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Archive, reactivate or cancel a notice

Change a notice’s status from its page: archive it, restore it, cancel a schedule, publish a draft now or duplicate it.

3 minVerified on 26 Sept 2026Leaders and office staffAvailable
1Step 1 of 4 · 30 s

Read the status

Open Noticeboard and select the notice. At the top, the status label shows Live, Scheduled, Draft or Archived; next to it are the commands that status allows.

A Live notice offers Archive; a Scheduled one Cancel schedule; a Draft Publish now and Delete draft; an archived one Restore. Duplicate is always there.

Fig. 1The commands at the top change with the notice’s status.
2Step 2 of 4 · 30 s

Archive or restore

Select Archive: the notice leaves the believers’ board and the label becomes Archived. The command turns into Restore, which makes it Live again.

There is no confirmation dialog: the change is immediate and a message at the bottom confirms it.

Fig. 2After archiving, the page offers Restore and Duplicate.
3Step 3 of 4 · 1 min

Cancel a schedule or publish now

On a Scheduled notice, Cancel schedule turns it back into a Draft: it will not go out on the planned date and stays editable.

From a draft, Publish now makes it Live immediately. Delete draft removes it permanently and takes you back to the Noticeboard.

Fig. 3With the schedule cancelled, the notice is a draft again.
4Step 4 of 4 · 30 s

Duplicate to reuse it

Duplicate opens the New notice editor with title and content already filled in. Update dates and text, then publish or schedule it as a new notice: the original stays as it is.

Fig. 4The copy starts from the original’s content.

What you have achieved

  • The notice has the status you wanted: Live, Draft or Archived.
  • Copies created with Duplicate are new, independent notices.

Troubleshooting

I restored a notice but believers cannot see it

Check the expiry in the Schedule card: Restore does not change it. Open Edit and pick a future date.

I don’t see any command at the top

You lack the Manage noticeboard permission for this notice. Ask whoever manages the community’s roles.

Did Cancel schedule publish the notice?

No: it turns it back into a Draft. To publish it straight away use Publish now.