# How to unpublish a site

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [March 31, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050 "2019-03-31T11:55:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mog1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@mog1](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mog1)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050/1 "2019-03-31T11:55:45Z")

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I want to delete? a published site but cannot find any info how to do that.

(The domain itself will remain parked ‘on-line’, just not the content of the site.) I could delete the content manually then republish but it is a big site.

tia

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**Author:** ![NeilUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/neiluk/32/23434_2.png) [@NeilUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NeilUK)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050/2 "2019-03-31T11:57:46Z")

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There’s no way to unpublish a site within RW. You’ll have to delete the files manually from the server.

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**Author:** ![mog1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@mog1](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mog1)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050/3 "2019-03-31T11:58:58Z")

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Thanks.

Update: just remembered I have FileZilla app so all files deleted in a few minutes.

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**Author:** ![peterdanckwerts](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/peterdanckwerts/32/22443_2.png) [@peterdanckwerts](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peterdanckwerts)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050/4 "2019-04-01T10:37:12Z")

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There isn’t really any easy way to unpublish a website even if you delete the files from the server. They get indexed by Google and other search engines and hang around for years.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-unpublish-a-site/26050/5 "2019-05-01T20:37:21Z")

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