans and billing
Check what your plan includes, including changelog scheduling.