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# Archiving products

Products in Stigg can be archived and restored without being permanently deleted. Archiving is useful when a product should no longer be available for new subscriptions, while keeping historical record intact.

## Archiving a product

### Prerequisite

You cannot archive a product that has active customer subscriptions. Remove all active subscriptions first.

### Steps

1. Go to **Product Catalog → Products**.

2. Locate the product you want to archive.

3. Click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the product card.

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/stigg/lzLiHqDPNmKcPbXU/images/docs/archive-product-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=lzLiHqDPNmKcPbXU&q=85&s=4f295770cb263727744fc1867fcee2ae" alt="" width="2874" height="1394" data-path="images/docs/archive-product-1.png" />

4. Select **Archive**.

5. To confirm, type the product’s name and click **Confirm**.

### What happens after archiving

* All plans and add-ons associated with the product are archived.
* New subscriptions to this product are no longer allowed.
* Existing customer subscriptions are **not affected**.
* Once completed, the product is marked as **Archived**.

## Restoring (unarchiving) a product

1. Go to **Product Catalog → Products**.

2. Use the filter at the top to show archived products.

3. Locate the archived product and click the three-dot menu.

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/stigg/lzLiHqDPNmKcPbXU/images/docs/archive-product-3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=lzLiHqDPNmKcPbXU&q=85&s=cad9d9a0e9b04c3bb7bc9a085bedffa7" alt="" width="2874" height="1394" data-path="images/docs/archive-product-3.png" />

4. Select **Restore** and confirm the action.

### Using the API

To restore a product programmatically:

```
POST /api/v1/products/{id}/unarchive
```

### Important note

Restoring a product does not automatically restore its plans, packages, or add-ons. You must manually unarchive the relevant packages and propagate them back to the plans.

## Visibility of archived products

1. Go to **Product Catalog → Products**.

2. Open the status filter at the top of the page (for example, **Active products**).

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/stigg/lzLiHqDPNmKcPbXU/images/docs/archive-product-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=lzLiHqDPNmKcPbXU&q=85&s=d37fb04c99de276e0017b50b8d5f476b" alt="" width="2874" height="1394" data-path="images/docs/archive-product-2.png" />

3. Select which products to display:
   * **Active** to show only active products
   * **Archived** to show only archived products
   * **Active** + **Archived** to show both

4. If you select both, archived products appear in the list with an **Archived** label.

<Note>
  Archived products are not visible when viewing:

  * Specific subscriptions
  * Plans
  * Add-ons
</Note>