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title: "Change, archive or delete plans"
description: "What you can still change on a plan after publishing it, what the plan states mean, and how to archive or delete a plan"
url: https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6265731-change-archive-or-delete-plans
collection: "Your Steady page & plans"
updated: 2026-11-05
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# Change, archive or delete plans

What you can still change on a plan after publishing it, what the plan states mean, and how to archive or delete a plan

**Once a plan is published, almost everything stays editable – only the price is locked.** Here’s what you can change, what each plan state means, and how to archive or delete a plan you no longer want to offer.

## Where to find a plan’s options

Go to [Plans](https://steady.page/backend/publications/default/plans) in your backend and open the plan’s details from its row in the plans table. A side panel opens with everything you can do with that plan:

-   **Edit:** change the plan’s name, benefits, settings and more.
    
-   **View:** see the plan page as your readers see it.
    
-   **Share:** copy the link to the plan.
    
-   **Duplicate:** create a copy of the plan as a new draft.
    
-   **Highlight** or **Remove:** make one plan stand out on your Steady page. [More about highlighting a plan](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6265626.md)
    
-   **Hide** or **Show:** take the plan off your Steady page while keeping it available through its link. [More about hidden plans](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6265730.md)
    
-   **Archive:** stop selling the plan.
    
-   **Publish:** put a draft or an archived plan live.
    
-   **Delete:** only shown if nobody has ever subscribed to the plan.
    

View and Share only appear for live and hidden plans.

## Plan states

The plans table shows the state of each plan:

-   **Draft:** not visible to anyone yet. You can still change everything, including the price.
    
-   **Live:** shown on your Steady page and in the checkout. Anyone can join.
    
-   **Hidden:** published, but not shown on your Steady page or in the checkout. Only people with the plan’s link can join.
    
-   **Archived:** nobody can join any more. Existing members keep their membership. You can publish an archived plan again at any time.
    

If you made a plan a [limited-time offer](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6265732.md), it disappears from your Steady page and checkout once the end date has passed. Nobody can join it after that, but existing members stay.

## What you can change after publishing

Open the plan’s side panel, click **Edit**, make your changes and click **Save**. These can be changed at any time, even if the plan already has members:

-   name and plan image
    
-   benefits and the text on the button
    
-   [introductory offer](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/16751957.md)
    
-   the plan’s settings: a [goal](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6265733.md), a [limited-time offer](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6265732.md), [gift memberships](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/6743400.md) and hiding the plan
    

## Changing the price

-   **The price is locked as soon as you publish a plan** – whether or not anyone has joined yet. While a plan is still a draft, you can change the price freely.
    
-   **Raising the price:** click **Increase prices** in the plan’s Pricing section. You can do this once per plan per year. [More about increasing your plan prices](https://help.steady.page/en/articles/12639297.md)
    
-   **Lowering the price** isn’t possible. Archive the plan and offer a new one at the lower price instead.
    

> **Tip:** **Our tip:** To offer a plan at a different price, click Duplicate. The copy is saved as a draft, so you can change its price before you publish it. Then archive the old plan.

## Settings for all plans

Some settings apply to all your plans at once. You’ll find them under [Plans → Plan Settings](https://steady.page/backend/publications/default/plans/settings):

-   **Billing cycle:** Monthly plans only, Annual plans only or Offer both. Every plan has a monthly and an annual price – this setting decides which of them new members can choose.
    
-   **Free trial period:** turn the free trial on or off and choose between 30 and 7 days. The free trial doesn’t apply to gift memberships, and members who take an introductory offer don’t get it either.
    

Changing these settings doesn’t affect existing members.

## Archiving a plan

**Archive a plan when you no longer want to sell it.** Open the plan’s side panel, click **Archive** and confirm.

-   The plan disappears from your Steady page and checkout, and nobody can join it any more.
    
-   Existing members stay in the plan and keep paying their price unless they cancel. You keep delivering the benefits you promised them.
    
-   To sell the plan again, open its side panel and click **Publish**.
    

> **Note:** Only want to take the plan off your Steady page but keep selling it through its link? Hide it instead of archiving it.

## Deleting a plan

You can only delete a plan that nobody has ever subscribed to – this includes members who have since cancelled. In that case, **Delete** appears in the plan’s side panel. If the plan has or had members, archive it instead.