How to delete an archived site?

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Hello Everyone,

does anyone have a solution for the relatively new “archive” garbage?
I recently tried to delete the old version of a site to continue working on a newer version. I was used to delete the older versions and rename the Webflow.io domain on the newer version afterwards. Now an unused and archived site keeps me from using the Webflow.io domain i want to use.
Did no one think of this? How can i DELETE an old site?!

Thanks in advance…

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Systematically our projects gets archived, if you really want to delete it then you have to contact support.

And not to go with the hassle, just add extra letters or some relative words to make it unique.

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I don’t really get it, as it used to work before… but alright – another not so user friendly thing to keep in mind… Thanks for the quick answer!

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Yes, this has been changes recently I think.

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Unpublish the older site (same area (top right) where you click to publish)

Then the domain for the older site will become free so you can use it again on any new projects.

This is almost instant, and should not take much wait time before you are able to apply the same domain name to a new site.

Make sure to “Save” the new domain before you publish for the new site.

I hope this helps :)

Best,
Michael

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Wait, I have to clarify, even though your response was clear - We can’t actually delete a project without contacting customer support?

I’m new to Webflow, currently practicing on the free plan with some test projects (trying to learn to use Webflow), so naturally I will need to delete one, or two. But, those project will just be archived forever unless I contact customer support?

I can’t image why the system works that way.

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If your concern is archiving one project so that you can create another one then, you can do that. Once you archive the project it won’t appear in your workspace.

It’s just that technically project won’t be totally removed.

Also if you apply certain url (sub domain webflow.io url) then that will be reserved as well, so you should change that if you want to use certain url again.

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My read only link to a practice site example: Webflow - Copy of Copy of Copy of GymTruckChicoNew
I have a ton of “Practice websites” I have been carrying for a long time and want to delete them. Also, I will be able to go with a more economical plan. Does archiving a site remove it from my 10 alloted sites on the $24.99 plan, Thanks, Robert

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Yes. From your perspective, it’s effectively deleted.

“Archived” simply means that you could still contact WF support to locate and retrieve that site in an emergency. This change was made internally because there were situations where people were actually perma-deleting major projects and unable to recover them.