# Publish, unpublish & republish a course > Publishing puts a course on your storefront; unpublishing pulls it back without losing a thing. Here's exactly what each does to enrolled students. Last updated 2026-06-01 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/course-publish-unpublish ## Publish From a Draft course, hit Publish (action bar) or go to /dashboard/courses//settings/publish. The badge flips to Published, the course appears at /p//courses/, and it becomes payable and enrollable. ## Unpublish Unpublish (action bar) takes the course OFF the storefront — new people can't find, buy, or enroll. The badge returns to Draft. > **Note:** Unpublish does NOT remove access for students who already paid. Their enrollment, progress, and certificates stay intact — they keep learning at /p//learn/. It only hides the course from new buyers. ## When to unpublish vs other actions - Pausing sales or fixing content before relaunch → Unpublish (reversible in one click). - Retiring it for good but keeping records → Archive. - Removing it entirely → Delete (last resort; see 'Archive vs delete'). ## Republish Click Publish again. Existing students were never interrupted; new ones can buy again immediately. If you edited heavily while unpublished, consider snapshotting a Version first. > **Note:** Unpublishing won't cancel active payment links automatically. If you've paused a course, expire its outstanding links too so nobody pays for something they can't open. ## Related - [Publish vs draft, in depth](https://prolaud.com/help/course-publish-vs-draft) - [Archive vs delete](https://prolaud.com/help/course-archive-delete) - [Snapshot a version first](https://prolaud.com/help/course-versions)