# Archive and trash

Two ways to get a page out of the way. **Archive** means finished, keep it. **Trash** means delete it.

![The Archive screen listing finished pages with a Restore button on each row](https://thenotemaker.com/help/archive-and-trash.webp)

## Archive a page

Open the page's **⋯** menu, or its menu in the Pages panel, and choose **Archive**. The page and all its sub-pages disappear from the tree, search and the recent list, but nothing is lost.

An archived page is **read-only** for everyone. If someone opens it from a direct link they see a banner with **Restore**.

If the page was published, it goes offline while archived and comes back online when you restore it.

### See and restore archived pages

Choose **Archive** from the Pages screen, or open `/your-workspace/archive`. Each archived page is listed with the number of sub-pages it took with it. Choose **Restore** to bring it back to where it was. If its parent has been archived or deleted in the meantime, it returns to the top level.

Anyone who can **Edit** a page can archive it and restore it, because both are reversible.

## Delete a page

Choose **Delete** from the page's menu. The page goes to the **Trash**, not away for good.

Open **Trash** in the rail to see what is there. **Restore** puts a page back. **Delete permanently** removes it forever and cannot be undone.

Only the page's **author** or a workspace **owner or admin** can delete, restore from the trash or delete permanently. Edit access alone is not enough.

## Which one should I use?

| I want to… | Use |
| --- | --- |
| Keep a finished project for reference | Archive |
| Clear clutter but be able to find it | Archive |
| Remove something I no longer want | Trash |
| Remove it for good | Trash, then Delete permanently |

> [!info] 💡
> Archiving never changes who can see the page. Archived pages keep their sharing, so restoring does not need to be set up again.

## Related

-   [🕘 Version history](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/organise-and-share/version-history)
-   [🤝 Share a page or a collection](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/organise-and-share/share-a-page-or-a-collection)
-   [📤 Export a page](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/write/export-a-page)