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# Considerations for Archiving a Site

Before you archive a site, consider what types of sites can be archived, and the impact that archiving might have on users.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Applies to: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.exp_cloud_basics_glossary.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">LWR, Aura, and Visualforce sites</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

- You can’t archive these LWR-based site types, even if they’re inactive: Marketing Landing Page sites (LWR sites used to host marketing landing pages) and LWR sites that use Experience Delivery.
- You can only archive inactive sites. If your site is in Preview, you must activate and then deactivate the site before archiving it.
- When you archive a site,
    - The site’s URL is unavailable to all users, including admins.
    - Instead of the site, users see a Site under maintenance page.
    - You can’t access the site’s Experience Builder or Workspaces.
    - The site doesn’t count against your org’s maximum 100 unarchived site limit.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png)

Note If you decide to unarchive a site keep the following in mind:

- Sites archived for longer than 3 release are out of date and may have unexpected performance when unarchiving.
- To function correctly, unarchived LWR sites must be republished before they get the latest version of the site.