How to "unpublish" an announcement

Louise.B.837

How do you turn a published announcement back to draft, so students cannot see it? I don't want to delete the announcement, but am unsure on what day I want to publish it, so I just want to keep it as a draft. Is this possible?

Aasim.Y.704

Hi @Louise.B.837,

Thanks for reaching out to us here at the Brightspace Community.

Since you have published the announcement, the path I usually employ is to Delete and Restore (when I would like to republish the announcement).

Delete and restore announcements.

Delete announcements or restore a deleted announcement from the Announcements tool.

	Note: To delete or restore an announcement requires the Add/Edit/Delete Announcements permission. Contact your administrator if your role has not been assigned this permission.

To delete an announcement

1. From the Announcements widget, click the context menu and select Go to Announcements Tool.
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3. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

The selected announcements are deleted.

To restore a deleted announcement

1. 
   
2. Select the announcements you want to restore and click Restore.

The announcements are restored and available on the course home page.

You can check out our Brightspace Tutorial video on how to Delete and Restore an announcement!