Publishing & sending

How do I unpublish, duplicate or delete?

By Nimanto 2 min read

In short

All three are under More on the invitation's Overview. Unpublish takes it offline at once and keeps guests, replies and payments. Duplicate makes a new draft with the same design and details but no date or guests. Delete, owner only, removes the invitation, its guests and replies for good.

Three actions change what an invitation is, rather than what it says. All three live in the More menu on the invitation's Overview.

Unpublish

Takes a live invitation back to a draft at once.

  1. Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose More, then Unpublish.
  2. The Overview reads "Invitation unpublished".

Guests opening any link now see "This invitation isn't available". Your guests, replies, settings and payments are all kept, and the invitation stops counting among your active ones. Scheduled reminders do not go out while it is unpublished. Publishing again restores the same link, and does not e-mail guests who were already e-mailed. The owner and editors can unpublish.

Duplicate

Makes a new draft from this invitation, the intended way to reuse a design for another occasion.

  1. Choose More, then Duplicate.
  2. You land on the copy's Overview, titled "<title> (copy)".

The copy keeps the design, the words you typed, the time zone, the venue, the functions, the places to stay and the registry. It does not keep the date, the guests, the replies, the messages, the album, any payments or licences, or the date-change count; its RSVP rules start fresh. The copy belongs to whoever pressed Duplicate.

A premium design is licensed per invitation, so a copy of a paid design is paid again when it is published. See paying to publish.

Delete

Removes the invitation for good. Only the owner can do it.

  1. Choose More, then Delete invitation, or open Update details and scroll to the Danger zone at the foot of the last step.
  2. Read the warning: "Deleting removes the invitation, its guest list and all RSVPs. Your contact book is kept."
  3. Choose Delete forever.

Guests who already opened the link see a not-found page. Your contact book is kept, and records of payments stay under Payments & billing as "Deleted invitation". Co-hosts can never delete.

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