Archive a project

Archiving puts a project away without deleting anything. The project becomes read-only, stays in your workspace, and can be restored whenever you need it again. This page explains what archiving does, what it does not do, and how to restore a project.

Who this is for

Workspace Owners and Admins can archive and restore projects. Everyone else on the team can still open an archived project and read its content.

What archiving does

• The project becomes read-only. Nothing in it can be edited, scheduled or published.
• Its Client Reviewers cannot open it. Their assignments are kept, so access returns if you restore the project and have not removed them in the meantime.
• Content, media, Custom Fields, reviews and history are all kept.

What archiving does not do

• It does not take your website offline. Published pages stay online, and nothing in your GitHub repository is changed or removed.
• It does not free a project slot. An archived project still counts toward your plan's project limit, and its media still count toward your media limit.
• It does not pause, reduce or change your subscription.

Archive a project

1. Open the project, then choose Project Settings in the sidebar.
2. Under Lifecycle, choose Archive Project.
3. Read the dialog and choose Archive Project to confirm.

Archiving is refused while an item is publishing, or while any item is still scheduled. Acrosite never cancels a schedule for you: the dialog shows how many items are scheduled and links to the Publishing page, where you can cancel each schedule and then archive.

Open an archived project

On the Projects page, set the Status filter to Archived and open the project. You see when it was archived and by whom, and a read-only list of its content. Choose View on an item to read its frontmatter and body.

Owners and Admins can also export the project's content from here.

Restore a project

1. Open the archived project.
2. Choose Restore Project and confirm.

Restoring uses no extra project slot, because the project already counts. It needs an active trial, subscription or Acrosite-managed access. The project returns as Setup incomplete until its repository and deployment checks pass, and Acrosite checks the repository connection again before anything can publish. Schedules that were cancelled are not created again.

Troubleshooting

• Archive says items are still scheduled. Open Publishing, cancel the schedules, then archive.
• Restore says the workspace is over its project limit. Delete a project permanently or move to a higher plan, then restore.
• The repository could not be reached after a restore. The repository or branch may have been removed, or the GitHub App may no longer have access. Connect the repository again in GitHub Setup.

Next steps

• Delete a project
• Export a project's content
• Usage and limits