Moving a Site to Trash

In this article

Moving a site to trash (deleting a site)
Moving multiple sites to trash
Restoring a site from trash
FAQs

You can delete unused sites from your Sites page by moving them to the Trash folder. Deleting a site unpublishes it, making it inaccessible to visitors online. However, if you change your mind, you have 90 days to restore the site from trash before it is permanently deleted.

Moving a site to trash (deleting a site)

You can move a site to trash directly from your site's dashboard.

Need to move a premium site to trash?

It's not possible to move a premium site to the trash folder. If you wish to do so, first cancel or reassign the plan to another site in your account.

To move a site to trash:

Go to your site's dashboard.
Click the More Actions icon .
Click Move to trash.

Click Move to Trash to confirm.

Moving multiple sites to trash

You can clean up your Sites page by moving multiple sites to the Trash folder at once.

To move multiple sites to trash:

Go to Sites in your Wix account.
Click the List icon at the top right.

Select the checkboxes next to the sites you want to move to trash.
Click Move to Trash.

Screenshot of the Wix My Sites page. The checkboxes next to sites have been selected, and Move to Trash is highlighted.

Restoring a site from trash

You can restore a site from the trash folder if you deleted it accidentally, or if you decide you want to use it again. You have 90 days to restore a site from trash before it is permanently deleted.

Note:

Restoring a site from trash does not automatically publish it. Make sure to open your site's editor and publish it to make it live again.

Select the view you're using on your Sites page to learn how to access the trash folder and restore a site.